Overview: A Network Architect is responsible for designing and governing network architecture that supports business services. This includes translating requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient designs, and making informed trade-off decisions across cost, risk, and performance. Core Responsibilities: Architecture and Design Design enterprise network architecture across data center, WAN, cloud, and hybrid environments Define standards, patterns, and reference architectures Ensure scalability, resiliency, and security by design Trade-off and Decision Making: Balance performance, cost, risk, and operability Evaluate competing approaches (e.g., overlay vs underlay, vendor vs open solutions)Make design decisions at the system level rather than the device level This is a key differentiator compared to a technical project manager or engineer Vendor and Technology Neutrality: Evaluate technologies across multiple vendors (e.g., Cisco, VMware, Juniper) and open source.



Avoid designing around a single vendor’s constraints or bias Select solutions based on best architectural fit Complex Programme Delivery: Lead architecture across large, multi-domain programmes Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams Own end-to-end design coherence rather than isolated components Typically involves large-scale enterprise or highly regulated environments with multi-region and high-resilience requirements Stakeholder Management (Conflict Handling): Align stakeholders across security, operations, business, and vendors Manage conflicting requirements such as: Security vs usability Cost vs resiliency Speed vs governance Drive decisions to closure through effective communication Governance and Standards: Define and enforce network standards Review designs to ensure alignment with architectural principles Provide guidance to engineering and delivery teams Required Skills: Technical (Core Expectations)Solid fundamentals: Routing and protocols: BGP (mandatory),

📌 Network Architect (Chennai)
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📍 Chennai