Sr Solution Architect V

Job Summary

This position requires a leadership role facing the customer and acting as a liaison to help through the design and engineering process for various projects, working through and qualifying network and engineering architecture and design, and assisting in RFP/RFI and business development.

Location:

Richardson, Texas

Job type:
Permanent

Salary: $165, per year

Work hours:

8am to 5pm

Education:

Bachelors

• Development of strategic approaches for NDI in vertical go-to-market initiatives as well as thought leadership for communication of reference architectures
• Pre‑sale engagement design formation (technical design and analysis).
• Communication of network designs to various stakeholders, 3rd‑party vendor evaluation and selection, support technical change management for the network design as it is being deployed.
• Must be able to support delivery of high‑level engineering and migration plans (on need basis) supporting various Tier1/Tier2 ISP customer network migrations.
• Published whitepapers and perform speaking engagements for the target markets.

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication, or related field.
• CCIE/JNCIE/CCIP/JNCIP or NOKIA certifications highly preferred or equivalent qualification or deep understanding of the concepts and related working experience.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise networks and SD‑WAN is preferred.
• Strong communication skills and prior experience in presenting complex solutions to large enterprise or State and Local Government customers.
• Understanding of the networking concepts and guidelines behind traditional routing, switching, and system design.
• Provide internal and external guidance on the key customer network, data center infrastructure, and security issues.

• Expert level relationship management, communications skills, and interpersonal skills to manage face‑to‑face communications on a daily basis with multiple levels of customer management and engineering staff across multiple departments within the host company in a responsible and professional fashion.
• Customer Culture - Development/Analytics environment. The candidate does not need code development skills but needs to be able to efficiently describe basic TCP/IP/UDP and networking behavior/fundamentals to the developers.
• Must be willing to listen to customer ideas and work through potential designs that may or may not be implemented.
• Ability to apply deep knowledge and experience to real‑world scenarios, be it broadband networks, service provider IP/MPLS networks, enterprise, utilities, and/or transportation networks.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/tasks and work calmly under pressure.
• Self‑starter, team player, personable, enthusiastic, hardworking, and enjoys interfacing with customers at CTO level and internal cross‑functional teams including Sales, Project management teams, delivery teams, and operations teams on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Familiarity, deep understanding, and hands‑on experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 RFC Standards / IETF Standards at architect level and senior engineer level.
• Open to learning new technologies, LAB build outs, test plan developments for acceptance tests.

• 15 to 20+ years of experience in the industry in a similar role.
• Working knowledge and hands‑on experience with network layer 2/3, BGP, IGP, MPLS/Ethernet, MPLS VPNs, segment routing, VPLS, DWDM technology, etc.
• Strong experience and hands‑on skills with Layer 2 Ethernet switching networking concepts and Layer 3 networking concepts including BGP, OSPF, ISIS, Segment Routing, IP/MPLS and traffic engineering, IPSec, VPN, MPLS, e‑LAN, E‑Line service delivery models, GRE, QoS, IPv4/v6, firewall and VPN concepts.
• Expert level troubleshooting methodology to isolate and identify configuration, design, and software anomalies; ability to articulate findings in written and verbal communications with development level engineering staff and service delivery teams and other cross‑functional teams within the organizations and to external customers.
• Hands‑on experience with Fiber Access FTTH / GPON/XGPON technologies and related network,…