Network Architect
Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) is a diversified industrial technology manufacturing company shaping solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of electrical energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, we serve customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics markets worldwide. With approximately 16,000 employees we design and manufacture innovative technologies that support electrification, energy efficiency, and advanced automation. Our global reach is matched by a culture that empowers innovation and long-term growth. Guided by our principles We Care, We Succeed With Our Customers, and We Own the Outcome, we work collaboratively, think boldly, and deliver solutions that move industries forward.
The Network Architect is the technical design authority for Littelfuse 's global enterprise network. This role defines secure, resilient and scalable architectures across manufacturing, R&D, distribution, corporate and cloud environments, then works with engineering, security, cloud and local IT teams to turn those designs into repeatable standards and successful implementations.
This is a hands-on architecture position rather than a purely advisory role. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with deep technical execution: creating high-level and low-level designs, leading proofs of concept and design reviews, validating configurations, guiding migrations, mentoring engineers and serving as an escalation point for the most complex network and connectivity issues.
About Your Job:
Create a globally consistent network architecture that improves security, resilience, cloud readiness, operational simplicity and business continuity while supporting the realities of manufacturing sites.
Key Responsibilities include:
Architecture, Strategy and Standards
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Own and evolve global reference architectures for WAN, LAN, WLAN, internet edge, firewalls, remote access, cloud connectivity and network services.
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Translate business, security and operational requirements into practical roadmaps, design principles, approved patterns and lifecycle standards.
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Define the target architecture for SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust network access and secure branch connectivity, including coexistence and migration from legacy services.
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Establish a standard site blueprint for manufacturing, R&D, distribution and corporate locations, including resilient connectivity tiers, segmentation patterns and technology selection criteria.
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Act as design authority for major network changes, ensuring solutions are supportable, cost-effective, secure and aligned with the global strategy.
Cloud and Hybrid Connectivity
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Design resilient Azure network architectures, including hub-and-spoke connectivity, routing domains, BGP policy, VPN/ExpressRoute integration, cloud firewalls, load-balancing dependencies and high availability across regions.
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Identify and resolve routing asymmetry, overlapping path, failover and convergence risks across cloud hubs, branch connectivity and security enforcement points.
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Define secure connectivity patterns between Azure, AWS, SaaS platforms, business partners, internet-facing services and the global enterprise network.
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Partner with Cloud, Cybersecurity and Application teams to ensure network architecture supports availability, performance, observability and recovery requirements.
Network Security and Segmentation
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Architect firewall, VPN and remote-access solutions using Palo Alto Networks technologies and related cloud-delivered security services.
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Develop scalable IT/OT segmentation and zone-based security patterns for manufacturing environments in partnership with Cybersecurity and OT stakeholders.
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Advance network access control and identity-based access using technologies such as Cisco ISE, 802.1X and complementary edge-security controls.
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Ensure designs follow least-privilege, defense-in-depth and secure-by-design principles while remaining practical for local operatio