Contract: Senior Network Architects / Algeria

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Added:	2022-07-22
Location:	Algeria
Salary:	Good
Duration:	Contract
Apjid	3

Senior Network Architect – 12 Months Contract – 28 x 28 Rotation – Algeria

Required:- 10 Years’ experience within a Network Infrastructure role at a senior level. Degree and must have applicable, recognised network architecture certification(s), such as Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or other equivalent(s). Network infrastructure design & best practice principles. Cisco Adaptive security & IDP appliances, Cisco Identity Service Engine. Cisco Branch & Edge Routers, Cisco Datacentre, SAN fabric & LAN Switches. F5 Local & Global load-balancing & traffic management policies. Fortigate firewall devices, rules & policies. Unix/Linux Platforms. Advanced knowledge of IP Networks, advanced IP addressing, dynamic routing protocols, routing & switching concepts, across multiple sites; IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, EGP, BGP. Advanced knowledge of network & security services DNS, DHCP, QoS, Multicast & VPN solutions. Unified communication strategies. Remote access deployment & security. Fibre network deployment & standards. Mobile communication xG integration. Adept with scripting languages: Python, Perl.

Senior Network Architect Responsibilities

Assess & optimise current networking solutions, product plans & roadmaps for architecture & functionality of infrastructure & systems. Provide technical solutions for the establishment & implementation of high availability network solutions, to support convergence of voice, data, & multimedia services & cloud application security architectures.
Develop strategy, technical direction & engineering solutions for enterprise-wide data networking & data security services supporting key business requirements. Assist with the development & evaluation of strategic business cases.
Lead the development, design, validation testing, implementation & execution of Architecture, Engineering & Operational roadmaps for data networking & data security services & drive efforts to validate that strategic direction is aligned with business architecture/direction.
Play a key role in the design, specification, implementation & support of Network & Unified Communications infrastructure & cloud services.
Provides clear & concise recommendations to remediate performance/scaling bottlenecks
Participate in PoC testing with other teams to ensure that performance expectations are met before/after rolling out new applications & services.
Provides escalation support for troubleshooting & resolution of all network data & security issues as required by other infrastructure support teams
Maintain expertise in data network security technologies to ensure that cost-effective solutions & processes are deployed & aligned with business direction
Mentor other members of the Network Services team on architectural & engineering best practices by reviewing engineering designs & providing guidance as required. You will be required to provide technical expertise to teams to diagnose faults & escalate, as required, under the direction of the management team.
Establish session for competence transfer to team & support in setting up relevant online training for the engineers.
Be responsible for ensuring documentation & diagrams of Network Infrastructure are relevant & maintained.
Ensure network monitoring solutions are in place & are fit for purpose. Evaluate, select & deploy tool-sets to manage, measure, monitor & report network & systems characteristics
Work with the teams to adopt best practise processes to meet SLAs’ & proactively take steps to prevent performance impacts to networking & business functionality.
Coordinate management of network changes & communication within change control frameworks, with Superintendent & Supervisor positions.
Produce network performance dashboards, analysis & reporting as requested.
Proactively contribute to the development & training plans for team members

Senior Network Architect Requirements:

- ITIL v3. V4 or 5 foundations are preferred, with demonstrable knowledge & experience of employing fewer silos, increased collaboration, facilitating communication across the whole organization, & the integration of Agile & DevOps into ITSM strategies.
- Have demonstrable experience & knowledge of good practice project management skills, techniques, methods & AFE structuring.
- Demonstrate full system & product development lifecycle knowledge including strategy, requirements management, architecture, design, implementation, testing, integration & deployment. Extensive & proven experience in designing, Installing, commissioning & supporting large complex multi-site voice & data LAN & WAN network solutions based predominantly on Cisco products. Must have practical, hands-on experience of brownfield site development of legacy systems to unified communication technologies.
- Define & implement methodology templates for total cost of ownership analysis, requirements gathering, infrastructure design, & peer reviews. Develop a culture & process for re-use of solutions templates across projects thereby simplifying the solutions engineering process & improving the productivity of the resources.
- Assist with development & management of Network product lifecycles & Services budgets.

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