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• 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.

• 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.

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.

• Enterprise Networking Architecture
• Security Architecture
• AI/ML Integration in Networking
• Strategic Planning and Execution
• Influencing Executive Stakeholders

• BGP/EVPN
• VXLAN
• SD-WAN
• Zero Trust
• SASE/SSE
• Microsegmentation
• Mist AI
• Meraki
• 400G+ Fabrics
• Out-of-Band Engineering

• Exceptional Communication
• Influencing Skills
• Collaboration

• Enterprise-Scale Networking
• Global Networking Architecture
• Carrier Interconnects
• Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Integration
• Technical Standards Participation

• Cisco
• Juniper
• Arista
• AI-Driven Anomaly Detection
• Streaming Telemetry
• EBPF