Senior Technical Architect - Network Services

ZScale LLC; Northborough (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ZScale LLC in the United States is seeking a Senior Technical Architect - Network Services to design, standardize, and evolve a large-scale global enterprise network. The role centers on Network Services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) with a secondary emphasis on LAN/WAN architecture and overall network architecture governance.

The Senior Architect will own networks architecture while collaborating with Network Engineering and other Architects to create standards, LLD templates, golden configurations, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise networking experience with a focus on Network Services and LAN/WAN environments.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure.
• CCIE certification is a must; Infoblox DDI certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and related network services.
• Create reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and implementation guidelines for Network Services.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure LAN/WAN and network services solutions for a global enterprise.
• Develop standards for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, address allocation, name resolution, and service resiliency.
• Evaluate technologies and architectures for scalability, security, resiliency, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Engineering and platform teams to ensure practical, supportable Network Services architectures.
• Produce high-level designs for LAN, WAN, routing, switching, and related network technologies.

Skills

CCIE certification

DNS

DHCP

IPAM

LAN/WAN design

BGP

OSPF

IPv4/IPv6

Network security principles

Network service standards

Tools

Infoblox DDI

Cisco networking technologies

SD-WAN

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Technical Architect - Network Services, LAN/WAN to join our Technical Architecture team and help design, standardize, and evolve a large-scale global enterprise network.

The primary focus of this role is Network Services, including DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (DDI), and related enterprise network services, with a secondary focus on LAN/WAN architecture.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced network engineer with strong Network Services expertise who is looking to transition into architecture, as well as an architect who is relatively early in their architecture career.

The Senior Architect will work closely with Network Engineering and other Technical Architects to develop architectures, high-level designs, standards, LLD templates, golden configurations, and implementation guidelines.

This is a Senior-level architecture position. The successful candidate will have meaningful technical ownership while working alongside experienced Principal Architects who will provide mentorship and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and related network services.
• Develop network services reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and implementation guidelines.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure Network Services solutions for a global enterprise environment.
• Develop standards for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, address allocation, name resolution, service resiliency, and related infrastructure.
• Evaluate Network Services technologies and architectures for scalability, security, resiliency, and operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to Network Services technology roadmaps and lifecycle planning.
• Partner with Engineering and platform teams to ensure Network Services architectures are practical and supportable.
• Develop high-level designs for enterprise LAN, WAN, routing, switching, and related network technologies.
• Apply strong LAN/WAN knowledge when designing and integrating Network Services solutions.
• Evaluate network designs for scalability, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness.
• Participate in LAN/WAN technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and architecture assessments.
• Contribute to broader network architecture standards and reference designs.
• Develop and maintain LLD templates, golden configurations, and configuration standards for Network Services and assigned LAN/WAN technologies.
• Translate approved architecture and reference designs into practical, repeatable engineering solutions.
• Partner with Network Engineering to validate and continuously improve these standards.
• Develop implementation patterns that can be consistently applied across the enterprise.

Standards Compliance & Engineering Validation

• Validate configurations and implementations against approved architecture standards, reference architectures, golden configurations, HLDs, and LLDs.
• Perform architecture and standards compliance reviews.
• Identify deviations from established standards and work with Engineering to resolve or formally document exceptions.
• Provide technical guidance when implementations require interpretation of architecture standards.
• Establish feedback loops between Architecture and Engineering to continuously improve standards and implementation practices.

Technical Leadership

• Own assigned Network Services and LAN/WAN architecture initiatives and deliverables.
• Review engineering designs and provide architectural guidance.
• Mentor network engineers and share technical knowledge.
• Create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and maintain architecture documentation.
• Collaborate with Wireless, Security, Cloud, Desktop Compute, and other technical architects.
• Work with vendors and technology partners on technical capabilities and solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise networking experience, with significant experience in Network Services and LAN/WAN environments.
• Strong practical experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure.
• Infoblox DDI Professional (DDIP) certification preferred.
• CCIE certification Required.
• Strong knowledge of:
• DNS
• DHCP
• IP Address Management (IPAM)
• Routing and switching
• BGP and OSPF
• IPv4/IPv6
• Network resiliency and high availability
• Network security principles
• Experience developing or working with network standards and design documentation.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively across Architecture and Engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise DDI platforms, such as Infoblox.
• Experience developing Network Services HLDs and LLDs.
• Experience creating and maintaining golden configurations.
• Experience with Cisco enterprise networking technologies.
• Experience with SD-WAN.
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Familiarity with network monitoring and observability.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid network architectures.
• Experience working in a large global enterprise environment.