Job Duties and Responsibilities
Senior Solutions Architect will provide technical pre-sales support to assist in developing solutions to meet customer needs; facilitates interactions and collaboration both internally (Business Unit Engineers and Customer Account Executives) and externally (customers); and is the thought leader responsible for the design and validation of solutions, including providing guidance on best practices for implementation.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Preferred:
· Minimum of 5 years Data center management and/or operations experience
· Ability to understand complex IT requirements and develop Concept of Operations to drive the baseline solution
· Experience interviewing SMEs, customer representatives and sales leads to elicit the knowledge and background information required for creating effective solutions
· ServiceNow Certifications
o System Administration
o Implementation Specialist
Desired:
Clearance: Secret (required); Top Secret (preferred)
Qualifications
Required:
· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering or Physical Sciences and twelve to fifteen years related experience including management experience of technical delivery
· Experience as a Senior Network Architect / Engineer with responsibilities in the planning, design and installation oversight of all network systems (hardware, software, and security)
· Experience in extracting network needs from Owner meetings and using that analysis as the benchmark for final network design documents
· Experience in network architecture, network monitoring, operations & maintenance, and demonstrated experience in translating business objectives to technology solutions
· Experience in architecting, implementing and operating infrastructure technology labs
· Experience in delivering and managing network engineering systems integration projects
· Desirable Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and expert knowledge of the IP protocol suite and Cisco enterprise wireless networking and design
· Extensive experience with the following technologies BGP, iWAN, DMVPN, EIGRP, MPLS, VRF, QoS, PBR, VSS, HSRP, STP, Cisco Meraki stack, WAN Optimization technologies , etc
· Experience with network micro-segmentation and related technologies for the enablement of software defined security and access policies
· Experience with class security devices and software (e.g., IPS, IDS, Cisco Stealthwatch, Cisco ASA, Cisco FirePower stack) desired, VMware and server technologies, Server virtualization configuration and implementation, Storage (NAS, SAN, etc.) and network architecture.
· Prior working experience of the DoD architecture framework (DoDAF) and TOGAF
· Experience in establishing and negotiating service level agreements with network/IaaS service providers to ensure service quality and availability required
· Experience working in a team environment providing detailed hardware specifications to mechanical and electrical engineers to aid in the design of mechanical and electrical systems to support network hardware infrastructure
· Linux and Windows System Administrator experience including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy
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