Director, Solution Architect QuantumLeap

Carrier • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

About Carrier Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier. The Solution Architect Director provides strategic and technical leadership for end‑to‑end system architecture supporting QuantumLeap initiatives across software, intelligence, controls, and digital platforms. This role ensures scalable, secure, reliable, and compliant architectures while partnering across engineering, product, cybersecurity, and compliance teams to enable long‑term platform success.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, architecture, or digital systems

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree
• Data center industry experience
• Proven experience defining and governing large-scale, complex system architectures.
• Strong understanding of system integration, data architectures, communication protocols, and distributed systems.
• Experience working within regulated or standards-driven industries.
• Demonstrated expertise in cybersecurity principles, high-availability systems, and disaster recovery design.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-relevant insights for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and definition of enterprise‑level system architectures supporting Quantum Leap, including reference system designs, specifications, and technical standards.
• Drive architecture strategy for Quantum Leap software, intelligence, controls, digital platforms, and data center infrastructure management.
• Translate solution and product strategies into scalable, secure, and interoperable technical architectures.
• Define end‑to‑end system structures, including product selection, data flows, integration schemas, and communication protocols.
• Enable tight integration between infrastructure management systems and Quantum Leap intelligence, controls, and predictive service capabilities.
• Review architectural designs, validate system performance, and resolve complex system, integration, and architectural issues.
• Ensure system architectures deliver scalability, reliability, availability, and interoperability across all components.
• Select and govern technologies and platforms based on project requirements, industry standards, and long‑term architecture strategy.
• Ensure systems comply with applicable vertical industry standards (e.g., ASHRAE) and safety regulations.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation and diagrams to support audits, certifications, and compliance activities.
• Design systems with robust cybersecurity protections to defend against industrial and enterprise threats.
• Architect high‑availability solutions incorporating redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.

Benefits

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director