Job Title: Senior Network Architect
Client: City of New York (Department Of Education (DOE))
Location: Brooklyn NY
Duration: Long Term (12 Plus Months)
Working Hours: (7 Hours Per Day/ 35 Hours Per Week)
Mode of Interview: Zoom/ Microsoft Teams
Mode of Working: Onsite
Visa Status: Citizen/ Green Card/ H1B
Rate: $7080/hr on C2C
OUTLINE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Load Balancer Engineer (F5/NSX ALB): Implement and manage advanced load balancing solutions specifically F5 and NSX ALB to ensure optimal performance and reliability in data transfer.
Load Balancer Engineer (F5/NSX ALB): Provide architecture and engineering expertise for new implementations integrations and project designs.
Cisco Nexus/ASR/ACI Platforms: Leverage advanced knowledge to optimize and maintain Cisco Nexus ASR and ACI platforms for seamless data center operations.
VPN and NGFW Firewalls (Firepower): Design and implement enterprise solutions involving Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies.
Operational Support: Ability to provide advanced operational support and knowledge transfer to network support engineers.
MANDATORY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate must have minimally achieved the following level of experience:
8 years of experience in planning designing configuring and implementing enterprise networks (Cisco ASR Cisco Nexus 9k/7k/5k Cisco ACI and VMware NSX).
8 years of experience with advanced load balancing technologies. (F5/NSX ALB).
8 years of experience in planning designing configuring and implementing NextGeneration firewalls (Firepower) and VPN solutions.
8 years of experience collaborating with network architects and engineers addressing issues such as routing protocols data center performance high availability and scalability.
8 years of experience working with IP networking protocols (IPv4 IPv6 TCP/IP BGP OSPF EGRP).
PREFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree in computer science or relevant industry/project experience.
Cisco CCIE CCNP or other related industry security certifications.
Experience in VMware NSX and Advanced Load Balancer.
Experience with Azure/AWS cloud infrastructure and Express Route.
Implementation knowledge of network security best practices
Prior education industry/project experience
Must be a selfstarter and be able to work well independently and in a team setting
Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate in a credible and confident manner at all levels in the organization especially on technical issues to a non technical audience
Detailed and processoriented