Senior Network Data Center Engineer

corebridgefinancial; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Corebridge Financial is seeking a Senior Network Architect/Engineer to lead the design and modernization of enterprise data center, cloud, routing, and switching platforms for a large financial-services environment. The role focuses on secure, resilient, scalable, and highly available network solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, Arista, Juniper Apstra, F5, cloud networking, and automation, translating business and security requirements into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of enterprise network engineering, architecture, and operational support experience.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data center networking including rout[ing], switching, and related technologies.

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

Senior network architect

Network design

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

CCIE / Arista ACE / Juniper JNCIE (preferred)

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco ACI

Arista

Juniper Apstra

F5

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 rout