Ian Martin
Engineering Leader & Principal Network Architect
- Role
- Principal Network Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Location
- Bayonne, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ian Martin
Strategic Engineering Leader with 25+ years of experience designing, governing, and scaling world-class networking platforms. A veteran of the \"v0 to v1\" architectural lifecycle, with a proven track record of building the mission-critical infrastructure that fuels Global 500 enterprises and Tier-1 FinTech leaders.Distinguished by the ability to bridge the entire stack: from the physical-layer complexities of data center bootstrapping to high-level Zero Trust and Edge Computing architectures. A hands-on leader who combines a \"zero-failure\" mindset—forged in the Royal Air Force—with the executive governance required to manage $50M+ portfolios. Expert at mentoring high-performing technical teams and influencing multi-year vendor roadmaps to drive revenue and technical excellence.Most recently, I’ve focused on the architectural design of RoCEv2 Ethernet fabrics for high-performance compute clusters, ensuring the sub-millisecond latency and lossless throughput required for mission-critical research and trading environments. I believe in high-leverage engineering: building small, elite teams that enable massive infrastructure investment.Core Expertise: AI/HPC Networking (RoCEv2, InfiniBand), Infrastructure Transformation, Engineering Leadership, and Vendor Governance.
Experience
Principal Network Architect
Nov 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US
Skills
- Cisco Ios
- Routing
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Switches
- Datacenter Virtualization
- Telecommunications
- Eigrp
- Cisco Isr Routers
- Cisco Ucs
- Network Design
- Juniper Qfabric
- Low Latency
- Ipsec
- Load Balancing
- Nx-Os
- Cisco Asr1000 Routers
- Storage Area Networks
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Fex
- Switches
- Cisco Catalyst Switching
- Mpls
- Togaf
- Juniper Uac
- Data Center
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches
- Bgp
- Cisco Networking
- Juniper
- Qos
- Juniper Security
- Ccnp
- Junos
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Switches
- Juniper Wireless
- Juniper Switches
- Routing Protocols
- Network Engineering
- Ipv6
- Data Centre Architecture
- Juniper Pulse
- Cisco Technologies
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