Network Architect

TEKsystems•Frankfort, KY

9d•$40 - $40•Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides Architectural and Engineering level direction for the networking environment shared services and distributed components including: Internet connectivity, DDoS mitigation, WAN Connections, Routers, Firewalls, VPN servers, Traffic Management devices, WiFi connectivity, etc. for over 170 sites.

Requirements

Be familiar with clients environment
Have experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise networks
Have strong written and verbal communication skills
Be able to work well as part of a team, in both leadership and individual contributor roles

Responsibilities

Leads the creation and establishment of specifications and standards for clients Internet connectivity, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, Networking/Voice/Unified Communications, Switching & Routing, WiFi connectivity, Video Conferencing and Video Distribution. Collaborate with industry partners, representatives, staff and other stakeholders as needed.
Provides Technical Lead services on network-oriented projects, participating on project teams and completing tasks as assigned. Participates in the planning, design and technical engineering of future IT developments and project activities. Guides all transitional activities of completed projects to production support. Provides support to other Technical Leads on projects which have a secondary networking component.
Acts as primary network architect conducting research, providing guidance, planning for future initiatives and needs, and providing key input to WAN capacity planning. Ensure engineering designs have proper interoperability and integration with existing components.
Engages with key network-related vendors and partners to help them understand the vision and needs, to get their input on approaches and technologies that can help accomplish its goals, and to recommend long-term strategy and approach adjustments in response to industry trends.
Provides engineering-level guidance and architectural oversight of all modifications to existing IT services related to network data, voice and video systems, including testing and implementation efforts. Provide level-3 technical support to internal and partner/vendor service groups.
Participates in the procurement (RFI & RFP) life cycle/process. Assist in the creation and evaluation of responses to RFI's & RFP's. Assists Program Managers and Vendor Manager in the ongoing management of awarded contracts.
Participates in, district and regional meetings to understand district needs.
Guides and oversees the creation of technical documentation for existing and new IT Networking services.
Utilizes tracking tools to accurately record work effort against current projects and processes in a timely and consistent manner.
This position may require periodic on-call duty outside normal business hours to ensure that the supported systems are operating as intended and time sensitive deliverables are addressed. The on-call duties will be defined at the discretion of the client manager and/or the on-call policy for the organization.
Perform other duties as assigned.