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The expected annual salary range for this role is $146000 - $215000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.\nPlease note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.\nWhat you’ll do:\nThe Architect, IT Infrastructure Network & Security serves as Eaton's senior technical authority for enterprise network, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security architecture. This role defines target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, standards, reference designs, and governance practices across Eaton's global network environment, including campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Equinix interconnection platforms, and manufacturing connectivity.\nAs part of the Network & Security Architecture team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Network & Security Architecture, this position partners with fellow architects to establish future-state infrastructure strategies and advance Eaton's vision for automated, AI-enabled, predictive, and self-healing network environments. This role focuses on architecture, standards, and governance and does not own operational support, service delivery, incident management, or project execution.\nJob Responsibilities:\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as the principal architect for enterprise networking, cloud networking, interconnection, private wireless, and network security.\nDevelop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, roadmaps, and engineering principles.\nDefine secure, scalable, resilient network architectures supporting cloud-first and hybrid-cloud strategies.\nEstablish networking frameworks for Azure and OCI, including landing zones, hub-and-spoke designs, routing, segmentation, DNS, private connectivity, and hybrid-cloud integration.\nDefine interconnection architectures leveraging Equinix Fabric, Equinix Network Edge, ExpressRoute, FastConnect, cloud on-ramps, BGP, and regional hub models.\nProvide architectural direction for private LTE/5G networks supporting industrial mobility, OT/IoT connectivity, manufacturing operations, and integration with enterprise networking and security controls.\nLead architecture initiatives for network automation and AI-enabled operations, including AIOps, observability, telemetry, Infrastructure as Code, intent-based networking, automated remediation, and cloud-native automation.\nCollaborate with architecture, security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to drive governance and technology strategy.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor's degree from an accredited institution.\nMinimum 7 years of experience designing enterprise network, cloud networking, private wireless, and/or network security architectures.\nMinimum 3 years in a senior architect, principal engineer, or technical leadership role.\nMust reside within 50 miles of Beachwood, OH; Galesburg, MI; Houston, TX; Menomonee Falls, WI; Moon Township, PA; or Raleigh, NC.\nMust be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.\nTechnical Qualifications\nExpertise in enterprise networking, including routing, switching, LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, cloud connectivity, remote access, and telecommunications.\nDeep knowledge of Azure and OCI networking architectures, connectivity services, security, routing, and multicloud integration.\nExperience with Equinix interconnection solutions, cloud exchanges, BGP, private peering, and resilient hub architectures.\nStrong background in network security architecture, including firewalls, NAC, segmentation, Zero Trust, secure remote access, cloud security, and IT/OT convergence.\nWorking knowledge of private LTE/5G technologies and industrial wireless networking.\nExperience developing enterprise architecture standards, governance processes, technology roadmaps, and reusable design frameworks.\nExperience designing AI-enabled, automated infrastructure solutions utilizing AIOps, observability, telemetry, analytics, IaC, and orchestration.\nFamiliarity with platforms such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, F5, Zscaler, Aruba, Azure, OCI, Equinix, SD-WAN technologies, telecommunications providers, and network observability solutions.\nStrong understanding of cybersecurity governance, risk management, enterprise architecture, and technology lifecycle planning.Relevant industry certifications are preferred (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, Azure, OCI, TOGAF, Terraform, Ansible, Private LTE/5G certifications).\n\nAll positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.\nWe are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.\nEaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.\nYou do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.\nTo request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.\nWe know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. 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