Senior Network Security Architect - Mainframe & Cloud

00001 Ameriprise Financial Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameriprise Financial Inc. seeks a senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate campus and data center networks, ensuring performance and security across complex environments.

You will lead changes, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional IT teams while advancing automation and scalable solutions. This role emphasizes in-office collaboration and hands-on engineering leadership within a client-focused financial services context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 7-10 years of network design and engineering experience.
• Strong analytical and customer service abilities.
• Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organizational levels.
• Strong thought leadership abilities and a highly innovative problem solver.
• Ability to coach and mentor experienced Network engineering staff.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform highly complex assignments. Network design, architecture, management, and deployment of new and existing routing and switching within campus and data center networks.
• Lead proper execution of network changes & updates in accordance with security policies to meet business requirements.
• Responsible for network performance and security monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Research, propose, and implement automation for routine tasks.
• Collaborate with Information Technology disciplines and document processes.
• Provide life-cycle support for network deployments and upgrades and contribute to best practices.

Skills

Network design

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

F5 BIG-IP

LTM

GTM

DNS

DHCP

IPAM

Wireshark

NetFlow

AWS

Azure

Job description

Ameriprise Financial Inc. seeks a senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate campus and data center networks, ensuring performance and security across complex environments.

You will lead changes, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional IT teams while advancing automation and scalable solutions. This role emphasizes in-office collaboration and hands-on engineering leadership within a client-focused financial services context.