Network Architect
Network Architect
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ABOUT US
At HUB International we are a team of entrepreneurs. We believe in protecting and supporting the aspirations of individuals families and businesses. We help our clients evaluate their risks and develop solutions tailored to their needs. We believe in empowering our employees to learn grow and make a difference. Our structure enables our teams to maintain their own unique regional culture while leveraging support and resources from our corporate centers of excellence.
HUB is a global insurance and employee benefits broker providing a boundaryless array of business insurance employee benefits risk services personal insurance retirement and private wealth management products and services. With over $5 billion in revenue and almost 20000 employees in 600 offices throughout North America HUB has grown substantially in part due to our industry leading success in mergers and acquisitions.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Network Architect will work closely with the organizations Network Engineering team to evaluate and enhance infrastructure across every stage of the network lifecycle ensuring optimal performance scalability and security. Partnering with key external partners this role will guide both current operations and future initiatives. The candidate will play a pivotal role in designing and driving network re-architecture projects - shaping the enterprise colocation and multi-cloud environments to meet the organizations evolving needs.
Role Objectives:
- Partner with corporate leadership and external stakeholders to research analyze and implement enterprise-wide network architecture solutions.
- Review existing network infrastructure and provide technical recommendations to the Engineering team including hardware firmware and software lifecycle guidance as well as configuration best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide vendor-agnostic recommendations that align with HUBs strategic and operational goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align engineering initiatives with business needs maximizing the impact of engineering resources.
- Review and validate that existing and planned deployments optimally support both current production needs and the organizations future-state vision.
- Analyze network performance support capacity planning and recommend improvements to maintain reliability scalability and efficiency.
- Drive modernization initiatives that enhance the resilience efficiency and scalability of the enterprise network.
- Advance enterprise architecture maturity by contributing strategic insight continuous improvement and best practices.
Core Responsibilities for this Role:
- Engage with stakeholders to identify and translate business technical and operational requirements into network architecture solutions.
- Develop maintain and enhance enterprise architecture artifactssuch as service maps application catalogs and platform inventoriesto provide a reliable foundation for planning and decision-making.
- Lead the analysis and recommendation of upgrades designs and configuration changes to strengthen the performance resilience and security of the enterprise network.
- Define and maintain benchmarks performance metrics and measures to track progress assess effectiveness and guide continuous improvement of network architecture.
- Support high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and recommend preventive architectural and configuration improvements.
- Contributes to the development and refinement of network tools and platforms ensuring they effectively support monitoring observability and automation needs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in technology or applicable experience.7 Years of experience with network architecture around WAN/LAN Routing Switching Optimization and extensive exposure with Cloud Service Providers.
- 3 Years of SDWAN architecture and engineering with experience with PBR ECMP DSCP Tagging / TOS / ECN analysis and tuning.
- 3 years of experience with AWS Azure and GCP network infrastructure as a service.
- Networking (Firewall / Switching / Wifi) and Enterprise EFP experience is a bonus (BGP OSPF HSRP STP SNMP Netflow NBar Packet Tracing measures vs metrics vs observables etc).
- Collaboration prioritization and adaptability skills.
- Experience in project management network design and integration.
- Desire to continuously develop your skills and knowledge.
- An ability to diagnose and resolve problems quickly and efficiently.
- Thorough knowledge of layered network architectures and layered solutions and designs.
- Consultative skills including the ability to understand and assist in applying customer requirements including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design the ability to define design reasoning and understanding potential impacts of design requirements.
JOIN OUR TEAM
Do you believe in the power of innovation collaboration and transformation Do you thrive in a supportive and client focused work environment Are you looking for an opportunity to help build and drive change in a rapidly growing and evolving organization When you join HUB International you will be part of a community of learners and doers focused on our Core Values: entrepreneurship teamwork integrity accountability and service.
Disclosure required under applicable law in California Colorado Illinois Maryland Minnesota New York New Jersey and Washington states: The expected salary range for this position is $145K to $165Kand will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidates skills experience and working location as well as the specific positions business line scope and level. If you believe that your qualifications and experience surpass the minimum requirements for this role we encourage you to submit your application. By doing so we will be able to keep your application on file for consideration for potential future positions within our organization. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance FSA HSA and 401(k) accounts paid-time-off benefits such as vacation sick and personal days and eligible bonuses equity and commissions for some positions.
Department Information TechnologyRequired Experience: 7-10 years of relevant experienceRequired Travel: NegligibleRequired Education: Bachelors degree (4-year degree)HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or veterans status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
