Technical Architect Director

Req ID: 386585 

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Technical Architect Director to join our team in Austin, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

NTT DATA Corporation is a top 10 global services company and part of the NTT Group, a Fortune 29 telecommunications and services company. We operate with 60,000 professionals in 36 countries. Every day around the world we help clients respond to market dynamics with flexibility and speed, reduce costs with less risk, and increase productivity to enable growth.

As Private Cloud Technical Architect Director, the candidate will provide executive-level technical leadership for the strategy, architecture, modernization, and delivery of private cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure solutions. This role requires a proven record of success leading complex data center, virtualization, automation, and cloud transformation initiatives across large-scale client environments. The Director will guide architecture decisions, establish technical roadmaps, govern solution standards, and partner with delivery, security, operations, and account leadership to ensure resilient, secure, scalable, and cost-effective private cloud solutions. This role is based in Austin, TX and requires presence in the NTT DATA office two to three days per week, along with onsite participation in customer meetings as needed. The role will work closely with senior leaders to align technology capabilities to business outcomes, optimize resource utilization, drive innovation, and ensure solutions are comprehensive, future-ready, operationally sustainable, and supported by a clear return on investment for customers. The Private Cloud Technical Architect Director will report directly to the Account Sr. Director.

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Defines and leads the private cloud architecture strategy, including platform standards, reference architectures, governance principles, service models, automation patterns, and lifecycle management practices.
• Provides senior technical direction for private cloud modernization initiatives across data center, compute, storage, network, virtualization, container platform, backup, disaster recovery, security, and operations domains.
• Leads managers, architects, engineers, and IT professionals through guidance, coaching, and technical oversight to ensure assignments are completed in accordance with established guidelines, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Translates organizational vision and account strategy into executable technical roadmaps that align private cloud capabilities with business, security, financial, and operational objectives.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders, department heads, senior management, and customer leadership on architecture decisions, risks, opportunities, technical tradeoffs, prioritization, and transformation sequencing.
• Ensures private cloud and enterprise infrastructure solutions are designed for scalability, reliability, automation, observability, availability, security, performance, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Creates a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement while leading teams through complex change, modernization, and transformation programs.
• Oversees the planning, design, implementation, transition, and measurement of private cloud platforms and related IT systems, balancing agility and innovation with stable, secure, and efficient operations.
• Provides executive technical governance for large or complex projects, ensuring architecture quality, delivery progression, value realization, risk management, and alignment with client and account priorities.
• Manages technology planning, cost optimization, vendor engagement, software and hardware evaluation, and financial stewardship to maximize business outcomes and operational value.
• Stays current on emerging private cloud, hybrid cloud, automation, AI-enabled operations, cybersecurity, and infrastructure technologies, recommending practical adoption paths that improve service quality and reduce risk.
• Participates in vendor evaluation, contract review, solution selection, and partner management to ensure cost-effective, secure, and reliable private cloud services and solutions.