Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Truist Bank•Charlotte, NC

11h

About The Position

Truist is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to provide technical leadership for the architecture, engineering, and implementation of Data Center and Edge networks. The role will establish a scalable, resilient, and secure interconnection architecture connecting enterprise data centers, cloud providers, third-party partners, and shared technology services. It will define architectural standards, reusable connectivity patterns, and an implementation roadmap for Cloud Service Hubs, while partnering with Network, Cloud, Security, Architecture, Operations, and external service providers. The successful candidate will translate business and technology strategies into practical network architectures, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, influence technical direction, and mentor engineering teams through implementation and operational transition. The position also supports enterprise infrastructure platforms and systems, develops automation and monitoring approaches, addresses critical technical issues, maintains compliance with technology strategies and governance, and communicates designs and procedures to support operational consistency. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience, plus at least 10 years of professional infrastructure engineering experience. Truist will not provide work visa sponsorship, employment authorization, or other immigration-related support for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
At least 10 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
Advanced knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies, including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware.
Lead-level experience designing complex enterprise and data center networks, including expertise in BGP, routing policy, segmentation, high availability, cloud interconnection, and Equinix-based connectivity.
Ability to translate business and technology strategies into practical network architectures and lead cross-functional initiatives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectures and decisions to executive and technical audiences.
Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and deliver strategic initiatives with ownership and accountability.
Comfort operating in a large enterprise environment involving legacy infrastructure, cloud adoption, data center modernization, and security requirements.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline.
10 or more years designing, engineering, and supporting large-scale enterprise, data center, cloud, or service-provider networks.
Experience as a lead engineer, network architect, or technical lead for complex infrastructure transformation initiatives.
Advanced expertise in BGP, OSPF, route filtering, route redistribution, traffic engineering, VLANs, VRFs, overlays, network segmentation, and high-availability design.
Experience with Equinix Fabric, colocation facilities, cloud on-ramps, carrier services, or comparable interconnection platforms.
Knowledge of public cloud connectivity patterns, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, and connectivity for SaaS platforms and external business partners.
Experience designing resilient architectures with geographic diversity, redundant providers, diverse circuits, failure-domain isolation, and automated recovery.
Understanding of data center and cloud networking, including traffic flows, firewalls, load balancers, network security controls, DNS, NAT, and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
Experience designing secure third-party connectivity models addressing segmentation, route control, firewall policy, ownership, monitoring, capacity, and operational support.
Experience developing target-state architectures, reference designs, engineering standards, reusable patterns, and phased implementation roadmaps.
Experience leading network migrations and modernization while minimizing risk to business-critical applications and services.
Ability to evaluate application requirements, traffic flows, security controls, resiliency requirements, and business dependencies when developing network solutions.
Strong troubleshooting skills across routing, connectivity, latency, resiliency, and performance issues involving multiple technology domains and service providers.
Experience working with telecommunications, colocation, and cloud providers; equipment vendors; managed service providers; and third-party technology partners.
Familiarity with network automation and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts, including Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab CI/CD, APIs, Python, Terraform, and automated validation.
Experience incorporating observability, telemetry, performance monitoring, capacity management, configuration compliance, and automated pre-change and post-change validation into network designs.
Ability to establish architectural governance while balancing security, regulatory, operational, financial, and delivery requirements.
Experience supporting infrastructure in a highly regulated industry such as financial services, healthcare, or government.
Ability to influence technical direction and build alignment across Network, Cloud, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Application, Operations, and business teams.
Ability to mentor senior engineers, conduct design reviews, establish engineering standards, and improve organizational technical capabilities.

Responsibilities

Implement strategic goals established by Executives and Senior Management and establish operational plans for the technical area of responsibility with short- to mid-term impact.
Design, build, direct, and implement enterprise infrastructure technology platforms and systems across relevant technology domains.
Develop and apply automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques to support infrastructure availability and performance.
Lead large, complex, strategically important technical infrastructure initiatives involving cross-departmental teams.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to integrate technologies and improve infrastructure standards and processes.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex critical technical issues affecting infrastructure performance and reliability.
Ensure adherence to technology strategies, standards, governance, and regulatory requirements.
Document and communicate infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures.
Provide technical guidance and training to infrastructure teams and lower-level technical professionals.
Support business and technology objectives through technical innovation.
Influence infrastructure decisions and align solutions with business objectives.
Lead architecture, engineering, and implementation of Data Center and Edge network interconnections.
Establish architectural standards, reusable connectivity patterns, and an implementation roadmap for Cloud Service Hubs.
Mentor engineering teams through implementation and operational transition.

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
Tax-preferred savings accounts
401(k) plan
At least 10 days of first-year vacation, prorated as applicable
10 sick days, prorated as applicable
Paid holidays
May be eligible for a defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan, depending on position and division