Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.
We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities.
We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.
Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work.
Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.
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The Senior Network Architect is a strategic technical leader responsible for designing, engineering, and governing Voya’s enterprise network and datacenter architecture. This role blends deep hands ‑ on expertise with high ‑ level architectural vision across Azure cloud networking , Oracle OCI cloud networking, on ‑ prem datacenter infrastructure , routing and switching , SD ‑ WAN , security , and global connectivity .
The ideal candidate is a CCIE ‑ level architect who can drive modernization, lead complex initiatives, and influence technical direction across multiple business units.
- Develop and maintain enterprise ‑ level network and datacenter architectures supporting hybrid cloud, multi ‑ region , and high ‑ availability environments.
- Architect Azure networking solutions including VNets , ExpressRoute, vWAN , private endpoints, load balancers, and cross ‑ region connectivity.
- Design scalable routing and switching architectures using BGP, OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN, MPLS, and advanced datacenter fabric technologies.
- Lead SD ‑ WAN architecture and policy design across global sites.
- Define standards, reference architectures, and best practices for network and datacenter infrastructure.
- Load balancing, application gateways and cross ‑ region connectivity
Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs), Dynamic Routing Gateways (DRGs ), FastConnect , and Site-to-Site VPNs
- Oversee implementation of complex network solutions across cloud, datacenter, and edge environments.
- Provide escalation support for high severity incidents and advanced troubleshooting.
- Lead network modernization initiatives including segmentation, Zero Trust, automation, and cloud migration.
- Serve as a senior technical advisor to leadership, providing guidance on network strategy, capacity planning, and technology roadmaps.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide architectural governance across projects.
- Collaborate with security, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with business and compliance requirements.
- Ensure network designs meet performance, availability, and security SLAs.
- Participate in DR/BCP planning and ensure network readiness for failover scenarios.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
- 1 5 + years of progressive experience in enterprise network engineering and architecture.
- Expert ‑ level knowledge of routing, switching, and datacenter networking (BGP, OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN, MPLS, QoS, multicast).
- Strong experience with datacenter infrastructure , including:
- Hands ‑ on experience with SD ‑ WAN (Cisco Viptela, Meraki, Fortinet, Versa, etc.).
- Strong understanding of network security principles and technologies (NGFW, segmentation, Zero Trust).
- Experience with automation and IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Python) preferred.
- Proven ability to lead architectural discussions and influence cross ‑ functional teams.
- CCIE (Routing & Switching, Enterprise Infrastructure, or Datacenter)
- Additional vendor certifications (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet) are a plus.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to guide teams and drive consensus.
- Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
- High level of ownership, accountability, and follow ‑ through .
Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.
Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that.
That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
- Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
- Customer Focused : Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
- Critical Thinking : Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
- Team Mentality : Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
- Business Acumen : Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
- Learning Agility : Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.