Senior Network Data Center Engineer

Corebridge Financial; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching up to 6%

Employee Assistance Program

Volunteer Time Off

Paid Time Off 24 days

Job summary

Corebridge Financial in Houston seeks a Senior Network Architect/Engineer to lead design and modernization of enterprise data center, cloud, routing, and switching platforms. You will set standards, roadmaps, and governance while collaborating with architecture, security, risk, and operations teams to ensure reliable, cost-effective networks.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, ACI, Arista, Juniper Apstra, and cloud networking across Azure, AWS, or GCP, along with

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise network engineering, architecture, and operations.
• 5+ years as senior data center network architect, design engineer, or solution architect.
• Financial services or regulated industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical architect and trusted advisor for data center, cloud networking, routing, switching, and modernization initiatives.
• Develop and govern network architecture standards, reference designs, and deployment roadmaps.
• Lead architecture reviews across data center fabrics, hybrid cloud connectivity, application delivery, DDI and security integration.
• Partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, cyber security, risk, audit, and vendor teams to meet availability, resiliency, performance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Recommend adoption of new network technologies, SDN, and automation capabilities to improve operations.
• Review and approve network changes for alignment, risk, resiliency, and compliance.

Skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

Mentoring

Influencing

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology / Computer Science / Engineering

CCIE, Arista ACE, Juniper JNCIE or cloud networking certifications

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco ACI

Arista switching

Juniper Apstra

Arista CloudVision

SDDC fabrics

Job description

Who We Are

At Corebridge Financial, we believe action is everything. That's why every day we partner with financial professionals and institutions to make it possible for more people to take action in their financial lives, for today and tomorrow.

We align to a set of Values that are the core pillars that define our culture and help bring our brand purpose to life:

• We are stronger as one: We collaborate across the enterprise, scale what works and act decisively for our customers and partners.
• We deliver on commitments: We are accountable, empower each other and go above and beyond for our stakeholders.
• We learn, improve and innovate: We get better each day by challenging the status quo and equipping ourselves for the future.
• We are inclusive: We embrace different perspectives, enabling our colleagues to make an impact and bring their whole selves to work.

Who You’ll Work With

The Information Technology organization is the technological foundation of our business and works in collaboration with our partners from across the company. The team drives technology and digital transformation, partners with business leaders to design and execute new strategies through IT and operations services and ensures the necessary IT risk management and security measures are in place and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and principles.

About The Role

This role is part of the Network Services Architecture team and will lead the design and modernization of enterprise data center, cloud, routing, and switching platforms. The focus is on building secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available network solutions for a large financial-services environment.

In this role, the Senior Engineer will create network architecture standards, reference designs, roadmaps, and governance processes while partnering closely with architecture, security, risk, application, cloud, and operations teams to ensure network designs align with enterprise needs. The role also provides senior-level expertise across data center fabrics, cloud connectivity, routing, switching, load balancing, DDI, segmentation, automation, and network observability.

The ideal candidate is a senior network architect or engineer with deep hands-on experience in enterprise networking technologies such as Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, Arista, Juniper Apstra, F5, cloud networking, network security, and automation. This person should be able to translate business, security, compliance, and application requirements into practical network designs that are reliable, supportable, auditable, and cost effective.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical architect and trusted advisor for enterprise data center, cloud networking, routing, switching, and network modernization initiatives.
• Develop and govern network architecture standards, reference designs, design patterns, deployment models, roadmaps, diagrams, implementation guides, and operational handoff documentation.
• Lead architecture and design reviews across data center fabrics, enterprise routing and switching, hybrid cloud connectivity, application delivery, DDI, segmentation, security integration, observability, and automation.
• Partner with application, cloud, infrastructure, cyber security, risk, audit, operations, procurement, and vendor teams to ensure network designs meet availability, resiliency, performance, security, compliance, and supportability requirements.
• Recommend and guide adoption of new network technologies, software-defined data center models, cloud connectivity patterns, automation capabilities, and operational tooling improvements.
• Review and approve network changes for architecture alignment, technical risk, resiliency, security controls, operational impact, rollback readiness, and compliance considerations.
• Act as a Level 3 escalation resource for major incidents and complex network issues, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and architectural guidance during Severity 1 and Severity 2 events.
• Lead automation and AI-enabled operations improvements, including scripting, templates, configuration validation, compliance checks, workflow automation, tool integration, and repeatable deployment practices.
• Support platform lifecycle management, vendor risk reviews, capacity planning, CVE and end-of-life remediation, technology refresh planning, audit readiness, and executive-ready technical documentation.

Skills and Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience; advanced certifications such as CCIE, Arista ACE, Juniper JNCIE, cloud networking, or equivalent are preferred.
• 15+ years of enterprise network engineering, architecture, and operational support experience, including 5+ years as a senior data center network architect, design engineer, or solution architect; financial services or regulated-industry experience is preferred.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data center networking, including routing, switching, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, EVPN/VXLAN, segmentation, high availability, QoS, multicast, IP addressing, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, traffic engineering, performance, capacity, and resiliency.
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, Arista switching platforms, Arista CloudVision, Juniper Apstra, software‑defined data center fabrics, orchestration, fabric lifecycle management, and standardized design patterns.
• Strong cloud networking experience across Azure, AWS, and/or GCP, including hybrid connectivity, cloud routing, transit architecture, segmentation, DNS integration, private connectivity, security controls, and data center‑to‑cloud connectivity patterns.
• Experience with enterprise load balancing, application delivery, and network security technologies, including F5 LTM/GTM, Palo Alto, ZTNA, secure web gateway or cloud proxy platforms, DDoS protection, NAC, micro‑segmentation, and firewall policy alignment.
• Ability to translate business, application, security, compliance, and operational requirements into practical network architecture, business cases, cost models, scopes of work, implementation plans, vendor recommendations, and deployment roadmaps.
• Strong troubleshooting, observability, and incident support skills using packet analyzers, NetBrain, NetScout, Spectrum, OpenText Network Automation, AppViewX, cloud‑native monitoring, telemetry, logging, and related tools.
• Experience creating architecture standards, design templates, diagrams, operating models, implementation guides, governance processes, compliance documentation, lifecycle plans, audit materials, and operational handoff documentation.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, project delivery, mentoring, and influencing skills, with the ability to guide senior leaders, architects, engineering teams, operations, managed service providers, and strategic vendors.

Work Location

This position is based in Corebridge Financial’s Houston, TX office and is subject to our hybrid working policy, which gives colleagues the benefits of working both in an office and remotely.

Estimated Travel

May include up to 25%.

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Why Corebridge?

At Corebridge Financial, we prioritize the health, well-being, and work-life balance of our employees. Our comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to support employees both personally and professionally, ensuring that they have the resources and flexibility needed to thrive.

Benefit Offerings Include:

• Health and Wellness: We offer a range of medical, dental and vision insurance plans, as well as mental health support and wellness initiatives to promote overall well-being.
• Retirement Savings: We offer retirement benefits options, which vary by location. In the U.S., our competitive 401(k) Plan offers a generous dollar-for-dollar Company matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible pay and a Company contribution equal to 3% of eligible pay (subject to annual IRS limits and Plan terms). These Company contributions vest immediately.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counseling services and resources are available to all employees.
• Matching charitable donations: Corebridge matches donations to tax-exempt organizations 1:1, up to $5,000.
• Volunteer Time Off: Employees may use up to 16 volunteer hours annually to support activities that enhance and serve communities where employees live and work.
• Paid Time Off: Eligible employees start off with at least 24 Paid Time Off (PTO) days so they can take time off for themselves and their families when they need it.

Eligibility for and participation in employer-sponsored benefit plans and Company programs will be subject to applicable law, governing Plan document(s) and Company policy.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Corebridge Financial, is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and we comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment laws. All applicants will be considered for employment based on job-related qualifications and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The Company is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. At Corebridge Financial, we believe that diversity and inclusion are critical to building a creative workplace that leads to innovation, growth, and profitability. Through a wide variety of programs and initiatives, we invest in each employee, seeking to ensure that our colleagues are respected as individuals and valued for their unique perspectives.

Corebridge Financial is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants and employees, including any accommodations needed on the basis of physical or mental disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to complete any part of the application or hiring process, please send an email to [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-bility-based approach, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

To learn more please visit: www.corebridgefinancial.com

Functional Area:

IT - Information Technology

Estimated Travel Percentage (%): Up to 25%

Relocation Provided: No

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