Network Architect

Job Description | Network Architect • Analyse infrastructure solutions o Provide infrastructure analysis services to clients and/or internal stakeholders. o Analyse and understand user/customer need and expectations, as well as alternative infrastructure architectures and trends. o Conduct analyses of technology and associated operational processes, with a view to recommending infrastructure designs and strategies that will improve service, lower costs, and prevent unforeseen operational issues. • Create architectural standards. o Interview clients’ technical teams to gather relevant information to facilitate architectural requirements definitions. o Establish, explain, and validate the solution-testing criteria for projects. o Design services in the area of technology solutions, operations architecture and Accenture standards. • Deploy solution architectures that promote a clear, consistent business vision. o Conduct analysis of alternative architectures and define a solution's cost-of-ownership. o Articulate key aspects of architecture and design (e.g., scalability, availability, manageability, robustness, appropriate incorporation of new technology) through models, documentation, and code; present architectures to executive management, clients, and developer teams. • Execute projects using various technology solutions. • Perform Network Assessment from Network Data perspective and recommend growth path/enhancement. Must have: • Technical bachelor’s degree or equivalent • Minimum of 11 years of experience of working in Network Technologies. • Understanding and experience of broad network concepts [not limited to]: mainly Routing Protocols [BGP, OSPF]/Switching [Campus Switching]/Tunneling communication (i.e., IPsec, VXLAN, GRE, OTV), Data Center Network [Tiered designs, Leaf/Spine, VXLAN, DCI], APP optimizers [LB’s, WAN Optimizers], Wireless • Understanding on “Software Define” Networking in any of the space [DC, WAN and Campus] • Experience in Design, Build and Migration of Large Networking transformation solution in DC, WAN and/or Campus. • At least 1 Infrastructure Advanced Certification from different OEM (VMware, Cisco, etc.) • Experienced in technology consulting projects: o Data Centre Transformation assessments o Definition of Infrastructure Strategies and Roadmap o Architecture Design and Implementation of Infrastructure and Automation Solutions. • Team player with strong analytical skills and the ability to understand and resolve complex problems. • Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to clearly communicate ideas and results to client and company supervisors. • Ability to lead projects single-handedly with minimum support. Nice to have: • Next gen Firewall experience (PaloAlto/Checkpoint/Fortigate) • Experience in DDI (DHCP, DNS, IPPAM) solutions like Infoblox and EfficientIP. • Experience with automation and Orchestration of infrastructure operational processes (Ansible, Terraform, Python etc.).