Overview

A global enterprise is seeking a highly experienced Senior Enterprise Network Architect to drive the evolution of its worldwide corporate network. The successful candidate will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure through cloud-first networking, Zero Trust principles, automation, and next-generation security technologies while ensuring exceptional reliability, scalability, and performance across a large international environment.

This position combines architecture, engineering, operations, technical leadership, and strategic planning responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, build, validate, implement, and support enterprise-wide network infrastructure, including:
- Cloud networking
- Data center networks
- Wired and wireless networking
- WAN and SD-WAN
- Remote access solutions
- Zero Trust access platforms
- Authentication systems
- Firewalls and load balancers
- Evaluate emerging technologies, develop architectural recommendations, and participate in vendor/product selection activities.
- Lead and deliver both regional and global infrastructure initiatives.
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and establish engineering best practices for network design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
- Create and maintain technical standards, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, documentation, and configuration baselines.
- Serve as the escalation point for complex network incidents by performing root cause analysis, implementing corrective actions, and proactively addressing performance, resilience, and capacity challenges.
- Drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), network automation, and operational orchestration to reduce manual administration.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 6 years of advanced hands-on network engineering experience with expertise in at least five of the following areas:

Core Networking

- Enterprise routing technologies including OSPF, BGP, and VRF

Switching





- Data center and campus switching environments utilizing platforms such as Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, or HPE

Zero Trust Networking

- Experience implementing and managing Zero Trust solutions, particularly:
- Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA)
- Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)
- Zscaler Client Connector (ZCC)
- Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX)

Wireless Networking

- Enterprise wireless solutions such as Mist and Cisco Wireless

Network Security

- Next-generation firewalls and security platforms including:
- Palo Alto
- Fortinet
- IDS/IPS technologies
- URL filtering solutions

Public Cloud Networking

- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

SD-WAN

- Technologies such as EdgeConnect, Fortinet, or equivalent solutions

VPN Technologies

- Site-to-site VPNs
- IPsec
- DMVPN

Network Authentication

- Cisco ISE
- 802.1X
- RADIUS
- TACACS+

AIOps & Observability

- Network analytics and operational intelligence platforms

Monitoring & Logging

- SNMP
- NetFlow
- Enterprise monitoring and logging frameworks

Network Automation

- Network orchestration
- Infrastructure automation
- Configuration management

Additional Requirements

- Experience coordinating with telecommunications providers and technology vendors.
- Solid analytical thinking and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated interest in evaluating and adopting new networking technologies.
- Professional-level certifications from major networking or security vendors are strongly preferred, including certifications from:
- Cisco
- Juniper
- Zscaler
- Palo Alto Networks
- Fortinet
- HPE

Preferred Qualifications

- 10+ years of networking experience.
- Experience operating large-scale enterprise environments with:
- 100+ office locations
- Multiple data centers
- Deep hands-on experience implementing Zero Trust architectures using Zscaler technologies.
- Advanced expertise in network security, including IDS, IPS, and web filtering technologies.
- Working knowledge of:
- Active Directory
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
- Project management and technical leadership experience.

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