Network Solutions Architect
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Experience Required:
10years
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Solution Architect Shared SDWAN Wireless and Routing & Switching is responsible for designing documenting and governing enterprise network solutions across shared SDWAN wireless and routing/switching domains. The role focuses on translating business and technical requirements into scalable secure and highavailability network architectures supported by highquality HighLevel Design (HLD) and LowLevel Design (LLD) documentation.
Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
- Lead requirements gathering and analysis with business technical and operational stakeholders.
- Design endtoend network solutions covering:
- Shared SDWAN architectures
- Enterprise and campus Wireless (WiFi) environments
- Routing and Switching (LAN/WAN core distribution access)
- Shared SDWAN architectures
- Produce and maintain HighLevel Designs (HLDs) and LowLevel Designs (LLDs) aligned to enterprise standards.
- Define logical and physical network architectures traffic flows segmentation resiliency and failover.
SDWAN & WAN
- Architect shared SDWAN solutions supporting multitenant or multibusiness environments.
- Define WAN connectivity internet breakout strategies QoS application steering and redundancy.
- Ensure designs support scalability performance and operational simplicity.
Wireless & LAN
- Design enterprise wireless solutions including RF architecture controllerbased or cloudmanaged models.
- Define LAN switching designs including VLANs IP addressing routing segmentation and redundancy.
- Ensure compliance with performance security and availability requirements.
Governance & Standards
- Ensure designs adhere to architectural principles security standards and best practices.
- Contribute to network standards reference architectures and design templates.
- Review and validate designs produced by delivery or partner teams.
Stakeholder & Delivery Support
- Present technical designs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Provide design handover and guidance to delivery implementation and operations teams.
- Support solution planning sizing and cost estimation.
Qualifications
- Matric and a Tertiary Qualification
- Relevant tertiary qualification in IT Networking or Engineering (Advantageous)
- Industry certifications (Advantageous) such as:
- Cisco (CCNP / CCIE)
- SDWAN vendor certifications
- Wireless certifications
Skills
- Strong experience in network solution architecture across SDWAN wireless and routing/switching.
- 8 years networking experience with several years in architecture or design roles.
- Solid understanding of:
- WAN technologies (MPLS DIA broadband LTE/5G)
- Enterprise LAN switching and routing (Layer 2/3 OSPF BGP)
- Enterprise wireless design principles
- Understanding of network security concepts (segmentation firewall integration authentication).
- Experience working with enterprise or serviceprovider network environments.
Required Skills:
LAN WAN SD WAN CCNP CCIE
