What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Architect position at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals?
Overview
The Network Architect is responsible for designing, standardizing, and advancing Alnylam’s global network architecture across corporate offices, R&D laboratories, manufacturing/OT environments, and cloud platforms. This role ensures secure, resilient, and high-performance connectivity that supports scientific research, regulated systems, and global business operations. The position partners closely with Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Workplace Technology, and managed service providers to deliver a modern, scalable, and compliant global network environment.
This is a hybrid position and will primarily be based in Cambridge, MA.
Responsibilities
Required:
$174,300.00 - $235,700.00
The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).
Alnylam’s robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.
Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers
About Alnylam
We are the leader in RNAi therapeutics – a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare and common diseases. Built on Nobel Prize-winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possible and are just at the beginning of what’s possible. Our deep pipeline, late-stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people. We're proud to be a globally recognized top employer, where an authentic, inclusive culture and breakthrough thinking fuel one another.
At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law. Alnylam is an E-Verify Employer.
The Network Architect is responsible for designing, standardizing, and advancing Alnylam’s global network architecture across corporate offices, R&D laboratories, manufacturing/OT environments, and cloud platforms. This role ensures secure, resilient, and high-performance connectivity that supports scientific research, regulated systems, and global business operations. The position partners closely with Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Workplace Technology, and managed service providers to deliver a modern, scalable, and compliant global network environment.
This is a hybrid position and will primarily be based in Cambridge, MA.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and governance of Alnylam’s global network architecture, standards, and multi-year modernization roadmap.
- Define and maintain the global network reference architecture (LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, cloud networking).
- Design secure hybrid and cloud network connectivity supporting AWS, Azure, GCP, M365, SaaS platforms, and high-performance research workloads
- Architect resilient global connectivity, including redundancy, disaster recovery design, and uptime standards for 24×7 operations.
- Provide architectural oversight for MSP delivered operations, network providers, and global site buildouts, ensuring adherence to standards.
- Lead network architecture for site expansions, lab and manufacturing buildouts, and develop standardized global site design templates.
Required:
- 8 years of enterprise networking experience, including 3–5 years in architecture roles.
- Experience designing network solutions for multi-site, global organizations.
- Strong technical expertise in enterprise routing, switching, SD WAN architecture, cloud networking (Azure), firewall and segmentation design, and enterprise wireless.
- Familiarity with Zero Trust, SASE, and modern security frameworks.
- CCNP or CCIE certification; AWS Networking Specialty.
- CISSP certification.
- Experience working with MSPs and global carriers.
- Experience supporting regulated or manufacturing environments (biotech, pharma, healthcare, or related industries).
$174,300.00 - $235,700.00
The pay range reflects the full-time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. Base pay will be determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education. This role is eligible for an annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity).
Alnylam’s robust Total Rewards package is designed to support your overall health and well-being. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a lifestyle reimbursement program, flexible spending and health savings accounts and a 401(k)with a generous company match. Eligible employees enjoy paid time off, wellness days, holidays, and two company-wide recharge breaks. We also offer generous family resources and leave. Our commitment to your well-being reflects our belief that caring for our people fuels the impact we create together.
Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: https://www.alnylam.com/careers
About Alnylam
We are the leader in RNAi therapeutics – a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare and common diseases. Built on Nobel Prize-winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possible and are just at the beginning of what’s possible. Our deep pipeline, late-stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people. We're proud to be a globally recognized top employer, where an authentic, inclusive culture and breakthrough thinking fuel one another.
At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law. Alnylam is an E-Verify Employer.
Salary : $174,300 - $235,700