Network Architect

Network Architect

12+ yrs

Ideal candidate must have design experience with the following -

• Knowledge of different industry verticals, architectures, and requirements
• Routing and switching infrastructure deployment models (physical and VNF)
• Wireless and IoT deployment architectures
• SD-WAN, SD-ACCESS, ACI, Cisco DNA, NSX, WAN Optimizer
• Load Balancer
• Monitoring Tools, - NPM, APM, IPAM, DDI
• Virtualization and Automation - Understanding of Software Defined Network, Network Function Virtualization, and intelligent WAN technologies.
• IT Service Management Understanding of ITIL best practices, preparing, and presenting the solution in change advisory board meetings.
• Identity and Access Management Design and implementation of Cisco ACS, Cisco ISE, BYoD, Network Admission control, SDP
• Intent Based Self-Healing Networks
• Azure, GCP, AWS Network architecture
• IP communications protocols, Enterprise Architectures, Video architectures
• Vertical industry experience in helping customers understand how technology and Architecture can solve their relevant business problems.

The Responsibilities includes -

• Work with customers and understand their setup and analyze their deployments and come up with areas of weakness, enhancements.
• Helps customers think through and define their IT strategy and resulting requirements as related to the industry challenges.
• Create use cases and solution architecture design for customer configuration/needs.
• Can create conceptual and logical architectures for the solution. The solution might include infrastructure, Collaboration and/or VXI/VDI components.
• Leads an effort whose goals are to craft and deliver business value justification, business requirements to technology architecture mapping, solution architecture & integration, and organizational change management recommendations.
• Individual builds plans and coordinates implementations of the solution across cross-technology (DCN/DC/Collab) virtual delivery teams.
• Able to articulate this vision across Executives and senior Enterprise/Solution Architects.
• Create repeatable service offerings for specific domains such as SDN / Network Function Virtualization, BYOD, security, and applications.
• Work with Sales Managers to engage in pre-sales activity and propose creative ideas and solutions to customer needs.
• Deliver technical and services workshop for Network offerings.
• Work with other solution teams to create validated designs and other reference architectures.
• Create technical and solution content.

Candidate Profile, Skills and Qualifications -

• 10-15 years of solution architect experience in Architecture, Design, Build, Operate and Optimize
• Preferably a BS, MS degree in EE, computer science
• CCNP, AWS, GCP certification good to have.
• CCIE is a plus.