Senior IT Network Architect – Cloud, AI & Security

Eaton Group; Galesburg (MI); On-site; USD 146,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable incentive program

Job summary

Eaton is seeking an IT Architect - Network to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, and security architecture. The role defines target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, and governance across Eaton's global network environment including campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, Azure, OCI, and Equinix interconnections.

Reporting to the Network & Security Architecture leadership, you will shape future-state infrastructure strategies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• 7+ years designing enterprise network and cloud architectures.
• 3+ years in a senior architect or technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Enterprise networking expertise

Cloud networking

Network security architecture

AI-enabled operations (AIOps)

Multicloud (Azure/OCI)

Equinix interconnection knowledge

Private LTE/5G networking

Governance & standards development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

Check Point

Fortinet

F5

Zscaler

Azure

OCI

Equinix

Job description

Eaton is seeking an IT Architect - Network to serve as the senior technical authority for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, and security architecture. The role defines target-state architectures, roadmaps, standards, and governance across Eaton's global network environment including campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, Azure, OCI, and Equinix interconnections.

Reporting to the Network & Security Architecture leadership, you will shape future-state infrastructure strategies