Network Infrastructure Cloud Architect
HybridNew York City, New York, United States or Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Design and manage the firm's hybrid cloud and on-premises network architecture, focusing on Microsoft Azure virtual networking, SD-WAN, and cloud-native security controls. Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of network systems including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks, and VoIP infrastructure while overseeing physical build planning and cabling for office and datacenter environments. Evaluate emerging technologies such as SASE and zero trust architectures to recommend enhancements, and provide senior-level technical guidance on cloud migration strategies and capacity planning. Collaborate with executive management to optimize costs and ensure business continuity through disaster recovery programs, while creating comprehensive documentation and facilitating knowledge transfer for new systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 7+ years experience in network field
- Proven experience and success with planning, installing and managing networks including LAN, MAN, WAN, Optical Networking, Silverpeak SDWAN Optimizers, F5 Load Balancers, iRules, F5 Global Traffic Manager, Infoblox/BloxOne, Illumio, Checkpoint firewalls, Checkpoint Identity Collector, VPN, DMZ, IDS/IPS, Zscaler Web Proxy, content filter, NAC and Cisco ISE, Ciena DWDM, 100 Gig optics, DNS Traffic Control, Cisco ACI & NXOS, SDN, network segmentation, Cisco Catalyst center, Cisco CLI, ACL manage...
- Azure networking solutions including Virtual Network Peering, VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute to support SaaS and cloud-based initiatives
- Familiarity with IaC (infrastructure as code), ex. Ansible, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Chef
- Familiarity with EntraID, Active Directory, LDAP, PKI, SAML, OAUTH, SSO
- Network Monitoring and Tools (OpenView, Spectrum, NetScout, Gigamon, APCON, NetMRI, MRTG, CACTI, Solarwinds, SmokePing, NetFlow, Tufin, Splunk and syslog)
- Proven experience with network capacity planning, security principles, and general network management best practices and optimizations for performance
- Strong hands-on knowledge of LAN/WAN/MAN protocols and technologies including Carrier Ethernet, T1, DS3, optical, DWDM, NTP, Spanning Tree, VLAN's, 802.1q, VFR, LFA, , SNMP v1-v3, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VPLS, SIP, H.323, QoS, Multicast, Anycast, 802.1x, Radius, TACACS+, SSH, NAC, DHCP, DNS, F5 Wide-IP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, PBR, VPC, LACP, SGT, SGACL, SXP, VxLAN, OTP, LISP, SPAN, WCCP, PfR, IPSLA, iWAN, VPN, SIP, IPSec, WiFi 6, 6E, 7
- Strong working knowledge of Cisco routers and switches (Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2K, 1K; Catalyst 9410, 9300; ISR-4451, 8300)
- Experience with fiberoptic cabling, patching, cleaning, and troubleshooting
- Strong hands-on knowledge of DNS record creation: A, CNAME, TXT, SRV, NS and PTR
- Experience with DNS SPF, DMARC and DKIM records
- Racking and patching appliances and servers
- Rack power management and monitoring, configuring managed PDUs
- Experience with console servers for out-of-band serial access
- Experience with DevOps, automating and scripting
- Data Center, server room and IDF design; station cabling layout design and implementation; UPS management and monitoring and environmental monitoring systems
- Must demonstrate the ability to maintain strict confidentiality of the firm's internal and personnel affairs
- Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
- Must be a self-starter who understands the details within a much larger content
- Ability to work in a teamwork/collaborative style and environment
- Must be creative and flexible when responding quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities; ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple, detailed tasks
- Must be a team-oriented person who can share information, goals, opportunities, successes, and failures with the appropriate parties
- Ability to organize, plan and carry out multiple related activities
- Must pay attention to details and be able to follow up and follow through
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-office environment
- Must become proficient with new and emerging technologies the firm integrates into our environment
- Travel to firm sites and vendor conferences
- Hybrid on-site presence
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CCDE, CCDA, CCSP
- Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Strong team skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Strong project management skills
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