
Enterprise Network Architect
- McLean, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location: [Virginia]
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise-level LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Cloud, and Data Center networks.
- Define and maintain network standards, frameworks, and roadmaps.
- Ensure network performance, scalability, security, and high availability.
- Collaborate with business and IT leaders to align technology with business needs.
- Evaluate and adopt new networking technologies.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to network engineering teams.
- Document architectures and ensure compliance with enterprise policies.
- 8 10+ years of experience in network architecture within large enterprises.
- Strong knowledge of Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Arista, and Cloud networking (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Hands-on experience with SD-WAN, network automation (Ansible/Terraform), and virtualization (VMware NSX, Cisco ACI).
- Good understanding of network security, firewalls, Zero Trust, and encryption.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.