Sr Network Services Architect

* Support the Network Services portfolio, and work in a cross-organizational setting to ratify services and use-cases across the global enterprise.
* Demonstrate industry knowledge in Software Defined infrastructure, cloud strategies, data center and WAN technologies, global load balancing, automation development and workflows.
* Develop reference architectures, support existing standards through a comprehensive review process, present to Architecture Boards, and develop standards based upon business requirements.
* Ascertain business requirements, research and identify solutions, and make recommendations supported by a properly developed business case that includes technical feasibility, costs, benefits, etc.
* Develop Business Cases, Cost Structure, Scopes of works, and Build Materials associated with both projects and BAU work.
* Develop and execute project / deployment plans that meet scope, time, cost, and quality requirements
* Assess, mitigate risk, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues utilizing industry standard tools to include packet analyzers.  (Net Brain, Net Scout, Open Text Network Automation, Spectrum)
* Develop processes and documentation according to the needs of the organization
* Provide technical leadership and strategic direction in alignment with Security, compliance, and firm objectives
* Establish and maintain professional relationships throughout the organization and with vendors
* Collaborate and influence others, to include peers, leaders, and vendors
* Mentor and build the technical skills of others, and foster a strong and collaborative team environment
* Lead Audit and compliance reporting efforts, and develop remediation plans
* Adopt and deliver on timeline and within budget in all areas of effort
* Provide guidance to managed services, contractors, and mentor network engineers
* Operate and engage with Audit to provide Reporting on internal and external Audit and compliance requirements
* Interface with other technology towers and vendors
* Recommend and oversee implementation of new networking technologies.
* Establish and Maintain Technical Standards including Write, Review, Edit, and improve network architecture standards as well as proposed Network Changes.
* Participate and lead troubleshooting during incidents to support business interruptions, or when experiencing sub-optimal performance with applications or solutions
* Act as escalation point for critical operational issues
* Lead Network improvements using Automation and AI capabilities including scripting, and tool configuration
* Review solution security releases (CVEs) provide guidance and recommendations to address identified potential threats.
* Lead Life Cycle management efforts and recommends hardware platforms and OS versions
* Collaborate with IT Security on network security best practices.
* Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigation for Severity 1 & 2 Network Outages
* Participate in capacity management and planning, as well as leads efforts to reduce operational costs.
* Prepare documentation, power points of a technical nature, for the Architecture Review Boards
* Participate in Global Design reviews, including changes to controls, and other significant changes within the enterprise.
* Bachelor’s degree in information technology preferred or related work experience
* 15+ years of experience working with enterprise network solutions, including cloud and remote networks, Software defined network solutions, automation, routing, switching, VoIP, Wi-Fi, etc.
* 5+ years of experience working as a Network or Solution Architect in an enterprise network financial sector preferred.
* Strong background in:
Route/Switch Software Defined Data Center (Cisco ACI, Arista Cloud Vision, and associated Arista fabrics), F5 Load Balancing, Aruba Networking, Aruba Clearpass, and AppViewX.
* Strong technical knowledge in the areas of DDI, secure proxy, DDoS, Zero Trust Networking, Tools (Net Brain, Netscout, Appview

X, Spectrum, Open Text Network Automation) and/or content delivery, NAC, firewall, Azure, and AWS is required.
* Knowledge and experience in other areas of Information Technology security (Palo Alto), cloud proxy…