Network Architect | W2 Only | Spring, TX |
About the position Responsibilities • Work closely with business management to resolve business process and productivity needs and an appropriate technology strategy to support business goals. • Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network’s infrastructure design, integration, and operations. • Work with technical management to architect networks that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters. • Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes based on industry best practices. • Establish governing principles for network design and deployment. • Participate in selection of networking technologies and products for implementation • Lead teams of other network designers and engineers in developing detailed designs and quality-control mechanisms during implementation. • Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves. Requirements • Expert knowledge and experience configuring and operating Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Arista switches and routers. • CCIE, CCNP and Juniper certifications preferred • Expert in Carrier technologies including but not limited to: BGP, VRF Lite, ISIS, MPLS, BFD, CCC, GRE and RSVP • Expert in Routing Protocols including but not limited to: IBGP, OSPF, VRRP, VARP, HSRP, and PBR • Expert in administering firewall policies on multiple platforms: Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco & Fortinet • Experience with configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting network equipment, wireless access points, firewall policies across different platforms • Detailed oriented and organized • Excellent client relationship skills • Excellent documentation skills using Microsoft Office and Visio • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to work early mornings and/or late nights to execute critical network changes • Ability to travel • Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources • Works well in a fast pace environment with tight timelines for deliverable's Nice-to-haves • CCIE Certification is preferred. Apply tot his job