IT Network Architect

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Ready to help define the future of HDR’s network technology landscape?

As a Network Architect, you will report to the Director of IT Architecture and work closely with fellow architects, infrastructure and security leaders, corporate IT teams, and business stakeholders to establish, evolve, and govern HDR’s network architecture. You will design secure, resilient, scalable, and supportable network solutions that connect offices, data centers, cloud platforms, users, devices, and business services across HDR’s technology environment.

This is a strategic architecture role, not a network operations or engineering position. You will influence technology decisions, design target-state architectures, shape standards and roadmaps, and guide delivery teams through complex network transformations.

Lead the architecture of enterprise network solutions spanning remote office and data center networks, wide area connectivity, cloud networking, internet and partner connectivity, remote access, wireless, and network security services.

Define and maintain network reference architectures, standards, patterns, principles, and guardrails that guide technology selection and solution delivery across HDR.

Develop current-state and target-state network architectures and roadmaps aligned to HDR’s broader technology vision, business objectives, risk posture, and operational capabilities.

Provide architectural leadership for network modernization initiatives.

Evaluate emerging network technologies and vendor capabilities, identify their architectural fit, and recommend practical adoption paths based on business value, security, cost, resilience, and supportability.

Create architecture diagrams, conceptual and logical designs, technology standards, decision records, transition states, and implementation guidance for delivery teams.

Partner with network engineering and operations teams to validate feasibility, define nonfunctional requirements, and develop transition plans that can be implemented and supported over time.

Identify architectural dependencies, constraints, risks, and technical debt early, and recommend options that balance strategic direction with delivery needs.

Provide architecture oversight during implementation to preserve design intent and address material deviations from approved solutions.

Build and contribute to governance practices that ensure network solutions are secure, resilient, compliant, cost effective, and aligned with HDR architecture principles and standards.

Review proposed network solutions and technology changes for alignment with target-state architecture, approved patterns, cybersecurity requirements, and operational readiness.

Document and communicate architecture decisions, exceptions, risks, and remediation expectations through established governance processes.

Serve as a network architecture subject matter expert to IT Operations, Cybersecurity, cloud and platform teams, application teams, and other corporate technology groups.

Advise technology leaders and technical teams on systemic challenges, modernization priorities, and opportunities to improve reliability, performance,…