Job Description
Overview:
nA Network Architect is responsible for designing and governing network architecture that supports business services.
nThis includes translating requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient designs, and making informed trade-off decisions across cost, risk, and performance.
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nCore Responsibilities:
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- Architecture and Design n

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- Design enterprise network architecture across data center, WAN, cloud, and hybrid environmentsn
- Define standards, patterns, and reference architecturesn
- Ensure scalability, resiliency, and security by designn

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- Trade-off and Decision Making: n

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- Balance performance, cost, risk, and operabilityn
- Evaluate competing approaches (e.g., overlay vs underlay, vendor vs open solutions)n
- Make design decisions at the system level rather than the device leveln
- This is a key differentiator compared to a technical project manager or engineern

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- Vendor and Technology Neutrality: n

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- Evaluate technologies across multiple vendors (e.g., Cisco, VMware, Juniper)



and open source.n
- Avoid designing around a single vendor’s constraints or biasn
- Select solutions based on best architectural fitn

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- Complex Programme Delivery: n

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- Lead architecture across large, multi-domain programmesn
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teamsn
- Own end-to-end design coherence rather than isolated componentsn
- Typically involves large-scale enterprise or highly regulated environments with multi-region and high-resilience requirementsn

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- Stakeholder Management (Conflict Handling): n

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- Align stakeholders across security, operations, business, and vendorsn
- Manage conflicting requirements such as:n
- Security vs usabilityn
- Cost vs resiliencyn
- Speed vs governancen
- Drive decisions to closure through effective communicationn

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- Governance and Standards: n

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- Define and en

📌 Network Architect (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Prodapt
📍 Tamil Nadu