Sr Network Architect

Hi

I hope youre doing well. I had a chance to review your profile and wanted to discuss a full-time hire position with our client a major Systems Integrator.
Please review the JD below and let me know if you would be interested in exploring the opportunity.

Job Title: Sr Network Architect

Location: Oakland CA - Onsite

Duration: Fulltime

Job Description

A Bachelors degree in computer engineering or related field with 10 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

10 years of experience in operations and managing Network devices firewalls infrastructure.

10 years of experience installing and building Network infrastructure.

In-depth knowledge of network hardware and software technologies and best practices is required.

Knowledge of Routing and Switching design preferred

R&S and/or DC CCNA is required CCNP preferred

Good knowledge of PA firewalls architecture ACLs policies NATs IPSEC VPNs Global protect VPNs.

Experience on SolarWinds IT infrastructure monitoring and provisioning is preferred

LAN switching including VLAN VTP STP etc. is preferred

Solid understanding of routing protocols ISIS OSPF BGP is preferred

Understanding and practical experience with technologies such as Cisco SDA ISE VXLAN etc.

Good working knowledge of Wireless network includes WLCAccess points 9120 is preferred

Solid knowledge of Cisco Catalyst 9000 series Palo Alto firewalls Nexus 93k series APC UPS OOB network is preferred

Test and validation experience (Network hardware or software/OS) is preferred

Knowledge of a network technology discipline (e.g. IP Routing and Switching Routing Protocols-OSPF BGP WAN IPSEC PAN Firewall Packet Analysis SD Access DNAC Cisco ISE Infrastructure IT Tools and other relevant technologies.

Excellent troubleshooting skills in identifying and resolving complex networking issues

Strong understanding of how DNS works and experience in deploying and managing the internal and external DNS environments

Experience in managing different Load Balancer solutions.

Experience with cloud networking and cloud connectivity.

Scripting/programing skills will be a PLUS

Proactively acquire an in-depth understanding of the organization and its processes as well as develop an understanding of incidents and change management principles and organization best practices.

Medical device pharmaceutical biotech or other regulated industry experience desired

Good team player and able to take accountability of tasks assigned and follow through to completion.

Strong communication and customer facing skills (written verbal and formal presentation)

Roles & Responsibilities:

Monitor network infrastructure troubleshoot and handle user incidents actively during company business hours.

Provide medium to high complexity network support activities including occasional off-shift support in case of major outage reported.

Work closely with Network Engineering Network Security and Administration maintenance tasks and participate in process improvement.

Perform medium to high complexity network changes and implementations.

Participate in the network technology design process.

Analyze potential changes and enhancements to network software and hardware to determine impact on existing production environment.

Execution of approved network changes and remediation activities shall be performed at the designated customer site.

Network configuration validation optimization cleanup and restructuring activities shall be executed in accordance with approved designs and implementation plans.

Implementation of ISP failover firewall VPN routing wireless NAC OOB and monitorin g related changes shall be performed as per the defined scope.

Planned changes shall be implemented during approved maintenance windows including weekends or after hours periods as required.

Failover and resiliency testing activities shall be executed and test outcomes shall be documented.

Local coordination for site access cabling rack and stack readiness and other onsite dependencies shall be supported.

Detailed execution records including configuration changes and rollback procedures shall be maintained and shared.

Thanks & Regards

Sumit Goyal

Lead Recruiter