Senior Network Architect
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in network engineering and architecture, including ownership of enterprise network strategy, standards, roadmaps, and complex design decisions across distributed environments.
- Deep expertise across the Fortinet Security Fabric, particularly FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiNAC, and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, with experience setting standards across a complex enterprise environment.
- Expert-level Cisco routing and switching knowledge and demonstrated success designing secure integration between enterprise IT and operational technology or industrial environments.
- Advanced knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs and VRFs, IPsec and SSL VPN, QoS, high availability, and network segmentation.
- Experience owning hybrid cloud network architecture in Azure or AWS, including connectivity, segmentation, resiliency, security, and operating models.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise SASE or SD-WAN platform strategy, regional network modernization, centralized configuration and observability, and managed network-service transitions.
- Experience architecting networks for industrial sites, major construction or expansion programs, and commissioning activities involving complex IT/OT dependencies.
- Experience establishing network automation and CI/CD strategy using scripting, APIs, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform.
- Demonstrated technical judgment and troubleshooting leadership in complex, uptime-critical environments where safety, operational continuity, and risk must be balanced.
- Executive-level written and verbal communication, including the ability to influence investment decisions, explain technical risk, and build alignment across technical and business leaders.
- Own the enterprise-wide network strategy and target-state architecture across corporate, cloud, WAN and SD-WAN, wireless, and operating-site environments, balancing reliability, security, maintainability, scalability, and cost.
- Set architectural standards, governance, and lifecycle strategy for the Fortinet Security Fabric, including high availability, capacity, firmware, licensing, technical debt, and multiyear platform roadmaps.
- Establish secure integration patterns and decision frameworks between Fortinet-based IT networks and Cisco-based OT environments, including routing, segmentation, access control, resilient interconnects, and clear ownership boundaries.
- Govern reference architectures, topology standards, technical decision records, configuration standards, and implementation guidance as the authoritative network source of truth.
- Serve as the final technical authority for significant network design decisions and communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, investment needs, and risk to engineers, business leaders, and executives.
- Own the network capability roadmap and maturity model, translating business outcomes into sequenced architecture decisions, investments, dependencies, and measurable delivery standards.
- Lead strategic platform decisions across SASE, SD-WAN, ZTNA, and centralized management, including evaluation of Cato and Fortinet options and associated migration paths, risks, and commercial tradeoffs.
- Establish network infrastructure visibility through authoritative device, circuit, and IP address management using NetBox, automated discovery, and integrated IPAM.
- Define and sponsor the roadmap for version-controlled, automated network provisioning and change management through CI/CD, including adoption standards, controls, and measures of success.
- Establish reusable automation patterns and guide implementation using FortiManager, APIs, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Set governance for testing, validation, monitoring, approval, and rollback of automated network changes.
- Partner with the Hybrid Cloud Architect and cybersecurity leaders to align network, cloud, identity, and security architecture across on-premise and cloud environments.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership during critical deployments, commissioning, major upgrades, architecture transitions, and complex troubleshooting across Fortinet and Cisco infrastructure.
- Serve as the highest technical escalation point for complex or high-impact network incidents, directing root-cause analysis, risk decisions, and durable remediation.
- Set the architecture and delivery model for new site builds, plant commissioning, expansions, acquisitions, and major infrastructure refreshes.
- Own network architecture for Cape Station expansion and future geothermal sites, including ORCs, well pads, PDCs, administrative facilities, grid-sync, commissioning, and scalable IT/OT boundary design.
- Direct modernization of regional offices onto Fervo's standard network architecture, coordinating connectivity, Fortinet hardware refreshes, centralized policy, and repeatable site-cutover patterns.
- Provide authoritative technical direction across routing and switching, BGP and OSPF, SD-WAN, VPN, QoS, wireless, segmentation, and high-availability design.
- Define the network observability, performance, capacity, and operational-readiness strategy using FortiAnalyzer and related platforms.
- Shape vendor and managed-service strategy, evaluate platform investments, and hold Fortinet, Cisco, and service partners accountable for technical quality, risk reduction, and outcomes.
- Define the architecture, access model, runbooks, escalation paths, and control requirements for a managed 24/7 network operations capability.
- Establish and govern firewall policy, network access control, segmentation, secure remote access, and logging architecture in partnership with cybersecurity.
- Maintain secure IT/OT and BES boundaries, including no-direct-ingress and DMZ store-and-forward patterns, and evaluate new network segments, remote access, and vendor connectivity for NERC CIP and SOX ITGC impact.
- Guide material network initiatives through Fervo's Technology Assurance Process, ensuring architecture, risk, stakeholders, delivery readiness, and lifecycle ownership are addressed before implementation.
- Provide senior technical leadership for incident response, enterprise risk assessments, audits, and remediation, translating network risk into clear business decisions and priorities.
- Chair architecture and design reviews for material network changes; mentor engineers, architects, and contractors; and improve the organization's technical decision-making.
- Establish governance that keeps runbooks, standards, lifecycle records, and operational ownership current, reducing technical debt and dependence on individual knowledge.
- Advanced Fortinet certification such as FCSS in Secure Networking or Network Security; FCX is preferred.
- Advanced Cisco certification such as CCNP or CCIE.
- Experience supporting industrial control systems, operational technology networks, or site commissioning, particularly in regulated infrastructure, plus familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, or NERC CIP.
About the company
Fervo Energy develops and operates geothermal energy projects to provide 24/7 carbon-free power. It combines proven oil-and-gas technologies with geothermal science, notably horizontal drilling and distributed fiber-optic sensing, to unlock geothermal resources that were previously uneconomical. The company’s main product is a steady, carbon-free geothermal energy supply that can be sold to electricity providers seeking decarbonization. Its approach differs from competitors by applying oil-and-gas drilling methods and advanced sensing to unlock higher resource potential and deliver reliable, cost-effective energy. Fervo’s flagship Cape Station Project demonstrates this approach in action. The company’s goal is to accelerate the clean energy transition by delivering reliable, scalable geothermal energy and expanding geoscience-enabled solutions for decarbonizing the electricity sector.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
Founded
2017
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What believers are saying
- On October 1, 2026, Cape Station began generating revenue one day early.
- DOE awarded Fervo about $20 million on September 22, 2026 for Idaho and Nevada EGS.
- Fervo claims 900 megawatts contracted at Cape Station, supporting a large multiyear backlog.
What critics are saying
- Hagens Berman investigates whether Fervo hid transmission curtailment risks before its May 2026 IPO.
- August 12, 2026 guidance cut 2027 revenue to $60 million-$80 million.
- Any prolonged Utah transmission bottleneck can strand Cape Station output and cripple Fervo's growth story.
What makes Fervo Energy unique
- Fervo commercialized the first greenfield enhanced geothermal project at Cape Station, September 2026.
- It uses oil-and-gas horizontal drilling and fiber sensing to unlock hotter reservoirs.
- Its modular GeoBlocks target faster 18-month future builds across the 4-gigawatt Cape Station system.
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0%Fervo Energy launches Ground Truth, a six-part podcast on the creation of america's leading next-generation geothermal company. From a Stanford class project to a $2.2 billion Nasdaq IPO, the series tells the Fervo story through the people who lived it - beginning with Episode One, available now. HOUSTON, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, today announced the launch of Ground Truth, a six-part narrative podcast tracing the company's decade-long path from a graduate-school pitch to a public offering. Episode One, "Twenty Feet of Water," is available today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, and at fervoenergy.com/podcast/. Hosted by Fervo multimedia producer Olivia Johnson, Ground Truth tells the Fervo story one decision at a time, through the voices of the people who were there to make them. Each episode is structured around original interviews with the people who built the company, paired with field recordings from Cape Station, and each functions as a lens on a larger question rather than a straight recap of the timeline. The series follows Fervo from CEO and co-founder Tim Latimer's decision to leave the oil and gas industry after witnessing Houston's catastrophic 2015 floods, through the Stanford classroom where he met CTO and co-founder Jack Norbeck, the long stretch of overcoming setbacks, and the 2023 breakthrough at Project Red in the Nevada desert that proved enhanced geothermal systems could work commercially. Later episodes trace the contracts that financed Fervo's growth, the build-out of Cape Station in Beaver County, Utah, and the company's May 2026 debut on Nasdaq. Featured voices across the series include Latimer, Norbeck, SVP of the GeoBlock Factory Christian Gradl, CFO David Ulrey, SVP of Development and Commercial Markets Dawn Owens, and COO Sarah Jewett. "At Fervo, we talk a lot about drilling times and well temperatures, the science behind what we've built," said Megan Baldino, Head of Communications & Brand at Fervo Energy. "Ground Truth is our chance to tell the human story: the people who spent a decade betting their careers on an idea almost no one else believed in. Now it's a reality. We think it's a story worth hearing in their own words." New episodes of Ground Truth will be released on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and at fervoenergy.com/podcast/. About Fervo Energy Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO) is a modern power company built around one of the market's most important needs: affordable, dependable new power supply. Through the large-scale deployment of enhanced geothermal systems, Fervo has established a repeatable, industrial approach to building utility-scale power. The company is transforming geothermal into a clean, reliable, cost-competitive solution designed to meet rising demand from AI hyperscalers, utilities, and a more electricity-intensive economy. For more information, visit www.fervoenergy.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, which involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words "aim," "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "future," "guidance," "intend," "may," "model," "outlook," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "predict," "project," "seek," "should," "target," "will," "would," and similar expressions (including the negative of such terms) are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Although Fervo believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, they involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and, in many cases, beyond Fervo's control. Accordingly, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and Fervo's actual outcomes could differ materially from what Fervo has expressed in its forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the outcomes to differ materially include (but are not limited to) the following: risks related to expanding its geothermal operations and accessing new markets; challenges in maintaining compliance with extensive environmental regulations and permitting requirements; uncertainties in forecasting future operational results and growth due to economic conditions and market demand; compliance with environmental regulations and climate change initiatives impacting operational costs; inherent risks in the geothermal industry, including potential operational disruptions and associated liabilities; the influence of consumer preferences, government policies, and competition on the demand for geothermal energy; risks associated with fluctuations in energy prices and material costs; dependence on a complex supply chain and successful maintenance of its geothermal infrastructure; financial performance influenced by fluctuations in interest rates, capital availability, and other market conditions; capacity actually constructed or for which GovCloud Network enter power purchase agreements under non-binding agreements, like the Geothermal Framework Agreement; exposure to legal proceedings and claims arising from its business operations; protecting its brand reputation and facing potential negative public perception; negative public perception and political opposition impacting its ability to secure regulatory approvals and market acceptance; the successful and timely execution of its growth strategy, with risks of delays or failures; reliance on key personnel and the potential impact of labor costs and workforce challenges; heavy reliance on technology systems and potential cybersecurity threats; global economic and political conditions affecting its operations, supply chain, and customer demand; the risk that its estimates of capacity potential and heat initially in place are inaccurate or that GovCloud Network is unable to produce quantities of electrical energy commensurate with such estimates; and other risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under "Risk Factors" in Fervo's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 11, 2026, and Fervo's other filings with the SEC. In light of these factors, the events anticipated by Fervo's forward-looking statements may not occur at the time anticipated or at all. Moreover, Fervo operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. Fervo cannot predict all risks, nor can it assess the impact of all factors on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking statements it may make. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release or, if earlier, as of the date they were made. Fervo does not intend to, and disclaims any obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements unless required by applicable law. V2 Communications for Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy has become the world's first enhanced geothermal company to deliver commercial electricity to the grid. The company announced that its Cape Station power plant began selling power on 30 September, one day ahead of schedule. The first block of the facility was completed in 23 months from groundbreaking to commercial operations. Once fully operational, Cape Station will generate 100 megawatts, with potential expansion to 4 gigawatts. Fervo aims to complete future blocks in 18 months. Google, Southern California Edison, and other companies have committed to purchasing power from the project. Unlike traditional geothermal plants, enhanced geothermal systems drill deeper to access hotter rock, enabling development in more locations. Fervo went public in May, raising $1.9 billion.
Fervo Energy Company (FRVO) faces investor scrutiny amid post-ipo transmission curtailment revelation - HBSS. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - During Fervo Energy Company's (NASDAQ: FRVO) August 12, 2026 Q2 2026 earnings call, the company revealed that it expected a temporary shutdown of certain transmission infrastructure it relies on to deliver electricity from its Cape Station project. This news drove the price of Fervo shares down over 16% that day to close at $20.16, well below the company's $27 IPO price in May 2026. "We're focused on whether Fervo was aware of the planned curtailment at the time of its IPO and if so, whether the company and management may have negligently..." "if curtailment is required due to load system inefficiency, our ability to sell and deliver our power to our customers may be adversely impacted and we may..." "[t]his is really due to curtailment on the transmission lines that we have going from the Cape site to our end customers" "[t]his is something that we've had our eye on for some time." The report and market response have prompted national shareholders rights firm Hagens Berman to open an investigation into whether Fervo was sufficiently transparent about the curtailment in its IPO documents and, if not, whether there may be violations of the federal securities laws. The firm encourages Fervo investors who suffered substantial losses to submit your losses now. Persons with knowledge who may be able to assist the investigation are invited to contact the firm's attorneys. Fervo Energy Company (FRVO) Investigation: Fervo builds, owns, and operates geothermal power facilities in the United States. The company depends on third-party transmission systems to deliver its power. On May 14, 2026, Fervo completed its IPO and issued 80.5 million shares at $27 per share. The investigation is focused on the propriety of Fervo's statements about risks to its business related to third-party curtailments of transmission systems on which the company depends, particularly with respect to the company's Cape Station GeoCluster. More specifically, the company's IPO documents generally characterized this risk as "potential" and said "if curtailment is required due to load system inefficiency, our ability to sell and deliver our power to our customers may be adversely impacted and we may either incur additional costs or forego revenues." The propriety of these disclosures may have come into question on August 12, 2026. That day, Fervo reported its Q2 2026 financial results and held its related earnings conference call. The company surprised investors with 2027 revenue estimates of just $60 million to $80 million. Management revealed "[t]his is really due to curtailment on the transmission lines that we have going from the Cape site to our end customers" and "[t]his is something that we've had our eye on for some time." The market swiftly reacted, sending the price of Fervo shares down $4.01 (-16%) to close at $20.16, or over 25% lower than the IPO price. "We're focused on whether Fervo was aware of the planned curtailment at the time of its IPO and if so, whether the company and management may have negligently not disclosed it," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the firm's investigation. If you invested in Fervo Energy and have substantial losses, or have knowledge that will assist the firm's investigation, submit your losses now" Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Fervo Energy Company should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email [email protected]. About Hagens Berman Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation firm focusing on corporate accountability. The firm is home to a robust practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and other wrongdoings. Hagens Berman's team has secured more than $2.9 billion in this area of law. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future case.
Fervo Energy's stock has hit its lowest valuation since trading began, currently at 74.38 times forward price-to-sales. The geothermal energy company maintains a substantial development pipeline of 48.6 gigawatts in early development and over 650,000 acres of land, with independently reviewed capacity potential exceeding 50 gigawatts. Despite having 1,054 megawatts of binding agreements worth approximately $11.9 billion in contracted revenue, Fervo generated only $174,000 in revenue during the first half of 2026. The company ended June 2026 with $2.1 billion cash following its IPO. Second-quarter capital expenditures reached $226.5 million, with another $850-900 million expected in the second half of 2026. Cape Station Phase II alone requires about $2.2 billion through 2028. Fervo currently carries a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell), with analysts suggesting patience whilst the company proves its development scale can translate into durable revenues.
Fervo Energy has reached first power at Cape Station in Beaver County, Utah, marking a major milestone for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). The utility-scale project's Phase I comprises three 33-megawatt GeoBlocks totalling approximately 100 megawatts, with the first unit expected to achieve commercial operations by 1 October 2026. The company is constructing an additional 400-megawatt phase expected online in 2028. Overall contracted capacity at Cape Station stands at approximately 900 megawatts. Fervo applies horizontal drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to access underground heat resources. Unlike intermittent renewables, EGS generates electricity continuously by tapping subterranean heat. The facility aims to serve growing demand from data centres, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and manufacturing requiring reliable, carbon-free power. Cape Station builds on Fervo's Project Red, which has supplied grid electricity since 2023.