Senior Enterprise Network & Cloud Architect

Eaton; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 146,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking an IT Architect - Network in Houston, TX to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security architecture. You will define target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, reference designs, and governance across Eaton's global network environment.

The role focuses on architecture, standards, and governance and does not own operational support, incident management, or project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 7 years of experience designing enterprise network, cloud networking, private wireless, and/or network security architectures.
• Minimum 3 years in a senior architect, principal engineer, or technical leadership role.
• Must reside within 50 miles of Beachwood, OH; Galesburg, MI; Houston, TX; Menomonee Falls, WI; Moon Township, PA; or Raleigh, NC.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal architect for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, roadmaps, and engineering principles.
• Define secure, scalable, resilient network architectures supporting cloud-first and hybrid-cloud strategies.
• Establish networking frameworks for Azure and OCI, including landing zones, hub-and-spoke designs, routing, segmentation, DNS, private connectivity, and hybrid-cloud integration.
• Define interconnection architectures leveraging Equinix Fabric, Equinix Network Edge, ExpressRoute, FastConnect, cloud on-ramps, BGP, and regional hub models.
• Provide architectural direction for private LTE/5G networks supporting industrial mobility, OT/IoT connectivity, manufacturing operations, and integration with enterprise networking and security controls.
• Lead architecture initiatives for network automation and AI-enabled operations, including AIOps, observability, telemetry, Infrastructure as Code, intent-based networking, automated remediation, and cloud-native automation.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to drive governance and technology strategy.

Skills

Enterprise Networking

Cloud Networking

Private Wireless

Network Security

AIOps

Automation

IaC

Multicloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

Check Point

Fortinet

F5

Zscaler

Aruba

Azure

OCI

Equinix

SD-WAN

Job description

Eaton is seeking an IT Architect - Network in Houston, TX to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security architecture. You will define target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, reference designs, and governance across Eaton's global network environment.

The role focuses on architecture, standards, and governance and does not own operational support, incident management, or project delivery.