Sr Network Architect

Expert Technical Solutions

  • Norcross, GA
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Senior Network ArchitectExpert Technical Solutions is seeking a Senior Network Architect for one of our premier, industry leading clients in Peachtree Corners, GA. This person will be responsible for the network design, implementation, and maintenance for our client’s HQ and associated properties. This position is responsible for the successful resolution of complex network support issues, interfacing with internal customers and external vendors to provide specific network related technical support. This position is a key contributor in the delivery of complex projects related to the networking business requirements of the company.This role will be hands-on, requiring a high level of technical network expertise and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment where many projects are worked in parallel with similar priority. The candidate will design, build, and maintain complex architecture of network systems and devices across multiple properties. As the Senior Network Architect, you will have the opportunity to manage and supervise a small team of Corporate Network Engineers along with providing direction to property network teams. The scope includes, but is not limited to, infrastructure devices such as routers, switches, load balancers, wireless controllers and access points, IP Voice technologies, carrier and service provider delivery technologies.This role will report to the Director of Infrastructure.This is a permanent, HYBRID (3 days onsite w/ up to 20% travel) opportunity offering excellent pay, benefits, and growth potential.Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Supervise and mentor a small team of Network Engineers
  • Review and adjust accordingly team member’s plans and configuration scripts, with extreme accuracy
  • Assess the future and current needs and delegate out tasks to team members and follow up/review for completeness
  • Discover, assess, design, and implement as it relates to network initiatives
  • Perform diagnostic analysis of the network system, identify possible faulty devices, troubleshoot network problems and outages and prepare necessary documentation detailing actions taken
  • Ensure all network devices are monitored with necessary services along with configurations backed up
  • Lead responsibility for networking projects
  • Participates in new technology or solutions meetings with stakeholders
  • Participate in on-call rotation; available evenings, weekends and holidays
Requirements/Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in CS, IT or Engineering (or equivalent work experience)
  • Preferred Certifications: CCIE, Azure – Any MS Azure Certifications will suffice
  • 10+ years working experience with Cisco IOS devices including configuration, management, and troubleshooting.
  • 2+ years working as Senior Network Engineer and Team Lead.
  • Working experience in monitoring and troubleshooting within a large enterprise and large-scale LAN/WAN environments including routers, switches, VMWare, and load balancers.
  • Expert level knowledge and experience in various network technologies, services, and protocols that are typical of a large enterprise network including VPC, BGP, MPLS, VRF, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, and QoS.
  • Experience with Wireless Control Systems and Access Point technologies.
  • Strong understanding of change control methodologies and experience implementing and modifying change processes and procedures, as necessary.
  • Hands on experience and expert knowledge of Nexus VPC and layer 2 technologies.
  • Experience installing/cabling network equipment in a data center.
  • Experience in Microsoft 365 / Office 365
  • Expert knowledge of Azure Networking with hands on experience
  • Knowledgeable about Network Access Control solutions and products, hands on experience is a plus
  • Experience with Cisco DNA and Cisco ISE
  • Preferred experience with as many of the following as possible:
  • Meraki Switches/AP’s, Cisco Nexus 9k switches
  • Cumulus Networks
  • Linux
  • Ansible/Gitlab
  • Virtualization (VMWare)
  • NGINX load balancers
  • Nagios Monitoring
  • Azure Cloud
  • Palo Alto
  • Occasional travel may be required (up to 20%)

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