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Form of workTitle:Senior Network Architect
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Duration: 24 Months
JOB DESCRIPTION:
This specialized role places a strong emphasis on expertise in advanced load balancers such as F5 and NSX ALB, along with a deep understanding of VPN and NGFW firewalls, particularly Firepower. Additionally, this role requires proficiency in Cisco Nexus/ASR/ACI platforms.
Client requires IT professional services to support day-to-day operational needs for critical business functions and objectives related to:
- Data Center Resiliency: This project is a comprehensive initiative designed to fortify the availability and continuity of critical applications and essential business functions. The primary objective is to establish a robust and fail-safe infrastructure that minimizes downtime and ensures seamless operation even in the face of unforeseen disruptions or challenges.
- Application Migration: Migrate critical applications from legacy load-balancing infrastructure to NSX ALB. The objective of this project is to leverage the enhanced capabilities of NSX ALB to elevate application delivery, improve scalability, and streamline the overall load balancing process.
- Central Security Log Repository: Client is interested in creating a central repository for security logs from across their multi-cloud hybrid estate. The solution should be capable of ingesting security logs from data centers. Client requires the capability to analyze security data to uncover insights into potential security issues.
OUTLINE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Load Balancer Engineer (F5/NSX ALB): Implement and manage advanced load balancing solutions, specifically F5 and NSX ALB, to ensure optimal performance and reliability in data transfer.
Load Balancer Engineer (F5/NSX ALB): Provide architecture and engineering expertise for new implementations, integrations, and project designs.
Cisco Nexus/ASR/ACI Platforms: Leverage advanced knowledge to optimize and maintain Cisco Nexus, ASR, and ACI platforms for seamless data center operations.
VPN and NGFW Firewalls (Firepower): Design and implement enterprise solutions involving Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies.
Operational Support: Ability to provide advanced operational support and knowledge transfer to network support engineers.
MANDATORY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- 8+ years of experience in planning, designing, configuring, and implementing enterprise networks (Cisco ASR, Cisco Nexus 9k/7k/5k, Cisco ACI, and VMware NSX).
- 8+ years of experience with advanced load balancing technologies. (F5/NSX ALB).
- 8+ years of experience in planning, designing, configuring, and implementing Next-Generation firewalls (Firepower) and VPN solutions.
- 8+ years of experience collaborating with Network Architects and engineers, addressing issues such as routing protocols, data center performance, high availability, and scalability.
- 8+ years of experience working with IP networking protocols (IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, EGRP).
PREFERABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant industry/project experience.
- Cisco CCIE, CCNP, or other related industry security certifications.
- Experience in VMware NSX and Advanced Load Balancer.
- Experience with Azure/AWS cloud infrastructure and Express Route.
- Implementation knowledge of network security best practices
- Prior education industry/project experience
- Must be a self-starter and be able to work well independently and in a team setting
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate in a credible and confident manner at all levels in the organization especially on technical issues to a non-technical audience
- Detailed and process-oriented
