Domain Architect Data Center Networks

Core Responsibilities:

1. Provides the architectural leadership in shaping strategic infrastructure technology programs and planning

2. Leverages knowledge capital available through subscription research services and critical resources for related knowledge capital inclusive of blogs podcasts webinar etc.

3. Produces technology roadmaps defines reference and implementation architectures and develops proof-of-concept prototypes and initial implementation models.

4. Ensures implementation solutions support architecture objectives (availability scalability performance security etc.) as appropriate and monitors implementation activities to ensure architecture and design principles are upheld.

5. Utilizes partnership skills especially in the areas of persuasion influence conceptualizing solutions and problem solving.

6. Communicates complicated technical concepts effectively to a broad group of stakeholders.

7. Establishes relationships with IT leaders architects and technical specialists for the purpose of advancing proposed architectural solutions and ensuring availability of infrastructure technologies and support.

8. Possesses deep understanding of the competitive landscape and corporate and business unit strategies to provide context for architectural decision making.

9. Identifies and mitigates risks of introducing architecture technology enhancements ensures that IT project teams comply with IT Governance policies and procedures.

10. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

11.) Leads the architecture and design of data center network fabrics including leafspine architectures and softwaredefined networking (SDN) solutions.

12.) Defines and governs Cisco ACI fabric designs including tenants VRFs bridge domains contracts policies and integration with external L2/L3 networks.

13.) Ensures data center network architectures support high availability fault isolation eastwest traffic optimization and automation.

14.) Partners with server storage virtualization and security teams to ensure consistent endtoend infrastructure design across compute and network domains.

15.) Evaluates data center networking technologies and vendors based on scalability operational complexity TCO and lifecycle alignment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of eight years related work experience with at least three years of technology architect experience.

• Deep expertise in data center networking concepts including BGP EVPN VXLAN and leafspine topologies.

• Handson architectural experience with Cisco ACI fabrics policy models and multisite designs.

• Strong understanding of integrating ACI with virtualization platforms and hybrid cloud connectivity.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

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