Networking Architect

Networking Architect- 4 positions

Location: Houston TX

Duration: 6 months

100% ONSITE ROLE.

Juniper experience required**

Network Design experience on Juniper Switching/Routing products. Hands on experience on network security vulnerability management.

Role Descriptions: Job Description: Network Architect Datacenter & Availability Zone Design (Juniper & Aruba Specialization)

Overview

We are seeking a Network Architect with deep expertise in datacenter design multi-availability zone architectures and enterprise-grade fabrics.

This role requires specialization in Juniper Networks and Aruba (HPE) latest product portfolios with proven ability to design scale and secure next-generation infrastructures supporting high availability low-latency replication and hybrid cloud workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

Datacenter & Availability Zone Architecture

Architect spine-leaf fabrics leveraging EVPN-VXLAN for scalable L2/L3 segmentation.

Design multi-AZ topologies enabling 3ms synchronous replication active/active distribution and clean-room isolation for critical workloads.

Engineer 100/400GbE connectivity with DWDM integration for metro and regional datacenter interconnects.

Produce end-to-end design packages: logical/physical topologies routing policy security zoning and DR strategy.

Juniper Specialization

Lead fabric automation and lifecycle operations using Juniper Apstra.

Deploy Juniper QFX series for EVPN/VXLAN overlays and PTX series for DC interconnect and WAN edge.

Integrate SRX firewalls with AppSecure IDP and Zero Trust for north-south and east-west security.

Automate provisioning and operations using JunOS automation (PyEZ Ansible REST APIs).

Aruba Specialization

Architect Aruba CX 10000 with Pensando DPUs for distributed firewalling service insertion and micro segmentation.

Deploy Aruba CX 9300/8400 for campus and datacenter spine-leaf roles.

Leverage Aruba Fabric Composer for automated network virtualization and multi-tenant segmentation.

Integrate Aruba Central for cloud-based operations AI-driven assurance and policy enforcement.

Align solutions with Zero Trust Networking (ClearPass NAC Dynamic Segmentation).Resiliency DR and Multi-CloudDesign WAN edge leveraging Juniper Contrail SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN for hybrid/multi-cloud access.

Implement business continuity topologies with active/active and active/passive designs across AZs and DCs.

Define clean-room strategies isolating critical workloads for ransomware-resilient & Observability

Deploy telemetry-based observability (gNMI streaming telemetry Netconf/YANG)

Implement network observability stacks with Apstra Aruba Central AIOps IaC pipelines with Terraform Ansible and Python for repeatable deployments.

Required Skills & Qualifications

10 years designing and deploying enterprise-scale datacenter networks.

Expert knowledge of: Juniper QFX/PTX/SRX platforms Apstra automation. Aruba CX 10000 CX 9300 CX 8400 Fabric Composer Central.

Deep expertise in EVPN-VXLAN BGP IS-IS OSPF Segment Routing DWDM.

Strong understanding of multi-AZ architectures synchronous/asynchronous replication DR topologies.

Proven skills in network security