Network Architect

Zensar Technologies; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services firm is looking for a skilled Network Architect with 12+ years of experience to drive digital transformation. This role involves working closely with customers to analyze their deployments, define IT strategies, and design tailored solution architectures. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in routing, switching, and various IT management practices, with a focus on creating innovative service offerings. A collaborative style and ability to present technical visions to executives are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of solution architect experience in various IT architecture roles.
• Preferably holds a BS, MS degree in EE or computer science.
• Ability to work closely with customers and independently.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer setups and deployments to identify weaknesses.
• Develop use cases and solution architecture designs.
• Lead efforts to create business value justification and requirements mapping.
• Coordinate implementations across cross-technology delivery teams.
• Engage in pre-sales activities with Sales Managers.

Skills

Solution architecture experience

Routing and switching infrastructure

Wireless and IoT deployments

IT Service Management

Identity and Access Management

Strong verbal and written skills

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CCNP certification

AWS certification

GCP certification

CCIE certification

Job description

Join Our Team of Innovators! Hiring AWS, Azure & Network Architects to Drive Digital Transformation.

Network Architect

12+ years

Ideal candidate must have design experience with the following -

• Knowledge of different industry verticals, architectures, and requirements
• Routing and switching infrastructure deployment models (physical and VNF)
• Wireless and IoT deployment architectures
• Load Balancer
• Monitoring Tools, - NPM, APM, IPAM, DDI
• Virtualization and Automation - Understanding of Software Defined Network, Network Function Virtualization, and intelligent WAN technologies.
• IT Service Management – Understanding of ITIL best practices, preparing, and presenting the solution in change advisory board meetings.
• Identity and Access Management – Design and implementation of Cisco ACS, Cisco ISE, BYoD, Network Admission control, SDP
• Intent Based Self-Healing Networks
• Vertical industry experience in helping customers understand how technology and Architecture can solve their relevant business problems.

The Responsibilities includes -

• Work with customers and understand their setup and analyze their deployments and come up with areas of weakness, enhancements.
• Helps customers think through and define their IT strategy and resulting requirements as related to the industry challenges.
• Create use cases and solution architecture design for customer configuration/needs.
• Can create conceptual and logical architectures for the solution. The solution might include infrastructure, Collaboration and/or VXI/VDI components.
• Leads an effort whose goals are to craft and deliver business value justification, business requirements to technology architecture mapping, solution architecture & integration, and organizational change management recommendations.
• Individual builds plans and coordinates implementations of the solution across cross-technology (DCN/DC/Collab) virtual delivery teams.
• Able to articulate this vision across Executives and senior Enterprise/Solution Architects.
• Create repeatable service offerings for specific domains such as SDN / Network Function Virtualization, BYOD, security, and applications.
• Work with Sales Managers to engage in pre-sales activity and propose creative ideas and solutions to customer needs.
• Deliver technical and services workshop for Network offerings.
• Work with other solution teams to create validated designs and other reference architectures.
• Create technical and solution content.

Candidate Profile, Skills and Qualifications -

• 10-15 years of solution architect experience in Architecture, Design, Build, Operate and Optimize
• Preferably a BS, MS degree in EE, computer science
• CCNP, AWS, GCP certification good to have.
• CCIE is a plus.
• Ability to work closely with customers.
• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Open and engaging collaboration style
• Ability to take initiative in virtual team efforts and influence technical and architectural directions.
• Demonstrated technical ability when working with complex component(s) or whole product/platform.
• Ability to work independently with very little supervision.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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