NETWORK ARCHITECT (SENIOR)

Title : Sr Network Architect

Location : Brentwood, TN 37027 2 days onsite or Remote(not local candidates)

Duration : 6 month Contract to Hire

Compensation : $80-$90 HR

Work Requirements : US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Senior Network Architect

Local if possible, coming onsite 2 days a week

Remote if not Local is OK

Must Haves / Day to Day : Communication Responsive, Clear Communication To Team

To management & Leadership

To Customers

To PMO and Project leadership teams

To Sr. Leadership & Cross Departmental

To Vendors

To Architects

Track and follow up on multiple threaded tasks effectively Drive updates and communication till resolution

Project Administration Communicate Status and Lead IC and Contractor team for large technology deployments

Lead effort to document standard operational process for new technology.

Lead process creation and execution for complex technology installations

Learn, understand, and drive new architectures and standards associated with all TSC architecture.

Organize and Participate in Project design and organization with PMO

Help delegate functional project work to Engineer / Senior Engineer team.

On assigned projects act as technical project manager working closely with project managers to build project plan, objectives, definition of done.

Training Train and socialize new processes and technologies to peers and internal support team.

Write and publish Knowledge base articles for internal and external troubleshooting and configuration processes.

Review and approve KB articles written by other team members.

Lead Team training in specialized areas of network work for other team members

Inter-team Collaboration Work with other support teams to identify process gaps

Work with other support teams to identify technology gaps

Actively develop and lead relationships cross-departmentally

Have visibility and contribute strategically to support roadmap.

Represent networking at change and architecture review boards.

Leadership Lead communication efforts with leadership on high priority trouble issues.

Strong verbal and written communication ability at a leadership level.

Participate in organizing support team for larger initiatives

Participate in Strategy and Architectural Design Sessions

Be able to answer leadership questions about network design and operation

Vendor relations Work with equipment vendors to determine product roadmaps, software bugs, and device lifecycle needs

Work with circuit carriers to improve capacity, redundancy and resiliency

Intra-team Collaboration Work closely with architects to drive improvements to our network reliability

Work with all networking engineers to explain projects, teach and assist with resolving chronic problems

Documentation Define documentation standards

Document and create repeatable resolutions to common problems

Manage the process to socialize resolutions with lower support tiers

Create and approve Knowledge Base Articles to socialize with Help desk and IT Operations

Create in depth Network Documentation and Architectural network diagrams

Write Standard Procedures for support team to work from

Write and publish standard architecture / Golden Configs

Support & After Hours On Call Regular rotation for on call after hours and weekend

Ability to provided escalated on-call support for all networking issues (store, DC, datacenter, cloud)

Lead P1 Troubleshooting bridge, delegate support tasks and information gathering for this purpose.

Participate in Day 2 Change support

Execute change initiatives in all areas of network presence

Technology Expert Level Network Route Switch Knowledge OSI Layer Understanding / TCP Stack understanding

Understanding of Common Protocols

BGP Advanced (IBGP, Prefixes, Prefix lists, communities, traffic engineering & Route Propagation, EVPN for Vxlan environment)

OSPF Advanced (Distance Vector, LSA Fundamentals, Area types, traffic engineering, Route Tables)

MPLS / LDP Advanced (LSP's, synchronization, link state database) Fluent reading and understanding of Juniper & Cisco Configurations

Ability to create / edit basic router & Switch Configurations without the use of a template

Ability to peer review all network changes

VXLAN spine / leaf architecture

Define standards in collaboration with entire teamResponsible for proof-of-concept lab testing and validation in support of change / project objectives in collaboration with stakeholders

Define best practices

Advanced Juniper / Cisco Configuration understanding Vlan Configuration / Understanding

VRF Configuration / Understanding

SVI / IRB Configuration / Understanding

Expert understanding of Routing protocols

BGP Path selection, OSPF Area architecture

Protocol troubleshooting Deep understanding of Tractor specific Store Configuration

Deep Understanding of Tractor Specific DC configuration

Deep understanding of Datacenter Architecture and its interaction with distributed networks.

Define best practices

SDWan vendor Specific Knowledge (Palo Alto CloudGenix) Understand the specifics of CloudGenix configuration

Ability to make unscripted intentional Configuration adjustment

Functional understanding of Store and DC SDWan Architecture

Complete understanding of store and DC SDWan Architecture

Define best practices

Cloud (Microsoft Azure) Understanding of Azure cloud networking concepts

Ability to deploy new networks / subnets in Azure

Provide networking support to firewall, load balancer and server teams

Reliability Raise network reliability concerns to leadership and architects

Monitor network capacity trends and recommend needed augments

Lead holiday readiness as it pertains to networking

Voice Platform Understanding of platform configuration standard

Understanding of Voice Specific Protocols and how they travers our network

Wireless Senior level understanding of store Wireless Vendor Technology (Aruba)

Functional understanding of Store AP architecture

Ability to make unscripted intentional Wireless Configuration Adjustments

Ability to process standard configurations and suggest changes for specific outcomes

Ability to perform in depth troubleshooting and escalation of wireless issues.

Functional understanding of DC Wireless Architecture.

Our benefits package includes : Comprehensive medical benefits

Competitive pay

401(k) retirement plan

and much more!

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