Principal - Network Architect

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Remote? No

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as well, with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work‑life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that has worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We are always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people.

We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer‑obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog h.

In this pivotal engineering role, you will design, build and implement network solutions, ensuring stability, performance and scalability. This role combines strategic planning, design, implementation and support to maximize the availability and reliability of Ally's network systems. You will align technical capabilities with business goals, facilitating cross‑functional collaboration and ensuring compliance with security and performance standards.

This role will require you to work closely with several peer teams across enterprise technology and security groups. Your ability to bridge these areas will be essential in delivering industry‑leading solutions that meet the diverse needs of our stakeholders and customers.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

• Provide network subject matter expertise to further our hybrid cloud position and progress
• Guide the development and implementation of network architecture, standard and policies for SD‑WAN and telecommunications technologies
• Work with engineering, operations and teams throughout technology to ensure the scalability and reliability of our network infrastructure
• Provide advanced network simulation and analysis of application and business requirements
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud networking technologies, including virtual machines, containers, storage, databases and networking
• Collaborate with teams and leaders across technology to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate network‑based application performance issues
• Design, implement and maintain network observability solutions to monitor network performance and implement enhancements to meet or exceed operational targets
• Stay up to date on the latest network technologies and recommend solutions to improve network performance and efficiency
• Build a secure‑by‑design mindset across all areas of the network stack
• Mentor and provide knowledge transfer for Network Engineers and Operations team members

• Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences, Cybersecurity, a related technology field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in network technology and support, with at least 3 years with deep focus on architecture and engineering.
• Strong knowledge of network principles, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), VPNs and network security frameworks. (e.g., NIST)
• Proven experience in designing and managing high availability and resilient network infrastructures.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across the technology, business and risk organizations.
• Robust communication and presentation skills, demonstrating how architecture and design improvements will enable Ally's high‑availability objectives.

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in…