CyberCoders
Location
McLean, VA | United States
Job description
If you are a Network Architect with experience, please read on!
The Network Architect is responsible for designing and supporting the development of our network architecture. The position requires designing technology solutions which will support the enterprise infrastructure of the organization. Ensures that all systems are working at optimal levels and offers support regarding new technologies and system requirements. Has thorough knowledge of infrastructure, network architecture, and Application Delivery. This position will be supporting our migration from an on-prem solution into a hybrid on-prem and Azure cloud solution.
- Architect and create roadmaps for all Infrastructure related technology, participates in conversations with vendors and internal business customers on long-term business goals and objectives, support fiscally reasonable designs and architecture, manages Life Cycle Management (LCM) for Infrastructure technologies, participates in project management efforts including Intake, Preliminary Design, Gather Requirements, architecture review boards and project oversight. Secondarily this position will support interactions for all IT initiatives. - Participates in evaluations of technology and sourcing with leadership; assess emerging technologies; provide key input on technology investments regarding price vs. performance vs. capabilities. Knowledge of emerging technologies and vendor roadmaps; ability to balance costs against benefits. - Participates in the design and documentation of target architecture; evaluate and project capacity growth; ensure scalable and flexible core technologies; stay abreast of industry trends and to quickly assess new products; use KPI's and effective metrics to improve key processes; bridge knowledge with peers across typically separate areas infrastructure landscape. Builds understanding of business drivers and stakeholder requirements; understanding of documentation and architectural frameworks; experience in capacity and performance management. Effectively integrates core capabilities with new technology to allow successful implementation of developed solutions, projects and standards definitions.- Demonstrated expert level understanding of network technologies. (ACI, SDN, SDWAN, routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, application load balancing, network visibility.)
- Demonstrated expert level understanding of network practices, and protocols. (MPLS/SR, optical networking, LISP, VXLAN, IPv4, IPv6, 802.1X, segmentation, QoS, IPAM.)
- 5+ years of experience designing network infrastructure for a large / complex network.
- 5+ years of experience designing highly available infrastructure and services for a 24x7 environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of network operations and support methodologies and processes.
- Experience with infrastructure and network automation platforms and coding. (Postman, Terraform, Ansible, Python, etc.)
- Experience with Internet policy and design. (ARIN, IRR, IXPs, BGP policy design, RPKI, DDoS mitigation.)
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in cloud networking design for both hybrid and cloud native deployments.
- Skills in general architecture, operations, or deployment methodologies and techniques
- Effective communication skills to interact with all levels of technology and business partners
- Experience delivering concurrent, large information management projects at all phases-from project definition through design and delivery.
- Solid understanding and applied expertise in solutions architecture designs and concepts, which include but are not limited to: SDLC Process, Security, high availability, recovery, performance, monitoring and operations design
Base $120,000-$150,000
Our benefits package includes comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off. In addition, we provide employer-paid life and disability insurance, professional development, education benefits, and much more to ensure our team has the resources they need to thrive on and off the job.So, if you are a Network Architect with experience, please apply today!
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
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Salary
$120k - $150k
