Job Description
The Senior Network Architect will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade, cloud-native network architectures in high-availability, regulated environments.
This role focuses on building resilient, scalable, and secure networking foundations for large-scale Kubernetes platforms (primarily AWS EKS, with exposure to GKE and Azure), supporting AI-adjacent and data-intensive workloads.
Key responsibilities include:
- Architecting VPCs, pod/service networking, ingress/egress patterns, service discovery, and advanced connectivity solutions (e.g., Transit Gateway, peering, hybrid connectivity)
- Enforcing zero-trust security models through network policies, IAM integration, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS)
- Driving cost-efficient, high-performance designs with strong observability (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/Splunk) and reliability practices (SRE principles, MTTR reduction, incident response).
The ideal candidate will collaborate with platform engineering, DevOps, and development teams to enable developer self-service via GitOps, Terraform/Ansible automation, and resilient infrastructure for AI inference, analytics pipelines, and distributed systems.
This position emphasizes modern cloud networking over traditional hardware-centric designs, while ensuring seamless integration across multi-cloud and hybrid setups, proactive risk reduction, and continuous improvement in performance, security, and operational efficiency.
Specific Skills:
- Great communication with customers and executives
- Experience in consulting and working on projects directly with clients
- Experience working directly with customer technical leadership
- Ability to work independently and to drive results
- Deep experience with SDN, CNaaS, and large-scale network architectures
- Strong background in solution design for enterprise network platforms
- Familiarity with security, access controls, and multi-tenant environments
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, evolving infrastructure programs
What they’ll work on:
- Leading solutioning and architecture discussions with stakeholders
- Designing SDN and CNaaS integration patterns
- Supporting monthly LOE scoping and prioritization
- Providing architectural direction to delivery teams
- Acting as a trusted technical partner as the customer evolves its infrastructure
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