Network Modernization Lead

About the role

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced Network Modernization Lead to provide strategic leadership, architecture governance, and end-to-end delivery oversight for network transformation, AWS migration, and managed cloud services initiatives. This role will modernize enterprise network infrastructure, enable secure cloud connectivity, support large-scale migration activities, and ensure operational excellence across managed network and cloud services.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and execute the network modernization roadmap.
• Lead modernization of campus LAN, wireless LAN, WAN, internet edge, data center, cloud connectivity, and security architectures.
• Establish hybrid-cloud networking standards to support AWS migration, workload mobility, secure access, and resilient operations.
• Chair architecture reviews and technical governance forums for network, cloud, security, and managed services design decisions.
• Enable AWS migration by enabling network readiness, dependency mapping, connectivity validation, and cutover planning for AWS migration waves.
• Oversee AWS network architecture across landing zones, VPC design, segmentation, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, DNS, routing, and disaster recovery connectivity.
• Coordinate migration sequencing with application, infrastructure, database, security, and operations teams.
• Drive migration governance, issue resolution, change control, risk mitigation, and executive reporting for cloud migration activities.
• Provide leadership for managed network and managed cloud operations, including monitoring, event management, incident management, problem management, configuration management, and continual service improvement.
• Define operational readiness criteria, service acceptance gates, runbooks, escalation paths, SLA/KPI dashboards, and transition-to-operations deliverables.
• Partner with service management teams to ensure ITIL-aligned process execution and disciplined service request, incident, change, and problem workflows.
• Identify automation opportunities across provisioning, monitoring, compliance reporting, remediation, and operational reporting.
• Ensure managed services teams maintain accurate documentation, asset data, configuration records, support models, and service performance reporting.
• Embed security-by-design principles into network modernization and AWS migration activities.
• Support Zero Trust architecture, network segmentation, least-privilege access, secure remote administration, and workload isolation controls.
• Coordinate with security teams on vulnerability remediation, policy compliance, audit support, security operations integration, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Assess and mitigate technical, operational, financial, schedule, compliance, and stakeholder risks throughout the modernization lifecycle.
• Ensure delivery practices support public-sector and education-sector requirements, including protection of sensitive student, staff, operational, and institutional data.
• Lead cross-functional teams that may include network engineers, cloud architects, security specialists, AWS engineers, service managers, field resources, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Develop delivery plans, milestone tracking, dependency registers, risk logs, issue logs, and executive status reporting.
• Manage financial performance inputs, forecast assumptions, staffing plans, vendor deliverables, and modernization-related budget considerations.
• Act as an escalation point for modernization, migration, service transition, and operational risks.
• Facilitate workshops, technical design sessions, governance reviews, and steering committee updates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 12+ years of enterprise networking, infrastructure, or cloud transformation experience.
• 8+ years leading complex infrastructure modernization or managed services programs.
• 5+ years supporting cloud migration, hybrid-cloud connectivity, cloud operations, or AWS transformation programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing large, multi-team delivery efforts with executive-level client visibility.
• Experience with public-sector, education, or regulated environments preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• Cisco CCNP Enterprise or CCIE
• ITIL 4 Managing Professional or equivalent
• CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security credential
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management credential
• TOGAF or enterprise architecture certification