Enterprise Network Architect: Strategy & Modernization

CornerStone Technology Talent Services; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Technology Talent Services seeks an accomplished Enterprise Network Architect to design, modernize, and support complex network environments across multiple data centers and client locations.

This is a high-visibility technical leadership role requiring hands-on expertise, strong consulting and documentation skills, and the ability to translate business needs into secure, scalable network solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 10+ years of designing complex enterprise network infrastructure.
• Advanced routing protocol expertise (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and strong TCP/IP knowledge.
• Experience with data centers, multi-site environments, and security-focused designs.
• Proven ability to produce architecture diagrams, standards, and runbooks.
• Excellent communication with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and architecture discussions for LAN/WAN, data center, and security initiatives.
• Define requirements and design solutions aligned with performance, availability, security, and budgets.
• Develop high-level and detailed network designs for new implementations and migrations.
• Evaluate impact on existing infrastructure and operational support models.
• Provide architecture recommendations covering design, standards, and lifecycle management.
• Present options with costs, risks, benefits, and dependencies.
• Establish enterprise architecture standards and reference designs.
• Develop multi-year roadmaps for capacity, resiliency, and cost optimization.
• Research emerging network technologies and assess business value and risk.
• Plan implementations with sequencing, testing, rollback, and readiness.
• Collaborate across engineering, security, cloud, storage, and operations teams.
• Transition solutions to operations with documentation and training.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex performance and connectivity issues.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective actions for high-impact incidents.
• Promote automation, observability, and repeatable engineering practices across the network.

Skills

Enterprise networking

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

Network security

Stakeholder mgmt

Documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Cisco NX-OS

Visio

Network management tools

Job description

CornerStone Technology Talent Services seeks an accomplished Enterprise Network Architect to design, modernize, and support complex network environments across multiple data centers and client locations.

This is a high-visibility technical leadership role requiring hands-on expertise, strong consulting and documentation skills, and the ability to translate business needs into secure, scalable network solutions.