Network Architect

Hub International

  • Chicago, IL
  • $145,000-165,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 10 hours ago
ABOUT USAt HUB International, we are a team of entrepreneurs. We believe in protecting and supporting the aspirations of individuals, families, and businesses. We help our clients evaluate their risks and develop solutions tailored to their needs. We believe in empowering our employees to learn, grow, and make a difference. Our structure enables our teams to maintain their own unique, regional culture while leveraging support and resources from our corporate centers of excellence.HUB is a global insurance and employee benefits broker, providing a boundaryless array of business insurance, employee benefits, risk services, personal insurance, retirement, and private wealth management products and services. With over $5 billion in revenue and almost 20,000 employees in 600 offices throughout North America, HUB has grown substantially, in part due to our industry leading success in mergers and acquisitions.ABOUT THE ROLEThe Network Architect will work closely with the organization’s Network Engineering team to evaluate and enhance infrastructure across every stage of the network lifecycle, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and security. Partnering with key external partners, this role will guide both current operations and future initiatives. The candidate will play a pivotal role in designing and driving network re-architecture projects - shaping the enterprise, colocation, and multi-cloud environments to meet the organization’s evolving needs.Role Objectives:
  • Partner with corporate leadership and external stakeholders to research, analyze, and implement enterprise-wide network architecture solutions.
  • Review existing network infrastructure and provide technical recommendations to the Engineering team, including hardware, firmware, and software lifecycle guidance as well as configuration best practices.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and provide vendor-agnostic recommendations that align with HUB’s strategic and operational goals.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering initiatives with business needs, maximizing the impact of engineering resources.
  • Review and validate that existing and planned deployments optimally support both current production needs and the organization’s future-state vision.
  • Analyze network performance, support capacity planning, and recommend improvements to maintain reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
  • Drive modernization initiatives that enhance the resilience, efficiency, and scalability of the enterprise network.
  • Advance enterprise architecture maturity by contributing strategic insight, continuous improvement, and best practices.
Core Responsibilities for this Role:
  • Engage with stakeholders to identify and translate business, technical, and operational requirements into network architecture solutions.
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance enterprise architecture artifacts—such as service maps, application catalogs, and platform inventories—to provide a reliable foundation for planning and decision-making.
  • Lead the analysis and recommendation of upgrades, designs, and configuration changes to strengthen the performance, resilience, and security of the enterprise network.
  • Define and maintain benchmarks, performance metrics, and measures to track progress, assess effectiveness, and guide continuous improvement of network architecture.
  • Support high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and recommend preventive architectural and configuration improvements.
  • Contributes to the development and refinement of network tools and platforms, ensuring they effectively support monitoring, observability, and automation needs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor’s degree in technology or applicable experience.7+ Years of experience with network architecture around WAN/LAN, Routing, Switching, Optimization and extensive exposure with Cloud Service Providers.
  • 3+ Years of SDWAN architecture and engineering with experience with PBR, ECMP, DSCP Tagging / TOS / ECN analysis and tuning.
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP network infrastructure as a service.
  • Networking (Firewall / Switching / Wifi) and Enterprise EFP experience is a bonus (BGP, OSPF, HSRP, STP, SNMP, Netflow, NBar, Packet Tracing, measures vs metrics vs observables, etc).
  • Collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills.
  • Experience in project management, network design and integration.
  • Desire to continuously develop your skills and knowledge.
  • An ability to diagnose and resolve problems quickly and efficiently.
  • Thorough knowledge of layered network architectures and layered solutions and designs.
  • Consultative skills, including the ability to understand and assist in applying customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, and understanding potential impacts of design requirements.
JOIN OUR TEAMDo you believe in the power of innovation, collaboration, and transformation? Do you thrive in a supportive and client focused work environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to help build and drive change in a rapidly growing and evolving organization? When you join HUB International, you will be part of a community of learners and doers focused on our Core Values: entrepreneurship, teamwork, integrity, accountability, and service.Disclosure required under applicable law in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, and Washington states: The expected salary range for this position is $145K to $165K and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope and level. If you believe that your qualifications and experience surpass the minimum requirements for this role, we encourage you to submit your application. By doing so, we will be able to keep your application on file for consideration for potential future positions within our organization. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, FSA, HSA and 401(k) accounts, paid-time-off benefits such as vacation, sick, and personal days, and eligible bonuses, equity and commissions for some positions.Department Information TechnologyRequired Experience: 7-10 years of relevant experienceRequired Travel: NegligibleRequired Education: Bachelor's degree (4-year degree)HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran's status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.We endeavor to make this website accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the recruiting team . This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

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