- Act as the Final Technical Authority: Serve as the primary interface to DIO leadership and executive stakeholders on all matters of enterprise networking architecture.
- Function as the ultimate escalation point for complex, cross-domain architectural decisions
- Own the Global Networking Architecture: Define and govern the holistic enterprise networking architecture across LAN, WAN, datacenter fabrics, cloud connectivity, wireless, edge/access, firewalls, secure remote access, and carrier interconnects
- Set and Enforce Standards: Establish, document, and govern reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices - ensuring consistency, resilience, and security across all regions and business units
- Drive Global Alignment: Partner closely with cloud, security, infrastructure, application, and edge architecture teams to align strategies, resolve architectural conflicts, and accelerate enterprise-wide modernization
- Lead Long-Term Strategy: Author and maintain 5-year global networking roadmaps, including technology evaluations, risk assessments, architectural trade-offs, and executive-ready recommendations grounded in a big-picture, future-focused perspective
- Architect at Scale: Design high-performance, secure, and resilient connectivity solutions across a broad technology landscape, including: Enterprise and data center networking (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, whitebox)
- Champion AI-Augmented Networking: Lead the integration of AI across networking and operations - spanning AIOps, predictive analytics, autonomous remediation, threat detection, capacity planning, and configuration intelligence - while accounting for the networking demands of AI workloads and edge inference
- Advance Observability and Automation: Define enterprise-wide strategies for telemetry, monitoring, and observability (e.g., streaming telemetry, eBPF, AI-driven anomaly detection) to enable proactive, automated operations
- Shape the Industry: Identify emerging trends, influence vendor roadmaps, pioneer next-generation architectures, and contribute to industry standards and technical communities
- Represent Equinix Externally: Act as a visible thought leader through patents, publications, standards participation, and keynote presentations at leading industry forums (e.g., NANOG, RSA, Black Hat)
- Elevate Engineering Excellence: Mentor senior and principal engineers, lead architecture review boards and technical guilds, and foster strong collaboration across the organization.
Requirements
- Proven years of experience in enterprise-scale networking and security architecture, including 10+ years in senior, principal, or distinguished IC roles owning global, multi-site environments (10,000+ endpoints, petabit-class fabrics)
- Prior Distinguished Engineer, Senior Principal Engineer, Fellow, or equivalent executive IC role at a top-tier Fortune 50 or hyperscale technology company (e.g., Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, NVIDIA, Meta, or similar)
- Demonstrated external technical impact, including patents, influential open-source contributions, published research, standards participation, or high-profile industry speaking
- Deep, hands-on expertise across enterprise networking domains, including: Data center and enterprise networking (BGP/EVPN, VXLAN, leaf-spine, SD-WAN, 400G+ fabrics)
- Security architectures (zero trust, SASE/SSE, microsegmentation, next-gen firewalls)
- Wireless networking (Mist AI, Meraki)
- Out-of-band and resiliency engineering
- Carrier interconnects and managed connectivity
- Edge, hybrid/multi-cloud integration, automation, and performance optimization
- Proven success leading 3-5+ year strategic planning, delivering measurable outcomes such as cost optimization, ultra-high availability, and reduced security risk
- Strong experience applying AI/ML to networking operations and understanding AI's broader implications on enterprise infrastructure
- Exceptional ability to influence at the executive level, communicate complex architectural concepts clearly, and align diverse global teams
- A forward-thinking mindset with the credibility and presence to drive industry-leading innovation while collaborating effectively across organizational boundaries.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive expertise in enterprise-scale networking architecture, including LAN, WAN, and cloud connectivity, while leading strategic planning and innovation in AI-augmented networking. Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive alignment across diverse teams to achieve measurable outcomes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Enterprise Networking Architecture
- Security Architecture
- AI/ML Integration in Networking
- Strategic Planning and Execution
- Influencing Executive Stakeholders
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- BGP/EVPN
- VXLAN
- SD-WAN
- Zero Trust
- SASE/SSE
- Microsegmentation
- Mist AI
- Meraki
- 400G+ Fabrics
- Out-of-Band Engineering
Soft Skills
- Exceptional Communication
- Influencing Skills
- Collaboration
Industry Keywords
- Enterprise-Scale Networking
- Global Networking Architecture
- Carrier Interconnects
- Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Integration
- Technical Standards Participation
Tools & Technologies
- Cisco
- Juniper
- Arista
- AI-Driven Anomaly Detection
- Streaming Telemetry
- EBPF