Senior Network Architect
$150,100–$240,150 year
HybridBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Oversee the strategic design, deployment, and maintenance of the firm's data, wireless, video, and VOIP networks, including routers, switches, firewalls, and security infrastructure. Plan and execute physical build designs for new spaces, scope cabling for office and datacenter environments, and configure networks to ensure reliable operation. Evaluate emerging technologies, establish performance standards and policies, and provide senior-level technical support for hardware and software problems. Collaborate with executive management to assess network capacity needs, coordinate business continuity programs, and maintain comprehensive documentation. Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and facilitate knowledge transfer for new systems while ensuring strict confidentiality of internal affairs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years experience in network field
- Proven experience and success with planning, installing and managing networks including LAN, MAN, WAN, Optical Networking, DWDM, Wi-Fi, Silverpeak SDWAN or Riverbed WAN Optimizers, F5 Load Balancers, F5 GTM Global Traffic Manager, Cisco Catalyst Center, and security (firewalls, VPN, DMZ, IDS/IPS, WebProxy, content filter, FireEye, NAC and Cisco TrustSec) infrastructure
- Proven experience with network capacity planning, network security principles, and general network management best practices
- Strong hands-on knowledge of LAN/WAN protocols and technologies including Carrier Ethernet, T1, DS3, optical, DWDM, NTP, Spanning Tree, VLAN's, 802.1q, VFR, LFA, SMTP, SNMP v1-v3, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VPLS, Ethernet, TCP/IP, SSL, SSH, SIP, H.323, QoS, Multicast, Anycast, 802.1x, Radius, NAC, DHCP, DNS, F5 Wide-IP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, PBR, VPC, LACP, SGT, SGACL, SXP, VxLAN, OTP, LISP, SPAN, WCCP, PfR, IPSLA, iWAN, VPN, IPSec, Wi-Fi 6, 6E, 7
- Strong working knowledge of Cisco routers and switches (Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2K, 1K; C9410, C9300, 3850, 4500, ISR-4451, 8300, FPR-1010, and Microsoft certificate servers
- Experience with Infoblox/BloxONE DNS and DHCP, Ciena DWDM, 10 Gig optics, DNS Traffic Control, F5 iRules, Cisco ACI, SDN, network segmentation, Checkpoint firewall rule creation and administration, Cisco ISE, Cisco CLI, ACL management, SNMP MIB's, Cisco or Aruba wireless controllers and AP's, SDWAN and SSL certificate creation and management
- Network monitoring systems: Gigamon, APCON, Tufin, Netscout sniffers and UC Performance Management tools; Infoblox NetMRI, Cacti, MRTG, Solarwinds, SmokePing, NetFlow, Splunk and syslog
- Strong hands-on knowledge of DNS record management: A, CNAME, TXT, SRV, NS, PTR, SPF, DMARC, and DKIM
- Data Center, server room and IDF design; station cabling layout design and implementation; UPS management and monitoring
- 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 effectively in a culturally and educationally diverse environment
- Ability to work in a teamwork/collaborative style and environment
- Must be creative and flexible in order to respond 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 have the ability to follow up and follow through
- Ability to work effectively in a multi-office environment
- Travel to firm sites and vendor conferences
Desired Qualifications
- CCNA/CCNP, CCDA, CCSP
Additional Requirements
- Must maintain strict confidentiality of the firm's internal and personnel affairs
- Must be a self-starter who can work under tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a teamwork/collaborative style
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