Senior Hybrid Cloud Network Architect

Synergy Business Consulting, Inc.; Lowell (MA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Business Consulting, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Architect to lead the design, evolution, and governance of a global hybrid network infrastructure. This strategic role spans on-premises, cloud, security, and connectivity, with emphasis on Azure, Google Cloud, and observability.

The candidate will influence architecture decisions, establish standards, and guide engineering teams through complex network transformations. Strong leadership and automation focus are required.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience in enterprise networking, network architecture, or infrastructure engineering.
• 10+ years designing and architecting complex global network environments.
• Proven experience leading architecture initiatives across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native networking and hybrid connectivity.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, traffic engineering, and multi-cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise network architecture roadmap.
• Design global network solutions spanning data centers, campuses, branches, cloud environments, and Internet edge connectivity.
• Develop reference architectures, standards, and engineering best practices.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and make strategic recommendations.
• Establish architecture governance to ensure scalability, security, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
• Architect connectivity across Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises environments.
• Design active/standby WAN, SD-WAN, MPLS, Internet, and cloud interconnect solutions.
• Develop routing, segmentation, and traffic engineering strategies using BGP, OSPF, VRF, IPSec, and SDN.
• Design cloud-native networking solutions using Azure and Google Cloud networking services.
• Partner with security architecture teams on network segmentation and secure connectivity.
• Define firewall architecture, cloud security controls, Zero Trust networking, and secure access methodologies.
• Establish security baselines and compliance standards.
• Conduct architecture reviews and identify network risks and improvement opportunities.
• Drive adoption of network automation and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Develop automation standards using Terraform, Ansible, APIs, and CI/CD.
• Promote automation-first approaches to improve reliability and scalability.
• Provide architectural leadership for major network transformation initiatives.
• Review and approve technical designs and implementation plans.
• Lead architecture reviews, POCs, and technology evaluations.
• Mentor network engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with Cloud Engineering, Security, Platform Engineering, and Operations.
• Define network monitoring and observability strategies.
• Utilize tools such as Splunk and ThousandEyes to identify performance and connectivity issues.
• Analyze capacity and performance trends.
• Lead root-cause analysis for major incidents.
• Establish high-availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery standards.
• Understand emerging tech like Agentic AI, Generative AI, and intelligent automation.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cloud networking

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

SD-WAN

IPSec

Azure

Google Cloud

Security architecture

Automation

Observability

Leadership

Mentoring

Networking strategy

Tools

Juniper switching

Palo Alto firewall

Splunk

ThousandEyes

Wireshark

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Job description

Synergy Business Consulting, Inc. seeks an experienced Network Architect to lead the design, evolution, and governance of a global hybrid network infrastructure. This strategic role spans on-premises, cloud, security, and connectivity, with emphasis on Azure, Google Cloud, and observability.

The candidate will influence architecture decisions, establish standards, and guide engineering teams through complex network transformations. Strong leadership and automation focus are required.