Sr Network Architect

McDonald’s Corporation

Actively hiring
Chicago, IL Posted 79 days ago $152,678–$190,847 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Network Architect at McDonald’s Global Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in designing and evolving the next-generation network infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, focusing on integrating GCP and AWS platforms with Carrier Neutral Facilities. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with multi-functional teams to establish architecture standards, evaluate solutions, drive innovation, and ensure operational excellence. You must be proficient in deploying BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP protocols, have extensive knowledge of cloud networking across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI, and experience with application hosting in on-premises datacenters and cloud environments. Additionally, you will mentor junior engineers, represent the network domain in enterprise architecture forums, and contribute to organizational planning sessions, ensuring technology quality and business change results align with McDonald’s global growth strategy.

Skills

AWS GCP BGP OSPF EIGRP WAF SD-WAN Equinix Cisco Palo Alto Wireshark Active Directory DNS Terraform Linux Unix Micrsoft Azure OCI

What you'll do

  • Design and develop network solutions that address enterprise business requirements.
  • Coordinate with managed service providers to assemble solutions aligning with organizational needs.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge-sharing across the organization.
  • Architect cloud networking integrations for GCP, AWS, and Carrier Neutral Facilities.
  • Evaluate and document test outcomes of network solutions and present findings.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in enterprise network services, architecture, design, and deployment.
  • Deep expertise in GCP and AWS networking, including VPC design and interconnect solutions.
  • Hands-on experience with datacenters, SD-WAN, and Equinix Fabric or similar platforms.
  • Strong understanding of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and network security measures.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills for collaborator management.

Market check

Salary context

This $152,678–$190,847 range sits above 58% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$128,000–$199,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$136,750–$189,950

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About McDonald’s Corporation

McDonald’s Corporation is the world's largest fast-food chain by revenue, operating over 40,000 locations in more than 100 countries.

McDonald’s Corporation currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,207–$172,758 across 62 roles with salary data.

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