Network Architect (Cisco/Azure)

Location: Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Estimated base pay: $111,400–$156,800 per year, plus an incentive program.

Company

hirify.global produces clean energy and operates manufacturing complexes and storage, transportation, distribution, and logistics networks across North America and the United Kingdom.

What you will do

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and evolve enterprise on-premises, hybrid, and cloud networks.
• Define network standards and reference architectures covering Cisco networking, SD-WAN, Azure networking, routing, VPN, load balancing, firewalls, wireless, and segmentation.
• Lead enterprise projects with minimal supervision and integrate network and security solutions with site leads, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, application teams, and service providers.
• Design and troubleshoot operational technology networks interacting with manufacturing control systems.
• Monitor network performance, implement improvements, and support change control and internal control processes.
• Research emerging technologies, advise management, train less experienced team members, and participate in an after-hours on-call rotation.

Requirements

• BS/BA in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10 or more years of related professional work experience.
• CCNA, CCNP, or Microsoft Azure associate-level or higher certification required.
• Experience participating in the change process, including attending change boards as a service desk or service management representative.
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of management and site leads in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organization, and time-management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical plan options, a health savings plan with company contribution and match, dental and vision coverage, and a well-being incentive program.
• 401(k) plan with a potential employer contribution of 10%–13%, life and disability insurance, and paid time off.
• Work includes participation in an after-hours on-call rotation.
• hirify.global emphasizes safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, collaboration, and professional growth.