What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Architect--Only W2 position at KPG99 INC?
Title: Network Architect
Location: Lowell, MA office (Hybrid: Monday–Wednesday in office)
Type: 6-month contract-to-hire
Required Qualifications and Skills
- 10 years of experience designing and architecting complex global enterprise network environments.
- Extensive experience with enterprise network architecture across on-premises, data center, campus, branch, and cloud environments.
- Strong experience with multi-cloud networking, particularly Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Expertise in WAN, SD-WAN, MPLS, internet connectivity, and cloud interconnect architectures.
- Hands-on architectural experience with Palo Alto and Juniper firewall solutions.
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust, network segmentation, secure access, and enterprise network security principles.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and network automation using Terraform, Ansible Automation Platform, APIs, and CI/CD.
- Experience defining network monitoring, observability, and performance management strategies using tools such as Splunk and ThousandEyes.
- Strong understanding of enterprise load-balancing architectures, including F5, Azure Load Balancer, and Google Cloud Load Balancing.