Network Architect

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Network Architect based in United States. This senior technical role is responsible for shaping secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise network infrastructure across a geographically distributed environment.

You will lead network discovery, architecture, engineering, implementation, modernization, and operational transition across corporate, engineering, manufacturing, and secure facilities.

The position combines hands-on technical leadership with long-term architectural planning and enterprise standards development.

You will translate business, cybersecurity, compliance, and operational requirements into robust networking solutions that support mission-critical environments.

The role involves close collaboration with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, IT operations, engineering teams, vendors, and business stakeholders.

You will also help integrate newly acquired environments and modernize legacy networks while maintaining strong security, availability, and performance.

This is a fully remote U.S.-based opportunity requiring an active TS/Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or TS/SCI upon hire.

Accountabilities

• Lead technical discovery and current-state assessments across facilities, newly integrated businesses, and other enterprise environments.
• Document network topologies, circuits, routing, switching, wireless infrastructure, firewalls, VPNs, VLANs, IP addressing, segmentation, DNS/DHCP, monitoring, and key dependencies.
• Identify architectural inconsistencies, undocumented infrastructure, single points of failure, capacity constraints, security risks, technical debt, and lifecycle concerns.
• Develop current-state and target-state diagrams, gap assessments, remediation plans, migration strategies, and technical recommendations.
• Design secure and highly available LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, internet edge, VPN, remote access, routing, switching, segmentation, and related network architectures.
• Establish enterprise network standards, reference architectures, configuration patterns, engineering practices, and technology roadmaps.
• Produce high-level and low-level designs, logical and physical diagrams, implementation plans, bills of material, addressing strategies, VLAN/VRF designs, routing models, and resiliency plans.
• Lead hands-on engineering activities for network builds, site activations, office expansions, technology refreshes, migrations, and acquisition integrations.
• Design and support the transition of legacy or independently operated networks into standardized enterprise architectures while minimizing operational disruption.
• Coordinate circuit provisioning, carrier connectivity, hardware deployment, configuration, cutover, validation, and testing.
• Validate routing, redundancy, failover, segmentation, security controls, application connectivity, and network performance after implementation.
• Develop repeatable deployment templates, automation, and implementation methods to improve consistency and delivery speed.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to incorporate Zero Trust, segmentation, access control, secure remote access, logging, and least-privilege principles.
• Design solutions that support CMMC, CUI, ITAR/EAR, government, and other applicable regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex network engineering and architecture issues and lead root-cause analysis for significant incidents.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Network Engineers and infrastructure personnel without requiring direct people management.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Cloud, IT Operations, application teams, vendors, carriers, and managed service providers.
• Maintain accurate as-built documentation and ensure completed projects transition effectively into operational support.

Requirements

• Approximately 8+ years of progressive enterprise networking experience, including substantial senior-level network engineering and/or architecture responsibilities.
• Expert-level knowledge of enterprise routing and switching, LAN/WAN, wireless, firewalls, VPN, internet connectivity, DNS/DHCP, IP addressing, network segmentation, and network monitoring.
• Strong understanding of enterprise routing and design principles, including BG…