Enterprise Network & Automation Architecture
About The Position
Make an impact at NTT Global Data Centers. Join NTT Global Data Centers and be part of a team that drives innovation and sustainability in the digital world. With over 150 data centers across more than 20 countries globally, we offer unparalleled opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology and transformative projects. Experience a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive workplace where your ideas are valued, and your growth is supported. Your role at a glance: Lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of enterprise network and automation solutions across data center, cloud, WAN, ISP, and OT environments. This role combines deep networking expertise with modern Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), DevOps, and automation practices to deliver scalable, secure, and highly resilient network services. The Network Automation Architect drives network modernization through automation, network-as-code, compliance enforcement, and operational excellence while serving as a technical leader across infrastructure, security, cloud, and operations teams.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of: Routing & Switching LAN/WAN technologies
- BGP and multi-homed ISP architectures
- IPv4 and IPv6
- Firewalls and load balancers
- IDS/IPS technologies
- Optical networking
- Wireless networking
- DNS, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, and related Internet protocols
- Voice/VoIP and carrier circuits
- Network troubleshooting and packet analysis using Wireshark
- Strong experience with: Python
- Ansible
- Terraform
- REST APIs
- Shell scripting
- Git-based version control
- CI/CD platforms including GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins
- Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps methodologies
- Automated testing and validation frameworks
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking architectures.
- Design and operation of hybrid cloud and enterprise networking environments.
- Integration of cloud networking and security services into enterprise architectures.
- Advanced knowledge of network monitoring, telemetry, observability, analytics, and performance management solutions.
- Experience designing operational dashboards and reporting frameworks.
- Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to develop standards, policies, governance frameworks, and technical documentation.
- Strong diagramming, whiteboarding, presentation, and technical writing abilities.
- Ability to communicate architectural concepts to technical and executive audiences.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10+ years of enterprise networking experience.
- 5+ years of experience in network automation, architecture, or infrastructure engineering leadership roles.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain enterprise network architecture standards, roadmaps, and reference designs.
- Design scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant LAN, WAN, ISP, cloud, data center, and OT Networking environments.
- Create and maintain network designs, topology documentation, and technical standards.
- Audit, analyze, and recommend improvements to network infrastructure, performance, resiliency, and security.
- Research emerging technologies and recommend innovations that advance business and customer objectives.
- Define and implement enterprise network automation strategy and roadmap.
- Design and develop scalable automation platforms leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), APIs, and orchestration frameworks.
- Develop automation for network provisioning, configuration management, lifecycle management, validation, compliance, and remediation.
- Establish network-as-code practices including version control, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and change validation.
- Standardize templates, golden configurations, compliance frameworks, and deployment workflows.
- Integrate network automation platforms with ITSM, monitoring, cloud, and security systems.
- Develop integrations with ServiceNow, network controllers, cloud platforms, telemetry systems, and operational tools and associated process engineering for new workflows.
- Build dashboards, observability solutions, and reporting capabilities supporting network health, performance, and compliance tracking.
- Leverage telemetry and analytics for operational insights and proactive issue detection.
- Automate policy enforcement, vulnerability assessments, audit reporting, and compliance validation.
- Design and maintain secure Critical Infrastructure Network (CIN) environments.
- Support regulatory, customer, audits and internal compliance requirements including ISO27001.
- Collaborate with security teams on IDS/IPS, firewall, segmentation, and threat mitigation strategies.
- Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for network architecture and automation.
- Lead technical design reviews, architecture governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mentor engineers and architects on automation, networking technologies, and infrastructure best practices.
- Lead cross-functional projects spanning networking, cloud, security, operations, and software development disciplines.
- Facilitate network working groups and architecture review boards.
Benefits
- annual bonus
- paid time-off
- medical
- dental
- vision benefits
- life and supplemental insurance
- short-term and long-term disability
- flexible spending account
- 401k retirement plan
- monthly stipend is provided to cover expenses associated with working remotely and use of a personal mobile device, if applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
