Network Architect | W2 Only | Hybrid.

NetworkArchitect Location: Spring, TX. Hybrid. Contract Role. Essential Responsibilities Work closely with business management to resolve business process and productivity needs and an appropriate technology strategy to support business goals. Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of thenetwork’s infrastructure design, integration, and operations. Work with technical management toarchitectnetworksthat effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters. Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes based on industry best practices. Establish governing principles fornetworkdesign and deployment. Participate in selection ofnetworkingtechnologies and products for implementation Must have strong communication skills, presentation skills, ownership acumen, and be able to deconstruct complex problems and projects into execution detail Lead teams of othernetworkdesigners and engineers in developing detailed designs and quality-control mechanisms during implementation. Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves. In-depth understanding of business strategy and ability to communicate effectively effectively with senior business leaders and C-level executives. Required Skills Expert knowledge and experience configuring and operating Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Arista switches and routers. CCIE, CCNP and Juniper certifications preferred Expert in Carrier technologies including but not limited to: BGP, VRF Lite, ISIS, MPLS, BFD, CCC, GRE and RSVP Expert in Routing Protocols including but not limited to: IBGP, OSPF, VRRP, VARP, HSRP, and PBR Expert in administering firewall policies on multiple platforms: Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco & Fortinet Experience with configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supportingnetworkequipment, wireless access points, firewall policies across different platforms Detailed oriented and organized Excellent client relationship skills Excellent documentation skills using Microsoft Office and Visio Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to work early mornings and/or late nights to execute criticalnetworkchanges Ability to travel Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources Works well in a fast pace environment with tight timelines for deliverable's CCIE Certification is preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr Xlysi