Senior Network Architect

Altera•San Jose, CA

2d•$187,000 - $270,700•Onsite

About The Position

Altera is seeking a Senior Network Architect to lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of network transformation initiatives across IT and Business Unit (BU) lab environments. This role involves defining and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performance network architectures to support current and future business needs. The architect will collaborate with various teams and external providers to modernize infrastructure, enable hybrid cloud connectivity, and ensure a smooth transition to a future-state network. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in enterprise network architecture and transformation, hands-on experience with routing and switching, and experience integrating cloud environments like AWS and Azure with on-premises infrastructure.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of professional experience in enterprise networking
10+ years of experience designing, architecting, and implementing large-scale enterprise network infrastructure across multiple sites or global environments
10+ years of experience with enterprise networking technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networking, network segmentation, and high-availability architectures
10+ years of experience leading or supporting complex network transformation, modernization, migration, or infrastructure integration initiatives
10+ years of experience designing and implementing hybrid cloud network architectures, including secure connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure
10+ years of experience partnering with cross-functional IT, security, engineering, integration, and external service provider teams to deliver complex network solutions
10+ years of experience developing network architecture standards, technical documentation, migration strategies, and operational best practices for scalable and secure enterprise environments

Nice To Haves

CCNP, CCIE, AWS Certified Networking, Azure networking certification, or equivalent industry certification
Experience supporting engineering, semiconductor, manufacturing, laboratory, or other highly technical environments
Experience with network automation, software-defined networking, or infrastructure as code

Responsibilities

Lead network transformation initiatives by developing the technical strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution plans for enterprise IT and BU lab environments.
Develop detailed network architecture and migration plans that enable transition to future-state infrastructure while minimizing business disruption and downtime.
Assess existing network infrastructure, equipment, configurations, and dependencies and determine opportunities to optimize, integrate, replace, or modernize components as part of the transformation.
Define network topology, routing and switching architecture, protocols, segmentation, and configurations that meet current and future business requirements.
Design scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient enterprise network architectures.
Develop strategies for seamless integration of cloud services, including AWS and Azure, into Altera’s global network infrastructure.
Architect hybrid cloud networking solutions that provide secure and efficient connectivity between on-premises data centers, engineering environments, laboratories, and cloud resources.
Collaborate with Integration teams, IT infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, and external service providers to design and implement reliable connectivity solutions.
Evaluate network technologies and solutions and provide technical recommendations based on business requirements, scalability, performance, security, and cost.
Ensure network transformation initiatives align with applicable security, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
Partner with cybersecurity teams to incorporate appropriate network security controls, segmentation, firewall policies, VPN connectivity, and access controls into network architecture.
Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for network architectures, topologies, configurations, standards, policies, migration plans, and operational procedures.
Establish network architecture standards, design principles, and best practices that promote consistency, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to network engineering and operations teams throughout architecture, implementation, migration, and optimization activities.
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, automation, standardization, and modernization of network operations.
Troubleshoot and provide architectural guidance for complex network connectivity, performance, and reliability issues.
Stay current with emerging enterprise networking, cloud networking, automation, and security technologies and assess their applicability to Altera’s environment.