Senior Network Architect
About The Position
The Senior Network Architect contributes to strategic planning, architecture, high-level design, and optimization of Waters Corporation’s global IP network. The role works with architecture, engineering, security, operations, and application experts to establish standards and engineering guidance for the IP network, and provides architecture and design support and request fulfillment for network infrastructure. The position focuses on network architecture and design that enable stability, consolidation, manageability, and adoption of future technologies. It provides subject matter expertise and guidance to IT teams and service providers in maintaining and modifying the network architecture, completing project requests, conducting capacity analysis, managing network health and performance, improving services, recommending technologies, performing business and technical analyses, reporting, and managing projects. The architect works with technology providers and third-party engineering, application, and operations teams. Key areas include network architecture and design, technology roadmaps, and optimization of data center, campus, manufacturing, distribution center, and remote office networks.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience or certification.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise-level network design, troubleshooting, and support.
- 10+ years of experience with enterprise DNS and/or DHCP solutions.
- 10+ years of experience with advanced Cisco networking technologies.
- 10+ years of experience with network virtualization products and technologies.
- 10+ years of experience with routing, switching, and IP subnetting.
- 10+ years of experience with TCP/IP and common network protocols.
- 10+ years of experience documenting architectural standards, policies, and engineering designs.
- 8+ years of experience with enterprise network security technologies, including firewalls, IDS, IPS, NAC, WAF, and web proxies.
- 8+ years of experience with security standards including PCI, SOX, and NIST.
- 8+ years of experience with MSP governance and oversight.
- 8+ years of experience with network monitoring, management, and reporting.
- 8+ years of experience delivering technology solutions at an enterprise level.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize network architecture and designs to support stability, consolidation, manageability, and future technologies.
- Establish standards and engineering guidance for the global IP network with architecture, engineering, security, operational, and application experts.
- Provide architecture and design support and fulfill requests related to network infrastructure.
- Advise IT teams and service providers on modifying and maintaining network architecture.
- Complete project requests and perform capacity analysis, network health and performance management, and continuous service improvement.
- Recommend new technologies and perform business and technical analyses, reporting, and project management.
- Work with technology providers and third-party engineering, application, and operations teams.
- Develop technology roadmaps and optimize data center, campus, manufacturing, distribution center, and remote office networks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
