Network Architect

• Oversee planning, design, implementation, and operation of network infrastructure projects and participate in the specification of business requirements and implementation plans for technically advanced internetworking

• Manage implementation of network infrastructure projects, from both technical and communication

• Review network design for network security and other risks during course of Serve as a liaison to vendors and/or third-party providers as assigned.

• Provide on-site and remote technical assistance to other resources and to

• Build and document new Infrastructure environments following industry best practices and internal security policies and standards.

• Provide infrastructure design, implementation planning, deployment support, software strategy, system troubleshooting, performance engineering and optimization, maintenance strategy.

• Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer and mentorship to State Fund internal engineering peers as required and lead technical staff responsibilities.

• Establish networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.

• Maximize network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshoot network problems and outages; schedule upgrades; collaborate with other teams on network optimization.

• Secure network and server systems by establishing and enforcing policies; define and monitor

• Accomplish information systems and organization mission by completing related results as

• Provide 24 by 7

• Report network operational status by gathering, prioritizing

• Participate in capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis and network

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure timely delivery of solutions which drive successful business

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• Expert knowledge of Palo Alto Network Firewall, CloudFlare and, Prisma Cloud and Cisco

• Expert knowledge of F5 Load Balancers GTM, WAF,and AWS ELB.

• Advanced OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS,

• Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, anycast concepts, routing, etc.

• Expert knowledge of various routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and multi-homing Internet circuit configuration

• Proficient knowledge of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, SSL, etc.)

• Fluency with common network admin and monitoring tools such as Rancid, OpenNMS, Nagios, OpManager, Wireshark, Nmap, Nessus, Netflow, Sflow etc.

• Administrative scripting skills (Perl, UNIX shell scripting)

• Advanced knowledge of Cisco IOS, NX-OS, both Cisco Nexus 1K, 2K, 5K 7K, 9K and non-Nexus series switches, Cisco routers and other Cisco networking gear.

• Working knowledge of data center related technology and collocation

• Advanced knowledge of MPLS

• Working knowledge of Nexus 9K and VPC

• Advanced knowledge of Forcepoint configuration

• Advanced knowledge and experience with Routing Protocols (BGP, RIP, OSPF, etc)

• Working knowledge of Palo Alto Global Protect VPN

• Advanced knowledge and hands-on experience on Cisco Network Devices automation

• Working knowledge of Ansible or Python scripting for Network automation

• Deep domain expertise in networking, network security and public/private clouds

• Working knowledge deploying and maintaining wireless networks

• Expert knowledge of AWS services e. EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53, VPC, Cloud formation, SSM and Transit gateway

• Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining Microsoft Team PBX VOIP deployments (network side, not telecom), SIP Trunking and Five 9 Content Center

• Working knowledge of deploying and maintaining wireless networks

• Working knowledge of managing network service and similar support providers in a client/vendor relationship

Preferred Skills:

• Advance hands-on experience in Palo Alto firewall, F5 LTM, GTM and WAF

• Advance hands-on experience in AWS cloud

• Extensive hands-on experience in automation with Ansible, CloudFormation or Terraform

• AWS solution architect certification and CCNP certification required

• Deep knowledge in Forcepoint

Education: Bachelors

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Recruiter Details:
Name: Deepak Kumar
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Salary : $90 - $95