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Senior Network Architect :: REMOTE

extra holidays - extra parental leave

Remote:

Full Remote

Experience:

Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

Work from:

Maryland (USA), United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field., 10+ years experience as a Network Engineer., 7 years IT infrastructure leadership experience., Technical expertise in common routing protocols..

Key responsabilities:

Design efficient and optimal networks.
Engage in technical workgroups to address high-risk issues.

ARK Solutions, Inc. SME http://www.ARKSolutionsInc.com

201 - 500 Employees

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Job description

Ark Solutions Inc is looking for Senior Network Architect!

Position: Senior Network Architect
Location: REMOTE
Duration: 12+ Months and possibility of extension

Description:
The Senior Network Architect, Cloud & Data center is responsible for designing efficient and optimal networks, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, intranets, cloud computing virtual networks, software defined networks, and other data communications systems. This position specifically focuses on the design of the network in both physical deployments in PoP/co-location sites to connect to cloud networks as well as cloud-based implementation of virtual network infrastructure in public clouds like AWS and Azure with an emphasis on traffic orchestration and security to and from data centers, properties, partners, and vendors. As part of a high performing team of network technologists, the Senior Network Architect engages in technical workgroups, makes decisions on complex and high-risk issues, performs research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of infrastructure systems to meet current and future user requirements.

This role is accountable for establishing cross team relationships and partnering with all business disciplines, other MI teams, outsourcing vendors, and external suppliers to define and implement the Data center PoP Network roadmap. This position will also engage to define and support service delivery and operational support standards for our datacenter and cloud networks, partner with the global technology peer teams to meet service level requirements and resolve service delivery issues across the portfolio.

Required Education and Experience:
7 years experience in an IT infrastructure lead role that include:

Implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, highly available, customer-facing applications and services
Technical expertise in common routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP), IPv6, VPN, etc. across a global WAN backbones and distributed datacenter platforms
Technical knowledge in ancillary network areas like DNS, NTP, and Network Tools & Management as well as advanced networking disciplines of software-defined networks (SDN), spine & leaf designs, load balancing, and security design (next-gen firewalls, intrusion detection, and prevention),.
Expertise in setting up virtual private clouds in public cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, or Google Cloud Platform
Experience with designing and engineering physical network connectivity to and virtual network infrastructure within public cloud providers utilizing technologies such as AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Dedicated Interconnect, or Oracle FastConnect
Understanding of legacy networking routing protocols and the interaction with cloud interconnects
Technical knowledge and experience with telco and ISP networks, ensuring diversity and managing availability
Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams
5+ year’s experience with high availability planning, component redundancy design and implementation
Ability to work non-standard hours during change implementations
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field experience/certification
10+ year’s experience as a Network Engineer with 7 or greater years in a hands-on role that implements engineering standards, documenting engineering designs, and participating in project cutovers.

Preferred:

Advanced Degree (e.g., MS, PhD) in Computer Science or other technical discipline or MBA, preferably with a focus on technology
10+ years experience managing large, globally distributed network architecture, engineering, and/or operations teams and leveraging next-generation network designs and technologies to support large-scale deployments
Proven track record of driving transformation in network technologies, tools, and processes through a data-driven continuous improvement methodology
Demonstrated experience in improving security, stability, reliability, performance, and agility of complex enterprise networks
Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation, instrumentation, and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area
Proven experience leading highly effective technical teams through major technology and organizational change
Proven experience re-engineering complex Internet-based network designs to optimize for services and applications that are sensitive to network turbulence (e.g., latency, jitter, loss)
Proven experience driving operational performance through defining and enforcing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Experience driving and/or significantly participating in vendor RFPs for network products (e.g., hardware, software, tools, telco, services)
Experience managing or working in the services sourcing and/or ITO or LSP field
Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, etc.)
Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies
Strong influencing skills and an ability to overcome barriers while driving change
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams
Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities