Principal Network Architect

Title: Principal Network ArchitectDuration: Direct HireLocation: RemoteWork Authorization: Qualifications:

• Degrees: Bachelors

• Must possess proficiency in wireless networks with ten or more years 'experience.
• Must expert knowledge in network design with ten or more years 'experience.
• Strong experience with leading teams & vendors including Cisco, F5, Palo Alto & VMware.
• Must possess expert level knowledge in complimentary security controls (WAF, DDOS, micro-segmentation, IDS/IDP, NAC, MFA).
• Must possess vast knowledge of cloud technologies & cloud infrastructure, including networking, Nets, VPCs, VGWs, DNS, load balancing, certificate services, etc.
• Experience with scripting, automation, & software defined networking.
• Vast experience with infrastructure & network automation platforms & coding. (Postman, Terraform, Ansible, Python, etc.).
• Demonstrated expert level understanding of network practices, & protocols. (MPLS/SR, optical networking, LISP, VXLAN, IPv4, IPv6, 802.1X, segmentation, QoS, IPAM.).
• Demonstrated expert level understanding of network technologies. (ACI, SDN, SDWAN, routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, application load balancing, network visibility.).
• Experience with Internet policy & design. (ARIN, IRR, IXPs, BGP policy design, RPKI, DDoS mitigation.
• Design & manage the rollout of various network infrastructures with necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, & configuration optimization.
• Lead teams who achieve all of the above.