Network Architect

Position: Network Architect - Central
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** If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this .The University of Miami IT Department has an opportunity for a full-time Network Architect to work in Coral Gables.

The Network Architect designs computer networks, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), internet, intranet, and other data communications systems. Moreover, this employee creates, tests, and evaluates networks in furtherance of the University’s goals and objectives.

Core Responsibilities:

* Works closely with network engineers and senior architects.
* Manages the growth and development of network systems.
* Analyzes, evaluates, and makes recommendations regarding new technology and trends to meet corporate needs.
* Provides troubleshooting services on complex network problems.
* Maintains the University’s connections to regional, national, and international networks, and computing resources.
* Assists in producing and maintaining technical documents and contributes to the creation of policies and procedures, as well as infrastructure standards and support.
* Sets the direction of processes and deliverables for the enterprise network infrastructure.
* Assists and advises the staff directly in their use of networking and other computing resources for their research and teaching.
* Assists in creating and developing formal guidelines and policies to ensure appropriate systems’ support and design.
* Responds to needs and requirement assessments of Information Technology.
* Monitors the development of new standards, with TCP/IP and other networking technologies, with attention to the impact on the networking environment.
* Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions
* Manages Net Scaler infrastructure and fulfils requests for application delivery services
* Provide secondary support for Cisco DWDM optical network
* Provide secondary support for Infoblox enterprise DNS, DHCP and IPAM services
*** This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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* * Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
* Minimum 7 years of relevant experience
* 1-3 years of operational F5 or Net Scaler experience
* Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered
* Familiarity with WAF concepts and the HTTP protocol is desirable
* Experience with deploying configurations via Terraform, Ansible or REST APIs is desirable
* Must be able to articulate the OSI model
* Must have a good understanding of SSL certificate management
* Ability to work in a high-performance environment requiring customer interaction
*** Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.
*** The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click for additional information.
** Job Status:
** Full time
** Employee Type:
** Staff
* * Pay Grade:
** A15

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