Lead Telecom Network Architect

Iberdrola•Vestal, NY

1d•$106,000 - $132,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Telecom Network Architect designs, optimizes, and orchestrates telecommunications services for a complex network spanning more than 1,000 locations. The role establishes enterprise standards and scalable designs for IP/MPLS, dedicated point-to-point carrier services, extranet services, DWDM, microwave transport, flow- and proxy-based firewalls, and Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN encryption. It develops standardized designs and processes for engineering and deployment teams, and prepares strategies to migrate and consolidate networks to dynamic BGP routing, segment routing, EVPN, security policies, and network automation. The architect leads telecom standards and RFP efforts, representing Avangrid in company-wide and global initiatives. The position communicates architecture and deployment decisions across the Operation Smart Grids organization, develops performance analysis and proactive monitoring approaches with relevant operations teams, and analyzes network flows, performance, and disaster recovery needs from data centers through the MPLS core. It supports network scaling and migration of communication services to modern and future platforms. The role also develops business cases and cost justifications, presents to executive leadership, and prepares RFPs that address business needs, forecasting, budgeting, usage criteria, adoption, and execution. It provides technical leadership, guidance, coordination, training, and mentorship to network engineers and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Master’s degree and six years of relevant work experience, or bachelor’s degree and eight years, or associate’s degree and ten years, or twelve years of work experience in telecommunications network design, standardization, configuration, management, maintenance, transition, and troubleshooting.
Demonstrated knowledge of engineering and maintaining networks using TCP/IP IPv4/IPv6, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, and MPLS TE.
Demonstrated knowledge of DWDM, IP/MPLS, ATM, microwave, and SONET systems.
Proficiency in DHCP, DNS, IP administration, NTP, VPNs (DMVPN, SD-WAN), ACLs, and policy-based routing.
Experience with network operating systems IOS/IOS-XE/IOS-XR, JUNOS/JUNOSe, and TiMOS.
Experience creating network standards and documentation.
Experience with scheduling, developing task plans, and progress reporting.
Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking using IPv4/IPv6 routing.
Thorough understanding of MPLS networking using at least four of LDP, RSVP-TE, SR, SR-TE, VPRN, VPLS, VLL, VPWS, EVPN, and VXLAN.
Thorough understanding of PTP, LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+ protocols.
Demonstrated scripting and network automation knowledge using at least three of Perl, Python, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, and bash/korn shell scripting.
Proficiency analyzing packet captures from Netflow and real-time network telemetry.
Participation in RFP preparation and evaluation, including budgeting.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating and designing MPLS and DWDM networks.
Experience in optical network planning with ROADM, FOADM, 400ZR/OpenZR+/400ZR+, or CDC/CDC-F technologies.
Experience with IT best-practice frameworks (ITIL, COBIT) and Operational Excellence concepts or methodologies.
Experience automating system record creation for DNS, DHCP, and IPAM.
Infoblox Core DDI certification.
Cisco CCIE certification (Enterprise, Security, or Service Provider).
Juniper JNCIE certification (Data Center, Enterprise, or Service Provider).
Nokia SRA certification.
Green Belt or above Lean Six Sigma certification.
Experience leading industry working groups.
Experience leading procurement processes.
Willingness to seek additional advanced certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and deployment of a scalable, highly available, secure enterprise network across more than 1,000 locations.
Develop network designs for implementation by engineering and deployment organizations.
Acquire, analyze, document, implement, schedule, and support Layer 1 through Layer 3 communications hardware, software, and facilities.
Design advanced MPLS networks for core and data center environments, including traffic transfer between environments using label swapping or Binding SID.
Resolve complex technical facility, hardware, and software problems using hardware and software testing tools.
Maintain current documentation and procedures defining interoperability among telecommunications, routing, switching, and optical systems.
Identify and evaluate new technologies and products.
Monitor system performance and support capacity planning by assessing reports and recommending improvements.
Coordinate with engineering, field teams, and Network Operations Centers to ensure outage and degraded-performance escalation procedures are in place.
Design advanced routing policies to deliver services across wireless and wireline networks.
Lead global Telecom RFP efforts and participate in RFP preparation and evaluation.
Lead standardization efforts and establish processes and documentation for internal employees and external engineering and contracting firms.
Work with Avangrid standards organizations, technical writing, and drafting teams to publish solutions for Avangrid Operating Companies.
Provide guidance, coordination, and training for teams, and mentor network engineers and cross-functional teams.
Collaborate with departments outside Telecom to establish and strengthen processes and procedures.
Optimize and implement QoS policies and traffic engineering across wired and wireless WAN and LAN deployments.
Communicate standardized solutions, solicit feedback, and make iterative improvements.
Lead network traffic and performance analysis to design system upgrades that support capacity planning and high availability.
Direct network planning and automation, including interaction with tools such as Infoblox, Netbox, Cisco ISE, and Aruba Clearpass.