What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Architect position at Elevance Systems Inc?
We are seeking a Principal Network Architect to provide senior technical leadership while remaining highly hands-on in a mission-critical network environment. This role will lead network architecture, engineering, modernization, datacenter initiatives, security, and major incident response.
The ideal candidate can move seamlessly between enterprise architecture and hands-on troubleshooting/configuration.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise network architecture, modernization, and lifecycle strategies.
- Design, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize complex routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, load balancing, and datacenter networks.
- Serve as the highest level of technical escalation for critical network issues.
- Lead datacenter migrations, upgrades, cutovers, DR/BC initiatives, and major incident response.
- Design secure network architectures, segmentation, and firewall strategies.
- Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Applications, and business stakeholders.
- Mentor network engineers and drive technical standards, accountability, and operational excellence.
Technical Environment
- Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ISR/ASR
- BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VLANs, VRFs, QoS, Multicast, MPLS
- Cisco Firepower FTD/FMC, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA
- IPS/IDS, ACLs, Site-to-Site & Remote Access VPN
- Datacenter networking, HA, Layer 2/3, DR and migrations
- Enterprise wireless and cloud/hybrid connectivity
Required Qualifications
- 12 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
- 5 years as a Network Architect, Principal Engineer, or Technical Lead.
- Proven experience with large-scale datacenter migrations and complex Cisco environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto and Cisco FTD/FMC.
- Experience supporting 24x7 mission-critical/healthcare environments.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to participate in maintenance windows, after-hours changes, and critical incident response.
Preferred: CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, CCNP Enterprise/Security, CISSP, ITIL.