Senior IT Network Architect - Cloud, AI & Security

Eaton Corporation; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 146,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s Corporate Sector division is seeking an IT Architect - Network in Beachwood, OH. You will serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise network, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security architecture, defining target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, and reference designs across Eaton's global network environment.

The role partners with fellow architects to establish future-state infrastructure strategies, advancing Eaton's

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

Network security

Architecture governance

AIOps

IaC

Automation

Multicloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

Check Point

Fortinet

F5

Zscaler

Aruba

Azure

OCI

Equinix

Job description

Eaton Corporation’s Corporate Sector division is seeking an IT Architect - Network in Beachwood, OH. You will serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise network, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security architecture, defining target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, and reference designs across Eaton's global network environment.

The role partners with fellow architects to establish future-state infrastructure strategies, advancing Eaton's