Network Architect  

Job Summary

The Network Architect shall be part of a transformative team that solves mission-critical problems, innovates new services, develops optimizations and automations and inspires action in others as a trusted advisor and partner in best of breed solutions, products and services.

Responsibilities

• Impact compelling change and improvement by providing architecture, design, standards, implementation and support across all core network infrastructure and cloud technologies and environments enterprise-wide.
• Translate concept into action by ensuring design, configuration, automation, guides, process and run books are created and remain current for all networking technologies running in the environment.
• Be part of the solution by collaborating as a successful team member that drives service delivery across multiple touch points and provides tier 3 support (24x7) for network operations in the data center and beyond.
• Act as a consultative thought partner interacting with vendors and suppliers while staying abreast of emerging technologies to translate into actionable ways to implement new solutions.
• Provide valuable support to key initiatives such as Mobility program, WIAM implementation, IT Infrastructure improvements, Security initiatives, among others.
• Communicate important and timely information, relevant documentations and regular status reports for all projects and initiatives.
• Manage the network-related asset inventory and its associated lifecycle and ensure compliance to the strategy and requirements at optimal cost.
• Partner with the IT Planning and Security teams in upholding the policies and compliance to protect the enterprise infrastructure and systems.
• Monitor overall vendor performance in terms of compliance in contract deliverables and performance expectations and escalate discrepancies/concerns for resolution.
• Work with the respective team/s on ways to proactively mitigating the risks e.g. regular patch management, software upgrades and addressing vulnerabilities brought by obsolescence, redundancy gaps and/or security findings.
• Provide recommendations to improve operational efficiencies while achieving high availability, resiliency, and SLA objectives.
• Assist in handling crisis situations (incidents, outages, performance issues) to expedite investigation and resolution.
• Provide relevant training to enable the team/s in operationalizing support

• Graduate of BS degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or other related field
• 10+ years of experience in hands on design of network infrastructure for large enterprise networks and data centers
• Experience with high end Switching platforms such as Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and Arista Networks
• Hands on experience with Network segmentation, Endpoint security and firewalls
• Knowledge of Network Access Control and Zero Trust Network models
• Deep Understanding of various network protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, VRFs, MPLS, EVPN/VxLAN, QoS
• High level understanding of Datacenter Virtualization and virtualized workload mobility
• Advanced knowledge of Multicast
• Knowledge of F5 Load Balancers (physical and virtual)
• Python / Ansible and any relevant hands on Network automation experience
• An understanding of Network monitoring, analysis, and management with tools such as DNA Centre/Assurance/Spaces, Cisco Prime, Solarwinds, Arista Cloudvision, or other Network monitoring tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Certifications: CCIE or Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
• Other preferences:
• Public and Private cloud knowledge
• Proven project management skills
• Strong business knowledge and ability to work on planning and budgeting
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies