Job Title: Senior Network ArchitectPosition Overview Help lead the modernization of a large enterprise networking environment by designing resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure across campus, data center, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role combines architecture, hands-on engineering, technical leadership, automation, and operational excellence while supporting critical infrastructure initiatives.
What You'll Do - Lead enterprise network architecture and infrastructure modernization initiatives
- Design scalable LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, cloud, VPN, firewall, and Network Access Control solutions
- Develop enterprise network architecture standards, technical roadmaps, engineering documentation, and network diagrams
- Translate business and technical requirements into secure, resilient network designs
- Improve infrastructure resiliency, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, and high-availability architecture
- Implement network monitoring, observability, automation, orchestration, and operational metrics
- Serve as the senior technical escalation resource for complex network engineering issues
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, facilities, vendors, and project teams
- Mentor technical staff and support knowledge transfer activities
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, or equivalent work experience
- 4+ years of enterprise network architecture and engineering experience
- 4+ years of LAN/WAN engineering including Juniper routing & switching, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM
- Experience leading complex network architecture initiatives from design through implementation and operational transition
- Experience with enterprise infrastructure modernization, resiliency, capacity planning, and high-availability design
- Experience with Fortinet firewalls, VPN/SASE technologies, Network Access Control, segmentation, and network security architecture
- Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure hybrid networking
- Experience with network automation, orchestration, scripting, Infrastructure as Code concepts, and enterprise monitoring/observability
Preferred Qualifications - Experience developing enterprise network strategy, architecture standards, and technology roadmaps
- Experience supporting enterprise networking within a higher education environment
- Aruba and Cisco enterprise switching and wireless experience
- Enterprise observability, telemetry, and automation experience
- Virtualization and hybrid cloud networking experience
- Zero Trust and secure network architecture initiatives
- Industry certifications including Juniper, Fortinet, Cisco, Aruba, AWS/Azure, ITIL, or Security+
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