Senior Network Architect

Location Clayton
Discipline Cloud Architects
Job reference 180735
Salary Negotiable
Consultant email [email protected]

About the role:

Experis is partnering with a key client who are undertaking a major multi‑site Data Centre uplift. They are seeking a Senior Network Architect to lead the end‑to‑end architectural design, validation, and delivery of this transformation.
You will be the authority defining the target‑state architecture, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring production‑ready outcomes across scale, resilience, performance, security and operational maturity. This is a true expert‑level contracting role and a rare opportunity to shape a critical core platform for one of Australia's leading institutions.
This is an accountability role. You will not "assist" with architecture - you will define it.

The Mandate:

  • Own the architecture for multi‑site data centre network solutions end-to-end
  • Make definitive technical decisions across all dimensions - scale, security, operability, automation, and risk
  • Eliminate ambiguity and drive architectural clarity for engineering teams and stakeholders
  • Lead validation strategy - lab testing, proof-of-concept, and production readiness
  • Embed automation and repeatable standards to increase long-term operational maturity
  • Deliver production-ready, fully documented architectures aligned to enterprise governance frameworks

Required Experience (Non‑Negotiable)
  • 10+ years designing enterprise-scale network architectures in complex, multi-site environments
  • Demonstrated ownership of data centre architecture at scale - not just configuration or build activity
  • Proven delivery across full lifecycle: strategy, HLD/LLD, validation, implementation oversight, and transition to operations
  • CCIE, CCDE or equivalent expert-level certification are strongly preferred

Technical Depth Required

You must have strong, hands-on architectural authority across:

  • Cisco ACI (including multi-site deployments)
  • EVPN (multi-site), OSPF, BGP at enterprise scale
  • Palo Alto firewall architecture and policy design
  • WAF and load balancer integration
  • Optical networking strategy and transceiver design
  • Hybrid networking across public and private cloud environments

You should be comfortable whiteboarding complex designs one hour and validating configurations in a lab the next.

Rick Kelly

Senior Consultant

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