Network Architect

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• You will create the full lifecycle management of network architecture, including planning, design, deployment, operations and decommissioning.
• Develop a framework for ongoing network health assessments, upgrades, and retirement planning to align with business and technology needs.
• Provide inputs into the optimization of our lifecycle processes to ensure minimal downtime and future scale.
• Coordinate with automation teams to promote the approach for network infrastructure to use automation tools and CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment of operating systems, hardware, and other technologies.
• Help maintain network-as-code solutions to improve the efficiency, consistency and reliability of the network and its multiple elements.
• Collaborate with teams and departments to integrate network automation into broader IT, cloud and DevOps strategies.
• Lead proactive bug scrub processes to ensure timely identification, resolution and prevention of network issues while keeping the environment current with evolving software features.
• Establish procedures for continuous improvement based on lessons learned from root cause analysis and performance monitoring.
• Help troubleshoot and remediation, for complex network issues using expertise to resolve challenges quickly.
• Be a subject matter expert and advocate for the best practices in network lifecycle management to influence and mentor peers.
• Develop high-level and detailed network architecture designs and diagrams tailored to meet overall our goals.
• Coordinate with Network Security to ensure architectural designs, and configurations, meet business, regulatory and security requirements.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field. Diploma holders are eligible if they have subsequently completed a degree atleast one qualification must be from a regular full-time program.
• 10+ years of experience in designing and managing enterprise network infrastructures with a focus on lifecycle management.
• Expertise in network protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF), technologies (SD-WAN), and platforms (Cisco, Palo Alto, F5).
• Advanced certifications (CCIE-EI)
• Proficiency in network automation tools and scripting (Python, Ansible).
• Experience with network DevOps methodology to include CI/CD integration.
• Expertise in managing bug scrubs and implementing preventative solutions.
• Technical writing skills for planned and corrective process documentation and lifecycle activities.

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