Responsibilities

• Understand the business strategy and communicate effectively with senior business leaders and C-level executives.
• Analyse technical needs, requirements, and the network’s infrastructure design, integration, and operations.
• Translate business requirements to create a network design that meets the requirements and is in line with the technology infrastructure roadmap.
• Focus on budling IT architecture that adheres to non-functional requirements, which include performance, security, reliability, and availability of service.
• Analyse the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies in the infrastructure and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Identify the impact of IT infrastructure and ensure that project impacts on the infrastructure are identified, assessed, assured, and documented.
• Develop and define future roadmaps for the infrastructure according to industry trends and best practices.
• Ensure that the capacity planning process for the key systems is managed efficiently.
• Research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
• Perform infrastructure audits on current client infrastructure to identify gaps and propose remediation measures.
• Maintain a deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors and which solution or technology fits the requirement.
• Considering the organization’s needs and requirements, such as information security, and designing networks that meet business goals
• Develop network design best practices.
• Create documentation throughout the design and deployment process.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong network architecture skills in architecting technology components across software, infrastructure, and networks
• In-depth knowledge of various communication technologies, such as LAN & WAN, telecommunications systems, wireless systems, and mobile networks
• Detailed knowledge of Windows and/or Unix infrastructure and respective operating systems
• Detailed knowledge of network designs, including wireless and security
• Detailed knowledge of public and private cloud technologies and trends
• Has experience designing business applications. Has an understanding of the non-functional requirements such as reliability, scalability, performance, and resilience.
• Ability to take a loose set of requirements and build a high-level architecture using common standards.
• Ability to develop low-level design (LLD) for proposed network architecture

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of networking protocols, designs, and products: Ethernet, IP, switching, routing, fabric path, SD-WAN, etc.
• Advanced Network Design and Architecture Planning
• Proficiency in Network Simulation and Modelling Tools
• Knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Design & Implementation
• Deep Understanding of Routing Protocols and Configurations
• Understanding of Network Security Frameworks and Best Practices
• Knowledge of public and private cloud offerings and ecosystems
• Internet of Things (IoT) Infrastructure and Protocols
• Knowledge of Wireless and Mobile Networking Standards
• Knowledge of competitive offerings from Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Brocade, Riverbed, Dell, and Arista.