Senior Enterprise Network Architect — Strategy & Modernization

Capgemini; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision care

Job summary

Tundra Technical Solutions is seeking a Lead Principal Enterprise Network Architect (Contract) in Irvine, CA (Hybrid) to define enterprise network strategy, standards, and roadmaps. You will drive modernization across SD-WAN, SASE, cloud networking, and network automation while aligning security and business goals.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise networking and 5+ years in senior roles, with strong governance experience and collaboration with MSPs and vendors.

Qualifications

• Extensive enterprise networking experience and governance.
• Ability to translate business and security requirements into architecture artifacts.
• Experience with reference architectures and standards governance.
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise network architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and target-state roadmaps.
• Develop modular network architecture patterns for campus, WAN, cloud, hybrid, data center, SASE, and Zero Trust.
• Establish guardrails for scalability, automation, resiliency, observability, and security.
• Review and approve network designs from MSPs, vendors, and internal teams.
• Participate in governance reviews and evaluate dependencies and risks.

Skills

Architecture governance

Network architecture strategy

Requirements discovery

Enterprise architecture review

Routing & Switching

Network Security

SD-WAN / SASE

Cloud Networking

Data Center Networking

Industrial Networking

Zero Trust Architecture

Network Automation

Infrastructure as Code

AI-Augmented Operations

Knowledge Management

Job description

Tundra Technical Solutions is seeking a Lead Principal Enterprise Network Architect (Contract) in Irvine, CA (Hybrid) to define enterprise network strategy, standards, and roadmaps. You will drive modernization across SD-WAN, SASE, cloud networking, and network automation while aligning security and business goals.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise networking and 5+ years in senior roles, with strong governance experience and collaboration with MSPs and vendors.