Senior Network Architect - Hybrid Cloud & Security

Altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera seeks a Senior Network Architect to lead strategy, architecture, and execution of its global network transformation across IT and BU labs. You will define scalable, secure, high-performance network architectures and partner with IT, engineering, security, and external providers.

In this role you will drive cloud integration (AWS/Azure), hybrid connectivity, and modernization of on-prem and cloud networks, ensuring reliability, compliance, and cost-effective solutions for the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, with 10+ years of professional experience in enterprise networking.
• 10+ years designing, architecting, and implementing large-scale enterprise network infrastructure across multiple sites or global environments.
• 10+ years of experience with enterprise networking technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networking, network segmentation, and high-availability architectures.
• 10+ years of experience leading or supporting complex network transformation, modernization, migration, or infrastructure integration initiatives.
• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing hybrid cloud network architectures, including secure connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure.
• 10+ years of experience partnering with cross-functional IT, security, engineering, integration, and external service provider teams to deliver complex network solutions.
• 10+ years of experience developing network architecture standards, technical documentation, migration strategies, and operational best practices for scalable and secure enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead network transformation initiatives by developing the technical strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution plans for enterprise IT and BU lab environments.
• Develop detailed network architecture and migration plans that enable transition to future-state infrastructure while minimizing business disruption and downtime.
• Assess existing network infrastructure, equipment, configurations, and dependencies and determine opportunities to optimize, integrate, replace, or modernize components as part of the transformation.
• Define network topology, routing and switching architecture, protocols, segmentation, and configurations that meet current and future business requirements.
• Design scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient enterprise network architectures.
• Develop strategies for seamless integration of cloud services, including AWS and Azure, into Altera’s global network infrastructure.
• Architect hybrid cloud networking solutions that provide secure and efficient connectivity between on-premises data centers, engineering environments, laboratories, and cloud resources.
• Collaborate with Integration teams, IT infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, and external service providers to design and implement reliable connectivity solutions.
• Evaluate network technologies and solutions and provide technical recommendations based on business requirements, scalability, performance, security, and cost.
• Ensure network transformation initiatives align with applicable security, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to incorporate appropriate network security controls, segmentation, firewall policies, VPN connectivity, and access controls into network architecture.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for network architectures, topologies, configurations, standards, policies, migration plans, and operational procedures.
• Establish network architecture standards, design principles, and best practices that promote consistency, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to network engineering and operations teams throughout architecture, implementation, migration, and optimization activities.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, automation, standardization, and modernization of network operations.
• Troubleshoot and provide architectural guidance for complex network connectivity, performance, and reliability issues.
• Stay current with emerging enterprise networking, cloud networking, automation, and security technologies and assess their applicability to Altera’s environment.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Hybrid cloud networking

Security & VPN

Network modernization

Documentation & standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Altera seeks a Senior Network Architect to lead strategy, architecture, and execution of its global network transformation across IT and BU labs. You will define scalable, secure, high-performance network architectures and partner with IT, engineering, security, and external providers.

In this role you will drive cloud integration (AWS/Azure), hybrid connectivity, and modernization of on-prem and cloud networks, ensuring reliability, compliance, and cost-effective solutions for the organization.