Network Architect

CF Industries Employee Services; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 111,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Health savings plan

Dental and vision benefits

Two medical plan options

Job summary

CF Industries seeks a Network Architect to design, develop, and evolve the enterprise network across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. You will provide technical leadership for LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, data centers, and cloud networking, partnering with Cloud Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams to modernize and automate the network.

The role requires Cisco networking expertise, strong standards development, and the ability to guide projects with minimal supervision while ensuring

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
• CCNA/CCNP and/or Azure certifications required.
• 10+ years of related professional work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and troubleshoot enterprise on-prem, hybrid, and cloud networks.
• Define enterprise standards and guidelines for network tech solutions.
• Lead enterprise projects with minimal supervision.
• Ensure security and reliability across manufacturing and IT networks.
• Implement IDS/IPS architectures and monitoring.
• Collaborate with site leads for operations and security.
• Monitor network performance and implement improvements.
• Follow change control processes and internal controls.
• Research new products and provide technical guidance to management.
• Provide training to junior team members.
• Participate in after-hours on-call rotations.

Skills

Network design

Enterprise networks

Cloud networking

Security best practices

Vendor coordination

Education

BS/BA degree

CCNA/CCNP/Azure certs

Tools

Cisco devices

Azure networking

SD-WAN tech

Job description

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you'll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You'll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions. Our eight manufacturing complexes in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, an unparalleled storage, transportation and distribution network in North America, and logistics capabilities enabling a global reach underpin our strategy to leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate the world's transition to clean energy.

Function

Information Technology

Job Summary

The Network Architect is responsible for designing, developing, and evolving the enterprise network architecture across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, providing technical leadership for LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, SD-WAN, VPN and cloud networking technologies. This role defines network standards and reference architectures that ensure secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available connectivity, including Cisco networking, SD-WAN, Microsoft Azure networking, cloud routing, VPN, load balancing, firewalls, and network segmentation. The Network Architect partners with Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, application teams, and service providers to integrate network services across the enterprise while driving network modernization and automation.

Job Description

Major Responsibilities

• Design and troubleshoot enterprise level on-premises, hybrid, and cloud networks for the purpose of maximizing performance, security, and reliability (e.g. firewalls, routers, switches, wireless access points, controllers, and vendor appliances)
• Define and promote enterprise level standards and guidelines that guide the design of network technology solutions across the enterprise Infrastructure
• Leads enterprise level projects with minimal supervision and guidance
• Design and troubleshoot enterprise level operational technologies that interact with the manufacturing control systems for the purpose of maximizing performance, security, and reliability
• Design Intrusion Detection and Prevent Systems (IDS/IPS).
• Works closely with IT site leads at various locations to ensure network and security solutions are operating as expected
• Monitors performance of network Infrastructure. Provide and implement recommendations for improvement.
• Understand and comply with established processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts, including Change Control procedures across all modifications to the environment. Identify to management internal controls deficiencies
• Researches and evaluates new products, maintains knowledge of emerging technologies for application to the enterprise. Provides technical consulting to management that may result in the selection, installation, and support of enterprise-wide Infrastructure
• Provides technical guidance and training to less experienced team members.
• Participates in On-Call rotation for after-hours support.

Supervisory Relationships

Position Reports To: Manager, IT Network Operations

Incumbent Attributes

• BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience typically required to complete all essential job functions.
• Network certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Microsoft Azure certifications - associate level or higher are required.
• 10 or more years of related professional work experience is required to complete all essential job functions.
• Experience of and participation in the change process, attending change board as a service desk or service management representative.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and to collaborate with site leads to deliver against the organizations service goals in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with organization and time management skills.

Estimated base pay for the position is typically between: $111,400 - $156,800.

The actual base pay for the position may be influenced by factors such as education, training, skills, qualifications, competencies, years of experience, job-related knowledge, and scope of the role, and could be outside of the posted pay range.

In addition to base pay, an incentive program is available to all full-time employees, and a comprehensive benefits package including dua medical plan options, a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match, dental and vision benefits, a well-b

• two medical plan options
• a health savings plan with a company contribution and a match
• dental and vision benefits
• well-b