Network Architect – Enterprise (Casino & Hospitality)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Industry: Casino, Gaming & Hospitality Technology

Position Summary
A leading casino and hospitality organization is seeking a highly accomplished Network Architect to serve as the technical authority for enterprise network design, modernization, and strategic direction. This role is reserved for a top-tier network expert with deep experience designing and scaling high-availability, low-latency networks in complex, regulated environments.
The Network Architect will own end-to-end network architecture, including core, data center, WAN, SD-WAN, cloud connectivity, and security integration, supporting mission-critical casino, hospitality, and corporate systems that operate 24/7.
This is a hands-on architecture role, not a people manager, with direct influence over standards, design decisions, vendor strategy, and long-term roadmap.

Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Network Architecture & Design

• Act as the primary architect for enterprise-wide network design across data centers, campuses, casinos, hotels, and remote properties.
• Design highly resilient, scalable, and secure network architectures supporting gaming, hospitality, corporate, and operational systems.
• Own network standards, reference architectures, and design documentation.

Routing, WAN & SD-WAN

• Design and optimize BGP-based routing architectures for multi-site, multi-provider environments.
• Architect and evolve SD-WAN solutions to support performance, resiliency, traffic segmentation, and cost optimization.
• Ensure seamless failover, redundancy, and traffic engineering across WAN links.

Switching & Data Center Networking

• Architect Arista-based switching environments, including spine/leaf and high-throughput core designs.
• Support low-latency, high-availability data center networking for critical applications and services.
• Define standards for VLANs, VRFs, QoS, multicast, and network segmentation.

Network Security Architecture

• Design and integrate Palo Alto firewall architectures, including HA, segmentation, and security policy design.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to align network architecture with enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure secure connectivity across on-prem, cloud, and third-party integrations.

Strategy, Roadmap & Vendor Leadership

• Lead network modernization initiatives, including technology refreshes and architectural improvements.
• Evaluate vendors, platforms, and emerging technologies; make recommendations at an executive level.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to IT leadership, infrastructure teams, and project stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking, with significant architecture-level ownership
• Proven expertise in:
  • Network Design & Architecture
  • BGP (enterprise & ISP-facing)
  • SD-WAN architectures
  • Arista switches (core, distribution, data center)
  • Palo Alto firewalls (enterprise-grade deployments)
• Experience designing networks for high-availability, 24/7 environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • Routing & switching protocols
  • Network segmentation & security design
  • Redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery
• Ability to translate business and operational requirements into scalable technical designs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in casino, gaming, hospitality, or other highly regulated enterprise environments
• Exposure to:
  • Multi-property or geographically distributed enterprises
  • Data center modernization or large-scale network refresh projects
  • Cloud connectivity (Azure / AWS hybrid networking)
• Relevant certifications (preferred, not required):
  • CCNP / CCIE
  • Palo Alto (PCNSE)
  • Arista or SD-WAN certifications