Platform Architect

Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

The Platform Architect is responsible for designing and evolving scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms that support infrastructure, network intelligence, and application delivery. This role combines cloud platform architecture with expertise in traffic analytics, DDoS mitigation, and large-scale network observability.

This role partners with engineering, operations, and security teams to deliver highly scalable, data-driven platform solutions across cloud and on-prem environments, particularly within service provider and telecom ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and highly available platform solutions
• Build and maintain telemetry ingestion pipelines (NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX)
• Support and enhance DDoS detection and mitigation platforms
• Analyze network traffic patterns and provide insights for optimization and security
• Define and implement Infrastructure as Code and automation strategies
• Enable observability, monitoring, and performance optimization across platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on platform and network initiatives
• Integrate and support traffic intelligence platforms such as Nokia Deepfield
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to architectural standards
• Develop and maintain documentation and best practices
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
  

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking (BGP, OSPF, ISIS, DNS, SNMP)
• Professional experience in a service provider network
• Experience with NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX and traffic telemetry systems
• Familiarity with DDoS detection and mitigation strategies
• Demonstrated platform ownership and operations of DDoS platforms such as Nokia Deepfield, Netscout Arbor, or other similar platforms
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems
• Programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, or similar)
• Experience with RESTful APIs and automation
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Kubernetes and containerization
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Understanding of distributed systems and microservices
• Experience with big data platforms (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark)
  

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in platform engineering, network engineering, or architecture roles

Estimated base salary range: $77,100 - $118,600 USD/annually

Work Authorization Requirement: This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship. Zayo will not provide, transfer, or assume sponsorship for any employment visa or work authorization for this position now or in the future.

The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.

Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

Benefits, Rewards & Wellness

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave

Zayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

As part of the application, hiring, onboarding, and/or employment process, Zayo or its affiliates, partners, and vendors may collect, store, and use biometric identifiers and biometric information (collectively, “Biometric Data”), such as fingerprints, facial geometry scans or other unique biological characteristics. Zayo uses CLEAR1, a third-party identity verification service, to verify applicant identity during the hiring process. CLEAR1 may collect Biometric Data, including facial geometry scans and/or other biometric identifiers, to authenticate your identity. Biometric Data will be retained pursuant to CLEAR1’s policies, which can be found here: https://www.clearme.com/clear1-credential-policy-crp. Zayo will not sell, lease, trade, or otherwise profit from any applicant's or employee's Biometric Data. By proceeding with your application, you acknowledge this disclosure. Prior to any collection of Biometric Data — including through CLEAR — you may be presented with a separate consent form and asked to provide your written authorization in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI), and other applicable biometric privacy statutes.

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Zayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.