Senior Network Architect (Enterprise Infrastructure)

Senior Network Architect (Enterprise Infrastructure)

Columbia South Carolina 29208 (Onsite)

Full Time 

Position Overview

Help lead the modernization of a large enterprise networking environment by designing resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure across campus, data center, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role combines architecture, hands-on engineering, technical leadership, automation, and operational excellence while supporting critical infrastructure initiatives.

 What You'll Do

• Lead enterprise network architecture and infrastructure modernization initiatives
• Design scalable LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, cloud, VPN, firewall, and Network Access Control solutions
• Develop enterprise network architecture standards, technical roadmaps, engineering documentation, and network diagrams
• Translate business and technical requirements into secure, resilient network designs
• Improve infrastructure resiliency, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, and high-availability architecture
• Implement network monitoring, observability, automation, orchestration, and operational metrics
• Serve as the senior technical escalation resource for complex network engineering issues
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, facilities, vendors, and project teams
• Mentor technical staff and support knowledge transfer activities

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of enterprise network architecture and engineering experience
• 4+ years of LAN/WAN engineering including Juniper routing & switching, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM
• Experience leading complex network architecture initiatives from design through implementation and operational transition
• Experience with enterprise infrastructure modernization, resiliency, capacity planning, and high-availability design
• Experience with Fortinet firewalls, VPN/SASE technologies, Network Access Control, segmentation, and network security architecture
• Experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure hybrid networking
• Experience with network automation, orchestration, scripting, Infrastructure as Code concepts, and enterprise monitoring/observability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing enterprise network strategy, architecture standards, and technology roadmaps
• Experience supporting enterprise networking within a higher education environment
• Aruba and Cisco enterprise switching and wireless experience
• Enterprise observability, telemetry, and automation experience
• Virtualization and hybrid cloud networking experience
• Zero Trust and secure network architecture initiatives
• Industry certifications including Juniper, Fortinet, Cisco, Aruba, AWS/Azure, ITIL, or Security+