Network Architect

Job Description:

This position will act as a primary technical principal and is responsible for the delivery of network solutions at an enterprise level. Expertise with network infrastructure technologies such as AWS Cloud, Azure Cloud, LAN, WAN, Wireless, Security, VoIP, Video, and Data Center. Ideal candidates will have Data Center experience. Candidates for this position must be able to, from day one, roll up their sleeves and hit the ground running, and bring their experience to the team to make the project deployments much smoother.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Expert knowledge of Palo Alto Network Firewall, CloudFlare, Prisma Cloud, and Cisco ASA.
• Expert knowledge of F5 Load Balancers LTM. GTM, WAF, and AWS ELB.
• Advanced OSI layer 2 knowledge and practical experience, including various flavors of STP, ARP, QOS, etc.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OSI layer 3 networks and protocols, including broadcast, multicast, and 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 colocation environment.
• Advanced knowledge of MPLS network.
• 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 of deploying and maintaining wireless networks
• Expert knowledge of AWS services i.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

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

• Project Management skills
• Ability to think and operate as a team player.
• Extremely strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to operate as independently or as part of a collaborative effort.
• Demonstrate strong project leadership and ability to develop strong working relationships with customer technical personnel.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to apply them during business-impacting incidents.
• Ability to mentor others and lead by example.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, IT, or similar disciplines).
• Equivalent work experience implementing and operating enterprise-level data center and/or office networks.
• Experience operating in a modern cloud environment, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure or large-scale data centers is a plus
• CCNP is the very minimum requirement. CCIE R&S, or CCIE data center certifications, and AWS certified solutions architect is a big plus.