Network Architect ; TS

BENEFIT INFORMATION:
The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.

Functional Purpose

Serves as an architect responsible for network implementations and operation including Radio Frequencies (RF) to ensure performance, reliability, and security of Data Centers, Postal Service sites, applications, and systems. Implements and operates network systems via planning, process, procedure, automation, and optimization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Serves as an architect on projects and initiatives for network solutions. Provides technical guidance and expertise to professionals and other stakeholders involved in the implementation and operation of network technologies and architecture to ensure developed solutions align with business organizational strategies and objectives.

2. Implements and operates initiatives and projects for enterprise- wide network solutions including Radio Frequency, LAN, WAN, Wireless, Software Defined Networks, Data Center LAN, telephony, network management solutions, network specific security, and remote access technologies and approaches.

3. Implements and operates physical and virtual networks, cloud environments/services, telephony, remote access, business partner access, and network security measures with automation across a wide variety of systems to support solutions for business requirements and customer needs.

4. Maintains and validates network processes, procedures, standards, triage, designs, guides, operations, future strategies, and current state layouts using collaborative tools to share consistent knowledge, security, and reliability of network technologies to stakeholders.

5. Provides technical assistance to and collaborates with stakeholders engaged in the implementation, operation, usage, and maintenance of network solutions. Escalates significant issues to appropriate personnel for awareness.

6. Identifies and resolves issues encountered on IT systems related to implementation, operation, and usage by leading the triage through complete technical assistance, guidance, advice, tuning, modifications, communications, and reporting.

7. Implements and monitors optimized performance measurements, resiliency, and security metrics. Implements and maintains processes for the evaluation of network systems and applications effectiveness, including the defining and tracking

of performance metrics. Develops, presents, and publishes deliverables (e.g., bandwidth utilization for wide area networks) for broad stakeholder consumption.

8. Facilitates coordination and ongoing communications with contract vendors to ensure clear expectations, appropriate prioritization, consistent service, and to troubleshoot issues.

9. Maintains conformity of the Postal Service's Frequency Management Program with the rules and regulations of the National Telecommunications Information Agency (NTIA), and Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

10. Processes Radio Frequency requests, determine band of operation, and prepares and submits radio frequency assignment requests to the Department of Commerce. Accesses Radio Frequency classified information and ensured adherence with all security compliance regulations.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Land Mobile Radio projects from planning through implementation
• Assist with tracking project milestones, budgets, and deliverables to ensure on-time and cost-effective completion
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and internal USPS stakeholders
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies
• Serve as technical liaison between operations, IT, engineering, vendors, and management
• Provide clear status updates, reports, and recommendations to leadership
• Support field personnel and facility management with technical guidance
• Support and manage cellular communication services used for USPS operations, safety, and continuity
• Coordinate activation, configuration, and…