Principal Network Integration Architect (M&A)

Cencora; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Parental leave

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead assessment, architecture, and integration for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. You will guide cross-functional teams and align acquired environments with enterprise networking and security standards.

The role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership across infrastructure, security, and M&A groups, driving modernization and secure connectivity across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Principal-level engineering experience in enterprise networking.
• Deep expertise in network architecture, design, implementation, and operations.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large-scale infrastructure transformations.
• Strong knowledge of network security, segmentation, routing, switching, data-center connectivity, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience evaluating infrastructure environments and developing actionable integration plans.
• Ability to work independently, lead technically complex initiatives, and influence technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience with modern engineering practices and Agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical due diligence activities for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Assess target-company network environments, data centers, connectivity models, applications, and security architectures.
• Develop network integration and migration roadmaps for acquired or divested businesses.
• Design secure connectivity between acquired environments and the enterprise network.
• Evaluate networking technologies against enterprise architecture standards and identify remediation requirements.
• Partner with acquisition teams, security teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to define integration requirements.
• Create technical plans and provide engineering leadership throughout execution.
• Identify technical risks, operational dependencies, deficiencies, and integration cost considerations.
• Apply the PADU model to target inventories and recommend remediation.
• Establish modernization recommendations that improve network performance, resiliency, security, and supportability.

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Network orchestration

Automation

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead assessment, architecture, and integration for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. You will guide cross-functional teams and align acquired environments with enterprise networking and security standards.

The role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership across infrastructure, security, and M&A groups, driving modernization and secure connectivity across complex environments.