Senior Network Architect
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The Jackson LaboratoryBiomedical Research
United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary113,718 - 190,388 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10 Years
- Required Skills
- Project Management
Requirements
- 10 years of experience designing and supporting complex network architectures in campus, data center, and cloud environments.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Master's degree preferred.
- Expert-level knowledge of routing, switching, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, VRFs, SD-WAN, and VPN.
- Strong experience with network security including firewalls, segmentation, Zero Trust, secure access, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
- Demonstrated project management experience, including defining scope, planning, and driving projects to completion.
- Experience developing architecture roadmaps, technical standards, and documentation.
- Proficiency with observability and monitoring tools.
- Ability to work independently as a senior individual contributor.
- Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE, CISSP, AWS Advanced Networking, or Azure Network Engineer preferred.
- Experience with automation, infrastructure as code, or scripting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise network architecture across data center, campus, cloud, remote access, wireless, segmentation, internet edge, and secure connectivity.
- Design, modernize, and guide complex network architectures that support security, resiliency, scalability, performance, and business continuity.
- Lead architecture planning for major network transformation efforts, including modernization, segmentation, cloud connectivity, and firewall architecture.
- Act as a working architect by contributing to design, configuration review, implementation planning, troubleshooting, and migration execution.
- Develop target-state architectures, design standards, reference diagrams, migration plans, and technical decision records.
- Provide expert-level guidance on routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, SD-WAN, wireless, load balancing, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and network access control.
- Partner with security and IT teams to ensure network architecture supports organizational goals and Zero Trust principles.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex network performance, connectivity, and security issues.
- Provide technical leadership for projects by defining scope, sequencing work, managing dependencies, and communicating progress.
- Mentor technical staff, including network and security engineers, without direct people-management responsibilities.
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