Senior Infrastructure Architect

Senior Infrastructure Architect

Perm Role

Atlanta, GA

The Senior Infrastructure Architect is responsible for the solution design, implementation and operation support of our client's global infrastructure services. This position serves as the technical lead for projects involving complex planning for all network infrastructure including detailed design creation, proposals, analysis, project preparation, implementation, and support. The role is responsible for timely interaction with customers of the platform, peer technologists and senior management.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Design large scale enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, WLAN including switches, firewalls, and other network related hardware.
• Design and Implement Data Center technologies like VXLAN, SDDI
• Design and continuously improve network monitoring and observability capabilities.
• Design and management of core services such as DHCP, DNS, IP address Management and Load Balancing
• Define requirements in support of budget plans and make recommendations for ways to improve performance, reduce costs, and meet business requirements.
• Defines the architecture and hardware requirements for project proposals.
• Design, execute, support day to day service requests.
• Lead large scale network refresh projects as well as divisional expansion projects.
• Design and Manage Network Capacity and Performance
• Evaluates and identifies opportunities for network performance and functionality improvement within the enterprise network.
• Participate in the development efforts to bring automation into the network environment.
• Responsible for compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Successfully negotiate technical design and deployment strategy with key stakeholder and consumers of the service.
• Serve as the platform technical subject matter expert and provide consulting support to the business and end-user organizations.
• Produce and maintain timely, accurate engineering documentation.
• Partners with Cybersecurity organization in conducting security and vulnerability assessments to ensure compliance with corporate security policies and adherence to best practices.
• Integrates technical expertise with communication, leadership, and business skills in a team environment.
• Maintain effective communication with all areas related to project status/updates and other correspondence.
• Responsible for the design of global landscape of the network and security infrastructure.
• Keeps abreast of industry trends and makes architecture roadmaps and or recommendations based on these trends.
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture division.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while adhering to deadlines
• Demonstrates mastery of the concepts and theory of network security, and possess adept knowledge of data networking, including expertise in switching, routing, directory services, and TCP/IP fundamentals.
• Demonstrates knowledge of encryption protocols, as well as means for compromising systems based on known vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrates a strong customer centric approach and excellent communications skills.
• Required: bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Telecommunication, or other related field - or combination of experience / education.
• 5-8+ years of Networking experience as an infrastructure or networking architect.
• 5-8+ years network experience with multinational enterprises of 5000+ users including network design.
• Expertise in designing enterprise scale routing and switching environments, MPLS / VPN, SD-WAN, WLAN, Cisco ISE and/or Identity/Authentication solutions, Network Topologies, Load balancing, and QoS and SDDI.
• Experience in the technology, supply chain, logistics, or freight forwarding industries a plus.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Cisco or Ubiquiti Routers and Switches
• Entra ID authentication
• Aryaka SDWAN or SDWAN technologies is a plus.
• Azure or AWS Cloud networking
• Cisco ASA
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• Barracuda load balancers
• Cisco or Ubiquiti Wireless
• API Based Automation
• Service Now or Freshworks ITSM tool.
• SolarWinds
• WAN acceleration.
• Intrusion Prevention, Cloud Security
• Firewall Monitoring Tools
• Experience in freight forwarding related industries is a plus.
• Multilingual a plus
• MS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Telecommunications.
• Active Certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCSE or CCIE.
  
  

Metasys Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status.