Senior Data Center Network Architect - DCI & Interconnect

GTN Technical Staffing; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing seeks a Senior Network Architect to lead design for large-scale data center backbones, DCI, and WAN connectivity. This hybrid role focuses on scalable, secure architectures supporting high-bandwidth workloads across data centers and cloud interconnects.

The ideal candidate has deep data center networking experience, carrier-grade routing, and multi-tenant design, with a proven ability to define architectural standards and enable infrastructure growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience designing large-scale data center or carrier networks.
• Expertise in EVPN, VXLAN and BGP.
• Strong WAN architecture, interconnects, and carrier connectivity experience.
• Ability to develop reference architectures, standards, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of large-scale data center backbone and DCI environments.
• Design scalable, high-availability networks for HPC/AI workloads.
• Define standards for routing, traffic engineering, redundancy, telemetry, and observability.
• Develop secure multi-tenant networking that ensures isolation and SLA adherence.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects and infra teams to align designs with workloads.
• Ensure security, segmentation, and compliance are embedded in architecture.

Skills

EVPN

VXLAN

BGP

Data center networking

Multi-tenant networking

Traffic engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Network Engineering

Job description

GTN Technical Staffing seeks a Senior Network Architect to lead design for large-scale data center backbones, DCI, and WAN connectivity. This hybrid role focuses on scalable, secure architectures supporting high-bandwidth workloads across data centers and cloud interconnects.

The ideal candidate has deep data center networking experience, carrier-grade routing, and multi-tenant design, with a proven ability to define architectural standards and enable infrastructure growth.