Senior Enterprise Network Architect – Cloud & Security

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Enterprise Network Architect to design and govern scalable, secure global networks across LAN/WAN, wireless, security, and cloud environments.

You will lead the design, blueprinting, and implementation of fault-tolerant infrastructure, guide emerging technologies, and mentor network engineers to drive reliability, performance, and security across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in designing, engineering and leading enterprise network solutions.
• Proven experience as principal or lead architect for large, multi-site global enterprises.
• Advanced expertise in routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, wireless and SD‑WAN.
• Cloud networking (AWS, Azure) at scale; cross‑functional project leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architect and define global enterprise network strategy across LAN, WAN, wireless, security and cloud networking.
• Lead design and blueprinting of scalable, secure, fault‑tolerant enterprise network infrastructure.
• Guide adoption of emerging technologies to improve performance, reliability and security of enterprise networks.

Skills

Routing & Switching

SD-WAN

Cloud Networking

Network Security

Leadership

Mentorship

TCP/IP

DNS/DHCP

VLANs

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Vendor Negotiation

Education

CCNP

CCIE

AWS Advanced Networking

Network+

CISSP

Tools

Cisco ISE

Zero Trust

Teams

8x8

Cloud Networking Tools

Job description

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Enterprise Network Architect to design and govern scalable, secure global networks across LAN/WAN, wireless, security, and cloud environments.

You will lead the design, blueprinting, and implementation of fault-tolerant infrastructure, guide emerging technologies, and mentor network engineers to drive reliability, performance, and security across the enterprise.