About Us
American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.
Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct 40% of our dividends every year—over $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute’s breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.
All 1,400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative, the deep relationships we build with our clients, and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If you’re excited to learn more about us, we can’t wait to learn more about you.
Role Summary
Are you passionate about building modern, secure, and automated network solutions? Join our innovative Network Services team and help drive digital transformation across a global enterprise.
We are hiring a Network Architect to augment our Network Services team. You will be an integral part of a team that designs and delivers the connectivity and critical infrastructure that powers our firm’s operations. As we modernize and evolve our network architecture, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and future-ready network solutions by leveraging network automation
This role reports to the IT Manager - Infrastructure & Operations.
This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, Missouri office.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Lead and mentor network engineers while collaborating with peers and leadership to ensure the stability and scalability of our global network infrastructure
- Design, implement, and maintain advanced network solutions such as SD-Access, SD-WAN, Wireless, Remote Access, Zero Trust Networking, Data Center Networking, Firewalls, and Public Cloud Networking
- Drive product evaluations, establish selection criteria, and oversee the deployment of emerging technologies
- Partner with Application Development and DevOps teams to help modernize and integrate network infrastructure into agile delivery models
- Champion innovation by introducing forward-thinking network solutions that enhance performance, security, and automation
- Research and assess emerging technologies, applications, and integration strategies to continuously improve network capabilities
- Develop long-term IT strategy plans aligned with overall business objectives
- Prioritize key initiatives and manage resource allocation, ensuring effective project and personnel management
- Optimize existing network engineering workflows by leveraging automation and orchestration tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on network requests, implementation, and network security transformation initiatives
- Address raised network issues and outages by participating in a rotating on-call schedule and problem management process
What You Bring to the Team (Required)
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering, with progressive responsibilities and architectural oversight
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- Previous experience in deploying and maintaining Cisco ACI, VxLAN EVPN, and/or Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
- Strong expertise in Radius-based authentication for 802.1X and MAB
- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing SASE solutions
- Proven ability to design, deploy, and maintain SD-WAN architectures
- Strong experience deploying and managing enterprise firewalls
- Deep understanding of BGP, including route manipulation, policy control, and multi-VRF environments
- Proven history of automating ad-hoc network tasks using tools like Ansible, Python, Terraform, APIs, PowerShell, etc.
- Experience with cloud-native networking and hybrid cloud environments
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels
- A self-starter, who embraces change, is intellectually curious and not afraid to ask “why” and “what if”
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
Additional Assets (Preferred)
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying Cisco SD-Access fabrics, including integration with Catalyst Center
- Deep familiarity with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for policy-based access control, TrustSec, and endpoint profiling.
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust segmentation across campus, branch, data center, and cloud environments
- Detailed understanding of implementing Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) for secure remote access and zero trust network access (ZTNA) architectures
- Advanced knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN including traffic engineering techniques
- Strong experience with Palo Alto firewall administration and Panorama
- Experience with multi-cloud networking solutions such as Aviatrix
- Role relevant certifications such as Cisco CCNP or CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, Zscaler Certified Cloud Professional (ZCCP), AWS Certified Advanced Networking, etc.
- Demonstrated experience with network automation frameworks, APIs, and DevOps workflows
- Previous experience in using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks including Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell, and CI/CD pipeline integration
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for network infrastructure automation using tools like GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Experience using Env0 or similar platforms for Terraform automation, policy enforcement, and environment lifecycle management
The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
- Generous PTO and competitive benefits
- 401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning
Learn more about our benefits and perks.
Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.
American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR-Talent_Acquisition@americancentury.com. All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.
American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.
#LI-Hybrid
American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
