Network Infrastructure Architect

01 Jun 2024

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Our client is seeking for Lead IAM Technical Consultant Full Time Direct Hire (Not A Contract) You Must Be in Either United States - Illinois - Green Oaks or United States - Minnesota - St. Paul or United States - Ohio Columbus or United States - Missouri - Kansas City PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION Candidate is responsible for solution design, implementation, and operational support of companies' global network services. This position will serve as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all companies' network infrastructure including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation/implementation/and support. Responsible for timely interaction with customers of the platform, peer technologists, and senior management. The ideal candidate will have experience in Data Center Networking, Routing, Switching, Wireless Access, Software Define WAN (SD-WAN) Firewall Controls, Load Balancing, Security Infrastructure, Remote Access Connectivity Solutions (Cisco AnyConnect, Zscaler ZPA), Network Segmentation, DHCP/DNS/IPAM, and Zscaler technologies. CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design large scale enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, WLAN including switches, firewalls, and other network related hardware.
  • Design and Implement Data Center technologies like VXLAN, Cisco ACI
  • Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities
  • Design and management of core services such as DHCP, DNS, IP address Management and Load Balancing
  • Define requirements in support of budget plans and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements.
  • Defines the architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals.
  • Design, execute, support day to day service requests.
  • Lead large scale network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects.
  • Design and Manage Network Capacity and Performance
  • Evaluates and identifies opportunities for network performance and functionality improvement within the enterprise network.
  • Participate in the development efforts to bring automation into the network environment.
  • Responsible for compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
  • Successfully negotiate technical design and deployment strategy with key stakeholder and consumers of the service.
  • Serve as the platform technical subject matter expert and provide consulting support to the business and end-user organizations.
  • Produce and maintain timely, accurate engineering documentation.
  • Partners with companies' Cybersecurity organization in conducting security and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.
  • Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITY / SCOPE
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines
  • Demonstrates mastery of the concepts and theory of network security, and possess adept knowledge of data networking, including expertise in switching, routing, directory services, and TCP/IP
  • Demonstrates knowledge of encryption protocols, as well as means for compromising systems based on known
  • Demonstrates a strong customer centric approach and excellent communications skills.
  • Responsible for the global landscape of the companies' network and security
  • Keeps abreast of industry trends and makes architecture roadmaps and or recommendation based on these trends.
Required Skills:
  • 8+ years networking experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users.
  • 5+ years designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, WAN, SD-WAN, Wireless LAN, Cisco ISE and Identity/Authentication solutions, Intrusion Prevention, Cloud Security (Zscaler and other security solutions), Firewalls, Monitoring Tools, Network Topologies, Load balancing, and WAN acceleration / QoS and Cisco ACI
  • Knowledge of network technologies such as: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, 802.11a/b/g/n, 802.1x, WPA/WPA2, VPN, DMVPN, SD-WAN, NAT, VRRP, HSRP, IPSEC, RADIUS, RTP, SIP. Network transport with MPLS, Ethernet and 4G/LTE, Wireless access points / controllers, COS/QOS, VPN, VPC, spanning tree, Network Function Virtualization, VoIP and structured Cat5/6 cabling.
Preferred Skills: Experience with networking products and technologies such as the following is preferred:
  • Cisco Routers and Switches
  • Cisco/ Viptela SDWAN or SDWAN technologies is a plus
  • Riverbed WAN Optimizers
  • Infoblox
  • Cisco ASA
  • Check Point Firewalls
  • Citrix Netscaler
  • F5 Load Balancer (GTM and LTM)
  • Cisco ACI
  • Zscaler (preferred)
  • Cisco Wireless
  • API Based Automation
  • Splunk
  • Service Now
  • Netbrain
  • Tufin
  • Logic Monitor
  • Experience in healthcare related industries is a plus.
Required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field or combination of experience / education. Preferred: MS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications. Active Certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCSE, CCIE.
  • Multilingual a plus
  • Experience in regulated environments a plus

  • ID: #42074900
  • State: Minnesota Saintpaul 55107 Saintpaul USA
  • City: Saintpaul
  • Salary: $132,000
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-06-01
  • Deadline: 2022-07-30
  • Category: Et cetera