Senior Data Center & Cloud Networking Architect

corebridgefinancial; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Senior Network Architect/Engineer to lead the design and modernization of enterprise data center, cloud, routing, and switching platforms for a large financial-services environment. The role focuses on secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available network solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, Arista, Juniper Apstra, F5, cloud networking, and automation, translating business and security requirements into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of enterprise network engineering, architecture, and operational support experience.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data center networking including rout[ing], switching, and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical architect and trusted advisor for enterprise data center, cloud networking, routing, switching, and network modernization initiatives.
• Develop and govern network architecture standards, reference designs, design patterns, deployment models, roadmaps, diagrams, implementation guides, and operational handoff documentation.
• Lead architecture and design reviews across data center fabrics, enterprise routing and switching, hybrid cloud connectivity, application delivery, DDI, segmentation, security integration, observability, and automation.
• Partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, cyber security, risk, audit, operations, procurement, and vendor teams to ensure network designs meet availability, resiliency, performance, security, compliance, and supportability requirements.
• Recommend and guide adoption of new network technologies, software‑defined data center models, cloud connectivity patterns, automation capabilities, and operational tooling improvements.
• Review and approve network changes for architecture alignment, technical risk, resiliency, security controls, operational impact, rollback readiness, and compliance considerations.
• Act as a Level 3 escalation resource for major incidents and complex network issues, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and architectural guidance during Severity 1 and Severity 2 events.
• Lead automation and AI‑enabled operations improvements, including scripting, templates, configuration validation, compliance checks, workflow automation, tool integration, and repeatable deployment practices.
• Support platform lifecycle management, vendor risk reviews, capacity planning, CVE and end‑of‑life remediation, technology refresh planning, audit readiness, and executive‑ready technical documentation.

Skills

Senior network architect

Network design

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

CCIE / Arista ACE / Juniper JNCIE (preferred)

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco ACI

Arista

Juniper Apstra

F5

Job description

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Senior Network Architect/Engineer to lead the design and modernization of enterprise data center, cloud, routing, and switching platforms for a large financial-services environment. The role focuses on secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available network solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, Arista, Juniper Apstra, F5, cloud networking, and automation, translating business and security requirements into