Lead Principal, Enterprise Network Architect

Job Summary

Lead Principal Enterprise Network Architect responsible for enterprise network architecture strategy, standards, governance, and modernization. Drives reference architectures, governance processes, and ensures architectures support business, security, automation, cloud adoption, and infrastructure platform engineering principles.

• Define and maintain enterprise network architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and target‑state roadmaps.
• Develop modular network architecture patterns for campus, WAN, cloud, hybrid, data center, SASE, and Zero Trust initiatives.
• Establish architecture guardrails supporting scalability, automation, resiliency, observability, and security.
• Review and approve network design submissions from MSPs, vendors, integrators, and internal teams.
• Participate in enterprise architecture governance reviews and evaluate infrastructure dependencies, risks, and integration requirements.
• Validate alignment with enterprise standards, security controls, operational requirements, and architectural principles.
• Translate business and technical requirements into Architecture Requirements Documents (ARDs), architecture decisions, and solution designs.
• Extract, normalize, and consolidate network standards, SOPs, architectures, and operational knowledge from distributed repositories.
• Establish and maintain a centralized network standards and policy knowledge base.
• Produce architecture documentation, design standards, and implementation guidance.
• Evaluate emerging network technologies, infrastructure platforms, automation capabilities, AI‑assisted operations, and cloud networking solutions.
• Support enterprise modernization programs involving SD‑WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, cloud networking, network automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, observability, and segmentation.
• Communicate architecture decisions, trade‑offs, standards, risks, and recommendations to executives, architects, engineers, security teams, and business leaders.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams on architecture principles, design practices, and technology strategy.

• 10+ years enterprise networking, infrastructure engineering, or network architecture experience.
• 5+ years in senior, lead, or principal enterprise architecture roles.
• Demonstrated experience defining enterprise network architecture standards, reference architectures, and governance processes.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews and approving network designs.
• Experience translating business and security requirements into architecture deliverables and requirements documentation.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP fundamentals; routing and switching; VPN technologies; network security architecture; SD‑WAN and SASE concepts; cloud networking; data center networking; network segmentation;
  Zero Trust principles.
• Experience creating and maintaining enterprise architecture documentation and standards.
• Strong cross‑functional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working with MSPs, vendors, and external implementation partners.
• Preferred skills:
  Fortinet, Cisco (including Meraki); network automation and programmability (Ansible, Terraform, APIs, IaC, Net Dev Ops ); network observability and AIOps platforms; large‑scale enterprise modernization programs; cloud networking across Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS; OT, industrial, IoT networking; infrastructure platform engineering concepts; AI‑assisted network operations; DDI platforms; digital twin technologies; TOGAF; ITIL‑based operational models; relevant networking certifications (CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, cloud networking certifications).

Candidates may be required to pass a drug test and a background check. Compensation and benefits details are provided by the hiring team upon interview. Base salary range is USD $190,600–$324,000 per year, subject to location, responsibilities, and experience.

Ingram Micro Inc. is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.