Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NTT Global Data Centers is a leading provider of data center solutions, and they are seeking a Network Automation Architect to lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of enterprise network and automation solutions. This role requires deep networking expertise and focuses on delivering scalable and secure network services while driving modernization through automation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain enterprise network architecture standards, roadmaps, and reference designs
- Design scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant LAN, WAN, ISP, cloud, data center, and OT Networking environments
- Create and maintain network designs, topology documentation, and technical standards
- Audit, analyze, and recommend improvements to network infrastructure, performance, resiliency, and security
- Research emerging technologies and recommend innovations that advance business and customer objectives
- Define and implement enterprise network automation strategy and roadmap
- Design and develop scalable automation platforms leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), APIs, and orchestration frameworks
- Develop automation for network provisioning, configuration management, lifecycle management, validation, compliance, and remediation
- Establish network-as-code practices including version control, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and change validation
- Standardize templates, golden configurations, compliance frameworks, and deployment workflows
- Integrate network automation platforms with ITSM, monitoring, cloud, and security systems
- Develop integrations with ServiceNow, network controllers, cloud platforms, telemetry systems, and operational tools and associated process engineering for new workflows
- Build dashboards, observability solutions, and reporting capabilities supporting network health, performance, and compliance tracking
- Leverage telemetry and analytics for operational insights and proactive issue detection
- The role requires substantial overlap with the working hours of the existing team and key stakeholders to facilitate effective collaboration, operational responsiveness, and project delivery
- Automate policy enforcement, vulnerability assessments, audit reporting, and compliance validation
- Design and maintain secure Critical Infrastructure Network (CIN) environments
- Support regulatory, customer, audits and internal compliance requirements including ISO27001
- Collaborate with security teams on IDS/IPS, firewall, segmentation, and threat mitigation strategies
- Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for network architecture and automation
- Lead technical design reviews, architecture governance, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Mentor engineers and architects on automation, networking technologies, and infrastructure best practices
- Lead cross-functional projects spanning networking, cloud, security, operations, and software development disciplines
- Facilitate network working groups and architecture review boards
Skills
- Expert knowledge of Routing & Switching
- Expert knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies
- Expert knowledge of BGP and multi-homed ISP architectures
- Expert knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6
- Expert knowledge of Firewalls and load balancers
- Expert knowledge of IDS/IPS technologies
- Expert knowledge of Optical networking
- Expert knowledge of Wireless networking
- Expert knowledge of DNS, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, and related Internet protocols
- Expert knowledge of Voice/VoIP and carrier circuits
- Expert knowledge of Network troubleshooting and packet analysis using Wireshark
- Strong experience with Python
- Strong experience with Ansible
- Strong experience with Terraform
- Strong experience with REST APIs
- Strong experience with Shell scripting
- Strong experience with Git-based version control
- Strong experience with CI/CD platforms including GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins
- Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps methodologies
- Strong experience with Automated testing and validation frameworks
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking architectures
- Experience with Design and operation of hybrid cloud and enterprise networking environments
- Experience with Integration of cloud networking and security services into enterprise architectures
- Advanced knowledge of network monitoring, telemetry, observability, analytics, and performance management solutions
- Experience designing operational dashboards and reporting frameworks
- Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to develop standards, policies, governance frameworks, and technical documentation
- Strong diagramming, whiteboarding, presentation, and technical writing abilities
- Ability to communicate architectural concepts to technical and executive audiences
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 10+ years of enterprise networking experience
- 5+ years of experience in network automation, architecture, or infrastructure engineering leadership roles
Benefits
- A monthly stipend is provided to cover expenses associated with working remotely and use of a personal mobile device, if applicable.
- All regular full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus; payout is dependent upon individual and company performance.
- Employees receive paid time-off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, life and supplemental insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending account, and 401k retirement plan to create a rich Total Rewards package.
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