Lam Research ยท 22 hours ago
IT Engineer 6
Fremont, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $287K/yr
15+ years expLam Research is dedicated to providing innovative information system solutions and services. The Network Architect role involves designing and evolving the organization's network infrastructure to ensure security, scalability, and alignment with business objectives, while providing technical leadership and evaluating emerging technologies.
CleanTechManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Develop network architecture aligned with business goals; set standards for LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, VPN, Cloud, and Data Center. Assess current infrastructure; recommend modernization, scalability, and optimization
Create multi-year roadmaps for growth, resilience, and security. Evaluate emerging technologies (SDN, ZTNA, SASE, automation) for adoption
Produce HLD/LLD documents for topology, routing, security, and integration. Architect solutions for campuses, branches, data centers, and hybrid/cloud environments
Design scalable routing (BGP, EIGRP, EVPN/VXLAN) integrated with security (firewalls, segmentation, VPN, NAC, ZTNA). Define global addressing, routing policies, and traffic engineering
Ensure high availability, redundancy, failover, and performance optimization. Define capacity planning for bandwidth, throughput, and resiliency
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams on secure architecture (micro-segmentation, encryption). Maintain compliance (ISO 27001) and enforce governance frameworks
Provide technical leadership; guide engineers across projects. Partner with application, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams. Participate in vendor evaluation and solution comparisons
Maintain architecture diagrams, HLD/LLD, design standards, and topology maps. Define policies for configuration management and change control
Act as top-tier escalation for complex issues; lead RCA and long-term fixes
Promote automation, IaC, and SDN using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Python
Evaluate vendor solutions (Cisco, Palo Alto, Zscaler, Netskope). Optimize costs via consolidation, cloud planning, and contract reviews
Qualification
Required
BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, with 15+ years of work experience in networking domain
Have completed minimum 3 significant network solution designs
In-depth knowledge of the OSI network model
Experience with different network types (i.e. LAN, WAN, WLAN)
Network protocols and technologies, e.g. DNS, HTTP, SSL, 802.1x, Load Balancing, WAN optimization, SD-WAN, VPN, PKI
Cisco network products (Nexus and Catalyst switches, routers, WLC, ISE)
Knowledge of Palo Alto Networks firewall and IPS configuration and troubleshooting
Knowledge of F5 load balancer
Knowledge of public cloud is highly desirable
Knowledge of Zero-Trust networking is highly desirable
Preferred
CCNP certification
CCIE certification
PCNSE certification
Azure Network Engineer Associate
Benefits
Comprehensive set of outstanding benefits
Company
Lam Research
Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
Tim Archer
President and CEO
Rick Gottscho
Exec VP and CTO
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