Network Architect

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Base Pay Range

$/yr - $/yr

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Location:

Boston, MA

Use your skills where innovative technology solutions begin. ECLARO is looking for a Network Architect for our client in Boston, MA. ECLARO’s client is a leading technology solutions provider, collaborating with customers to manage their needs and achieve success in their business goals. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!

Position Overview

• This position is responsible for supporting the design and architecture of the firm's data, wireless, video, and VoIP networks, as well as cloud and IaaS based network connectivity.

• The Network Architect approaches solution designs with a high level of ownership to deliver secure and operationally sound solutions.

• This role encompasses three key areas of focus: physical designs that illustrate how the network system integrates with the enterprise, logical/secure designs to meet defined solution requirements, and monitoring/measuring that validates the expected digital experience and business value.

• The Network Architect will make recommendations for emerging technologies.

• This position requires an active review of designs to ensure that all business requirements, technical requirements, and monitoring objectives are met.

• The Network Architect will collaborate across the network team and other IT stakeholder groups to propose security, scalability, availability, supportability, and cost improvements.

• In addition, the Network Architect will provide technical guidance across the organization, from strategic decision advice down to the project planning level.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the strategic design and architecture of the firm's data network environment.

• Contributes to the design, deployment, and maintenance of various network systems and components including routers, switches, internet services, wide area network services, wireless networks, VPNs, firewalls, video networks and related infrastructure, VoIP network and related infrastructure, Security, and performance management and monitoring systems.

• Participate in physical build planning and design for new spaces. Scope, recommend, design, plan, oversee and test inter-rack and station cabling for office, MDF, IDF and datacenter builds and refreshes.

• Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend purchase, development, or enhancement of network hardware and software.

• Recommends performance standards, processes, policies, and procedures.

• Provide senior level technical support for network elements and systems.

• Design and provide for the monitoring of network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

• Collaborate with executive management and department leaders to assess near and long‑term network capacity needs.

• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network architecture and network configuration.

• Assures knowledge transfer for new systems.

• Coordinate with other members of the firm for business continuity and disaster recovery programs.

• Performs other work‑related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• 7+ years’ experience in network field

• Proven experience and success with planning, installing and managing networks including LAN, MAN, WAN, Optical Networking, Silverpeak SDWAN Optimizers, F5 Load Balancers, iRules, F5 Global Traffic Manager, Infoblox/Blox One, Illumio, Checkpoint firewalls, Checkpoint Identity Collector, VPN, DMZ, IDS/IPS, Zscaler Web Proxy, content filter, NAC and Cisco Client, Ciena DWDM, 100 Gig optics, DNS Traffic Control, Cisco ACI & NXOS, SDN, network segmentation, Cisco Catalyst center, Cisco CLI, ACL management, SNMP MIB's, Aruba wireless controllers and AP's, SSL certificate creation and management, DNS Domain registration, Citrix Net Scaler, VMware NSX, network taps, Extra Hop.

• Azure networking solutions including Virtual Network…