Senior Network Architect – Network Solutioning & Design

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Network Architect to lead end‑to‑end network solutioning and design across enterprise LAN, WAN, data‑center and cloud environments. The role combines technical authority, pre‑sales support and mentorship, driving resilient, scalable and automated network architectures.

Key responsibilities

• Own architecture and solution design for campus/LAN, WAN, data‑center, cloud and SASE domains.
• Produce High‑Level and Low‑Level Designs, reference architectures, topology diagrams, IP/routing schemes, migration plans and bill of materials.
• Lead technology evaluations, proof‑of‑concepts and vendor selection against functional, commercial, operational and security criteria.
• Support pre‑sales activities: respond to RFPs/RFIs, size and cost solutions, present designs to customers and executives, and defend decisions in technical reviews.
• Define transformation and migration strategies for legacy‑to‑software‑defined transitions (e.g., WAN → SD‑WAN/SASE, classic DC → spine‑leaf fabric).
• Embed security‑by‑design, including micro‑segmentation, Zero Trust, secure edge and integration with broader security architecture.
• Drive network automation and AI/AIOps to operate and optimise networks and support AI/ML workloads.

Required profile

• Senior individual‑contributor with deep hands‑on expertise in modern enterprise networking.
• Proven experience designing multi‑vendor solutions across LAN, WAN, data‑center and cloud.
• Strong background in pre‑sales solutioning, standards definition and mentoring delivery teams.
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into resilient, scalable and automatable architectures.

Required skills

• Software‑Defined LAN
• SD‑WAN and SASE
• Application delivery/load balancing
• DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
• Software‑Defined Data Center LAN
• Network automation
• AI/AIOps
• Micro‑segmentation and Zero Trust security
• Network architecture and design (HLD/LLD)
• IP routing and topology planning
• Proof‑of‑concept execution and vendor evaluation