Enterprise Network Architect (IT Architect 3) - Provisional

About the role

This position encompasses professional and responsible technical consultative responsibilities unique to the architecture of enterprise applications and infrastructure solutions with a special emphasis on cloud or hybrid cloud applications. Under administrative direction of a university IT manager, with broad latitude for independent action or decision, all personnel serve in a critical role in the execution of the design and implementation of complex IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Converts business requirements into a technical architecture and design and implements IT applications and solutions by working with stakeholders, project managers, analysts, and technical teams.
• Defines and maintains enterprise network architecture across LAN, WAN (DWDM and IP), Wi-Fi, data center, and hybrid cloud environments, including current and future state designs.
• Establishes and oversees architecture standards, reference designs, and governance frameworks to ensure alignment with institutional strategy and cybersecurity requirements.
• Designs and ensures highly available, resilient network architectures supporting enterprise data centers, cloud platforms, and mission-critical services.
• Defines and implements network segmentation, trust boundaries, and secures architecture patterns across all network domains.
• Assists in the development and establishes critical enterprise network observability strategies, including monitoring, alerting, telemetry, and end-to-end service visibility.
• Led network automation initiatives, promoting Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), configuration management, and operational efficiency.
• Develops and governs architecture documentation, including high- and low-level designs, diagrams, SOPs, and MOPs.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and leads proof-of-concept (POC) and proof-of-value (POV) initiatives to inform architectural decisions.
• Provides technical leadership, mentorship, and design oversight to engineering teams, ensuring architectural alignment and quality.
• Collaborates with cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver integrated enterprise solutions and ensures compliance with security standards.
• Reviews vendor proposals, bills of materials (BOMs), and scopes of work (SOWs), and performs special projects and related duties, including travel across campuses and participation in on-call support as required.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree in computer science, engineering or a related field from an accredited college or university and five (5) years of satisfactory full-time experience converting business requirements into a technical architecture and design and implementing IT applications and solutions by working with stakeholders, project managers, analysts, and technical teams; or A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and six (6) years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in “1” above; or A high school diploma or its educational equivalent and ten (10) years of satisfactory full-time experience as described in “1” above; or Education and/or experience which is equivalent to " 1," "2" or "3" above.

Qualifications

• College Education (undergraduate Credits) May Substitute For Up To Four (4) Years Of The Required Experience In "3" Above On The Following Basis: 30 to 59.9 semester credits substitute for 1 year of experience; or 60 to 89.9 semester credits substitute for 2 years of experience; or 90 to 119.9 semester credits substitute for 3 years of experience; or 120 or more semester credits substitute for 4 years of experience.
• Graduate Credits In Information Technology, Computer Science Or a Related Field May Substitute For Up To Two (2) Years Of Experience In "1" Or "2" Above On The Following Basis: 15 to 29.9 graduate credits substitute for 1 year of required experience; or 30 or more graduate credits substitute for 2 years of required experience.
• Each Of The Following Valid Andcurrent Certification(s) May Substitute For One (1) Year Of The Required Experience In "1," "2" Or "3" Above: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) issued by ISACA; and/or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) issued by Infosec; and/or Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr) issued by CISCO; and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert issued by Microsoft; and/or NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) issued by any authorized organization approved by NetApp; and/or NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE)issued by any authorized organization approved by NetApp; and/or NetApp Certified Support Engineer (NCSE)issued by any authorized organization approved by NetApp; and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional Certification issued by Oracle; and/or TOGAF 9 Certified issued by The Open Group; and/or TOGAF 9 Foundation issued by The Open Group; and/or TOGAF Business Architecture Foundation issued by The Open Group; and/or TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Foundation issued by The Open Group; and/or TOGAF Enterprise Architecture Practitioner issued by The Open Group; and/or VMware Certified Design Expert – Cloud Management and Automation issued by VMware; and/or VMware Certified Design Expert – Data Center Virtualization issued by VMware; and/or VMware Certified Design Expert – End-User Computing issued by VMware; and/or VMware Certified Design Expert – Network Virtualization issued by VMware.