IT Platform Architect - Network

Job Description

Position Title:

IT Platform Architect - Network

Category/Shift :

Salaried Full-Time

Pay Range:

$ 125,000 - $140,000

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Physical Location :

Remote with 10% Travel

The Job You Will Perform:

Develops and owns integrated roadmaps for core platforms, ensuring interconnected systems function cohesively to support business and IT priorities. They establish standards and governance, guide delivery partners on best practices, and provide oversight of platform upgrades and integrations to maintain consistency, scalability, and long-term value.

Key Accountabilities

Defines architecture strategy and develops integrated roadmaps and future-state blueprints for core systems (e.g., SAP, ServiceNow), including cloud-native platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Strong thought leadership and ability to drive platform standards and governance

Ability to develop platform roadmaps and align them with business and IT strategies

Deep technical knowledge of platform technologies and their integration across domains

Strong communication and collaboration skills to align multiple stakeholders

Creates and supports new and existing network solutions, and develops metrics, performance monitoring, reporting, business continuity and disaster recovery plans for those solutions

Ensures platform architecture supports interoperability, security, and evolving business and technology priorities across domains

Establishes platform standards, master data management, governance, and reference models to drive consistency and re-use across functions leveraging the same platform

Defines Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines for applications and oversees automation frameworks (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

Establishes API-first integration strategies for real-time data exchange using (e.g., REST, GraphQL) and oversees middleware and messaging infrastructure (Eg: Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Partners with managed service providers (MSPs) and product/delivery teams to guide adherence to platform best practices and evaluate implications of technical upgrades

Collaborates with network engineers to lab test, document and generate engineering templates and guidelines for repeatable rollouts

Provides network and cloud architectural support and overall direction, guidance and stewardship for projects

Participate in planning, design, documentation, implementation and support of the WAN, Internet, data center, colocation and cloud infrastructures

Key Challenges:

Rapidly changing technology landscape both internally and externally.

Collaborating and coordinating with multiple stakeholders for accelerated delivery and results.

Aligning and operating with new ways of working and new operating model

The Skills You Will Bring:

Education and General Experience :

Degree in Computer Science or technical equivalent degree or experience

Minimum of 2 years of experience working within Azure cloud, Azure network operations and Azure automation

Typically has 10 or more years of IT experience with more than 5 in their primary platform of responsibility

Excellent technical understanding of the primary platform they are responsible for

Deep knowledge of industry trends and best practices

Able to work in an unstructured, changing environment

Ability to analyze, synthesize and communicate, verbally and in writing, abstract concepts

Recognizes opportunities to transform the business with technology

Peer network with outside companies, consultants, and universities

Management applications, including SolarWinds, LiveAction, Splunk, GNS3, Wireshark, Nmap, Syslog, SNMP, Netflow and SIEM

Good knowledge of Agile and waterfall methodologies and corresponding platforms such as ADO.

Functional Knowledge and Experience

Architecture Design

Technology Evaluation

Standards & Governance

Solution Design

Collaboration & Communication

Change Management

Integration & Interoperability

Risk Management

Advisory Role experience

Architecture Communication & Education

Technical:

Architecture Framework(s)

Current State Assessments

Target State Architecture

Architecture Principles & Guidelines

Architecture Review & Approvals

Technology Roadmaps

Continuous Process Improvement

Risk & Compliance Assessments

Competencies needed for this position:

Organizational Savvy

Tech Savvy

Business Insights

Manages Conflict

Situational Adaptability

Decision Quality

Communicates Effectively

Drives Vision and Purpose

Strategic Agility

Drives Engagement

Job Identification 2002846

Job Schedule Full time