Network Architect

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionRole -Network Architect Location- NY- 5 days onsite Rate -$60/Hr. on C2C JD : Years of Experience Directly Related to Role:8 years of experience with Cisco, Meraki, Aruba Wireless and Palo Alto Networks.5 years of experience designing and supporting IP networks Eligible to workimized for video streaming, live broadcast, or OTTdelivery8 years of experience as a Network Engineer including7 years of supporting complex global network and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments5 years of experience with network design or support of public cloud infrastructure: AWS, Azure, Eligible to workP5 years of experience with network design and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments7 years of supporting SD-WAN solutions3 years of experience with supporting and administering DDI solutions General Functional Description of Role for Applicable Level: Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related fieldOne or more industry leading certifications preferred such as CCNA, JNCIA, CCNP etc.Hands-on experience with multicast, unicast, and adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR) technologies in large-scale content distribution environmentsExperience with protocols and standards common in media delivery (e.g., HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP)Understanding of QoS, traffic shaping, and network performance Eligible to workimization for broadcast and streaming workflows Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Motivated, curious self-starter who has the desire to learnAbility to solve technical problems with creative solutionsStrong knowledge of network design and applications, including designing IP addressing hierarchy, complex routing and switching technologies.Understanding of network architecture, design of large-scale networksUnderstanding of SDN/SDDC (Software Defined Network or Datacenter full stack (compute, storage, network) including experience with AWS, Azure, Openstack, Cloudstack, or related technologiesExperience with multiple successful implementations (including the ability to configure, deploy, manage, andtroubleshoot) of Cisco routers and switches, site-to-site IPsec tunnels, Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba Wireless and Meraki security appliances, switches and wireless.Knowledge of project life cycle managementKnowledge of change management and MOPsStrong knowledge of packet capture and traffic analysisVirtualization technologiesKnowledge of wireless design, technologies, and wireless site survey toolsHands-on experience with how to support repeatable, reliable, and scalable network architectures with fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.Strong knowledge of transport protocols, routing protocols, and security/auth to encryption protocols at all layers of the OSI model with eCLIENT on TCP/IP are essentialKnowledge of networking technologies and protocols such as VTP, LACP, 802.1Q, RSTP, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, GLBP, VSS/VSL, QoS, Multicast, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, RADIUS/TACACS , 802.1x, SNMP, L3VPNs, L2VPNs and IPsec.Expertise in IP telephony/Hosted PBX and Call Center management are a plus.Expertise in Terraform is a plusBroadcast and streaming teams: HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP