Network Architect

Empiric; España; A distancia; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Empiric is seeking an experienced Network Architect to own the design, architecture, and evolution of a Nordic customer's IT network domain, spanning NSX, firewall, proxy, and load balancing across Azure and AWS. The role requires remote work with one onboarding trip to Finland and lead responsibility for large multi-country datacenter migrations.

You will drive automation and tooling for network operations, ensuring alignment with compute platforms and cross-team collaboration throughout the

Formación

• Experience designing and evolving enterprise network architectures.
• Hands-on NSX expertise and private cloud networking know-how.
• Proficient in public cloud networking with Azure and AWS.

Responsabilidades

• Own design and evolution of the NSX-based network architecture across SDDC.
• Architect and oversee firewall, proxy, and load balancer designs and lifecycles.
• Lead large-scale datacenter migration and multi-country deployments.
• Extend network design to compute and ensure alignment with compute platforms.
• Develop automation and tooling for network operations and auditing at scale.

Conocimientos

Physical networking

VMware NSX

Azure networking

AWS networking

Firewall architecture

Proxy architecture

Load balancer/WAF

Hybrid cloud connectivity

Network automation

Descripción del empleo

My client, a large Nordic customer, are looking for someone to join their team for an initial 6 months. This will be working remotely, there would need to be 1 trip to the customer site in Finland at the start of the contract to pick up laptop and do onboarding.

Role Summary

Own the design, architecture, and evolution of the customer's IT network domain — covering network, firewall, proxy, load balancing, and NSX — as well as compute and public cloud network and security across Azure and AWS. This role spans the full stack: classic physical networking, private VMware cloud (NSX), through to public cloud and hybrid connectivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain NSX network virtualization architecture across the SDDC estate
• Architect and oversee firewall design, policy, and lifecycle across the network estate
• Architect and oversee proxy services as part of the network domain
• Design and maintain load balancing architecture (on-prem and cloud, e.g. WAF-fronted LBaaS)
• Lead large-scale datacenter migration and decommission programs (multi-country, thousands of devices)
• Public cloud networking: Azure and AWS, including hybrid connectivity back to on-prem and both classic and cloud-native network architectures
• Extend architecture ownership into compute, ensuring network/security design aligns with compute platform needs
• Build and evolve automation/tooling for network operations and auditing at scale
• Operate within and help evolve broader IT network environment, working across teams and contracting layers

Required Skills & Experience

• Classic physical networking (routing, switching, datacenter fabric)
• Deep hands-on expertise with VMware NSX (private cloud networking)
• Public cloud networking: Azure and AWS, hybrid on-prem connectivity
• Firewall architecture and operations
• Proxy architecture and operations
• Load balancer / WAF architecture (on-prem and cloud)
• Working knowledge of compute platforms and their interaction with network/security design