Solution Architect V

This position requires a leadership role facing customer and act as a liaison to help through the design and engineering process for various projects, working through and qualifying network and engineering architecture and design, assist in RFP/RFI and business development.

The candidate will work with FNC Program Managers, Delivery Teams, Capture teams Maintenance Teams, and other cross-functional organization and groups.

The candidate is expected to provide guidance to field staff during the delivery phase and work with extended Solution Architect team to resolve technical issues and be the subject matter expert and a mentor junior and senior engineers within the organization cross functional teams.

As part of the design validation process, the Candidate is expected to evaluate new products and vendors , interop Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies and various vendor platforms and validate designs before deployment in the Corp LABs.

The candidate is expected to Plan, design, validate and build the design, document the high level and low level designs, create acceptance test plans and procedures and also handover the design build, handhold and train the extended teams within the Organization or the end customer for managed services and day 2 operations.

• Development of strategic approaches for NDI in vertical go-to-market initiatives as well as thought leadership for communication of reference architectures
• Pre-sale engagement design formation (technical design and analysis) .
• Communication of network designs to various stake holders, 3rd party vendor evaluation and selection, support technical change management for the network design as it is being deployed
• Must be able to support delivery of high-level engineering and migration plans (on need basis) supporting various Tier1/Tier 2 ISP customer network migrations.
• Published whitepapers and perform speaking engagements for the target markets.

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science , Telecommunication, or related field.

CCIE/JNCIE/CCIP/JNCIP or NOKIA certifications highly preferred or equivalent qualification or deep understanding of the concepts and related working experience.

Strong working knowledge of enterprise networks and SD-WAN is preferred.

Strong communication skills and prior experience in presenting complex solutions to large enterprise or State and Local Government customers.

Understanding of the networking concepts and guidelines behind traditional routing, switching, and system design.

Provide internal and external guidance on the key customer network, data center infrastructure, and security issues.

Ideal strengths and experiences include:

Expert level relationship management, communications skills, and interpersonal skills to manage face to face communications on a daily basis with multiple levels of customer management and engineering staff across multiple departments within the host company in a responsible and professional fashion.

Customer Culture - Development/Analytics environment. The candidate does not need code development skills but needs to be able to efficiently describe basic TCP/IP/UDP and networking behavior/fundamentals to the developers.

Must be willing to listen to customer ideas and work through potential designs that may or may not be implemented.

Ability to apply deep knowledge and experience to real-world scenarios, be it Broadband networks, Service provider IP/MPLS networks, Enterprise, Utilities, and/or transportation networks.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/tasks and work calmly under pressure.

Self-starter, team player, personable, enthusiastic, hardworking, and enjoys interfacing with customers at CTO level and internal cross functional teams including Sales , Project management teams , delivery teams, and operations teams on a day-to-day basis.

Familiarity, deep understanding, and hands on experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 RFC Standards / IETF Standards at Architect Level and senior engineer level.

Open to learning new technologies, LAB build outs, Test…