Senior Network Architect - Data Center Modernization Hybrid

The Network Consultant will serve as a senior technical lead for large-scale enterprise infrastructure, data center deployments, migrations, refresh initiatives, and network modernization projects. The role combines strong hands-on networking expertise with infrastructure program leadership, stakeholder management, planning, documentation, and communication skills. The consultant will coordinate cross-functional teams across networking, cloud, security, storage, and infrastructure operations while supporting complex enterprise environments and driving initiatives from planning through execution.

This is a hybrid role based in Frisco, TX, requiring onsite work two days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise infrastructure projects from initiation through successful completion.

• Drive data center migration, refresh, consolidation, and modernization efforts.

• Coordinate networking, security, cloud, storage, server, and infrastructure teams to deliver enterprise initiatives.

• Design, implement, and support large-scale data center networking solutions.

• Support and troubleshoot complex routing, switching, and network security environments.

• Manage project timelines, implementation plans, change management activities, budgets, and technical documentation.

• Develop infrastructure roadmaps, migration strategies, and deployment plans.

• Support network monitoring, performance optimization, and root cause analysis activities.

• Partner with vendors, business stakeholders, and technical teams to ensure successful project delivery.

• Create detailed architecture diagrams, implementation procedures, and operational documentation.

• Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and technical considerations to stakeholders.

• Provide technical leadership across infrastructure modernization and network engineering initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Strong enterprise-level infrastructure and networking experience.

• Hands-on experience with Arista and Juniper networking technologies.

• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, routing, and switching.

• Strong experience with BGP and OSPF.

• Hands-on experience with data center networking, including EVPN/VXLAN and spine-leaf architectures.

• Experience with Cisco Nexus, MPLS, VLANs, QoS, ACLs, DNS/DHCP, IPv4, and IPv
6.

• Experience with SDN and SD-WAN technologies.

• Experience supporting enterprise data center operations, migrations, refreshes, and infrastructure modernization.

• Experience with storage, compute, virtualization, structured cabling, and facilities-related infrastructure.

• Strong network security experience, including Palo Alto, Fortinet, and/or Check Point.

• Knowledge of IDS/IPS, SIEM, device hardening, vulnerability management, and VPN technologies.

• Experience with network monitoring and performance tools such as Solar Winds, Net Flow, Infoblox, and Wireshark.

• Strong Technical Program Management or PMO experience, including project documentation, stakeholder communication, implementation planning, budgets, and governance.

• Experience managing project timelines, change management, implementation activities, and cross-functional technical teams.

• Strong infrastructure project leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure architecture and enterprise network architecture.

• Experience with cloud networking across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.

• Experience with enterprise security architecture.

• Experience in Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecom, or other large enterprise environments.

• Experience leading multi-million-dollar infrastructure initiatives.

• Experience working as a Network Architect, Infrastructure Architect, Lead Network Engineer, Senior Network Engineer, Infrastructure Program Manager, Technical Program Manager, Principal Network Engineer, Data Center Architect, or Network Consultant.

• Experience with large-scale network modernization and data center transformation programs.