Network Architect

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About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on 's UK A-List twice in the past three years—rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on 's UK A-List twice in the past three years—rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

Overview

This position is responsible for supporting the design and architecture of the firm's data, wireless, video, and VOIP networks, as well as cloud and IaaS based network connectivity. The Network Architect approaches solution designs with a high level of ownership to deliver secure and operationally sound solutions. This role encompasses three key areas of focus: physical designs that illustrate how the network system integrates with the enterprise, logical/secure designs to meet defined solution requirements, and monitoring/measuring that validates the expected digital experience and business value.

The Network Architect will make recommendations for emerging technologies. This position requires an active review of designs to ensure that all business requirements, technical requirements, and monitoring objectives are met. The Network Architect will collaborate across the network team and other IT stakeholder groups to propose security, scalability, availability, supportability, and cost improvements. In addition, the Network Architect will provide technical guidance across the organization, from strategic decision advice down to the project planning level.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Contributes to the strategic design and architecture of the firm's data network environment.

• Contributes to the design, deployment, and maintenance of various network systems and components including: routers, switches, internet services, wide area network services, wireless networks, VPNs, firewalls, video networks and related infrastructure, VoIP network and related infrastructure, Security, and performance management and monitoring systems.

• Participate in physical build planning and design for new spaces. Scope, recommend, design, plan, oversee and test inter-rack and station cabling for office, MDF, IDF and datacenter builds and refreshes.

• Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend purchase, development, or enhancement of network hardware and software.

• Recommends performance standards, processes, policies, and procedures.

• Provide senior level technical support for network elements and systems.

• Design and provide for the monitoring of network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

• Collaborate with executive management and department leaders to assess near and long-term network capacity needs.

• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network architecture and network configuration.

• Assures knowledge transfer for new systems.

• Coordinate with other members of the firm for business continuity and disaster recovery programs.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND

SKILLS REQUIRED:

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