Description
My client a leading international telecoms company is looking to recruit an experienced Network Architect on a contract basis for their Amsterdam office. This is a long-term contracting opportunity and a chance to work on a leading global project, I have attached the details below:
Key accountabilities;
- Understand the project requirements and translate them into technical network solutions
- Design and deploy network elements.
- Produce network engineering solutions and low level designs, bills of material, implementation & migration plans and documents taking into account all related network elements.
- Carry out network implementations and migrations and handover the new networks to Operations and to 3rd parties
- Review and validate design and migration plans of consultant engineers.
- Approve final project deliverables and ensure project delivery on-time.
- Deal with major incidents in terms of Tier-3 escalations
- Provide root cause analysis on major incidents and follow up on corrective measures
- Discover and address systematic problems in the network design
- Liaise with the vendors for major incident and problem management
Required skills and knowledge; specific computer programs etc.
- Minimum 5+ years solid networking experience background.
- One or more relevant certifications desired such as CCNP, CCIE, CCSA, CCSE, etc.
- Strong knowledge of Data Centres Designs with a special focus on IP Networks, Security and Application Delivery Solutions.
- Solid knowledge of Data Centres Foundation Systems and DTV Back End environments.
- Strong knowledge and relevant experience in Cisco routing/switching technologies - ASR & Nexus
- Strong knowledge of Next Generation Firewalls (eg Checkpoint)
- Strong knowledge of Load Balancing Solutions (eg F5 BIGIP LTM & GTM,Radware, Alteon, )
- Desired experience of Software Defined Networking (SDN) - Cisco ACI Application Fabric
- Knowledge of Cloud networking
- Knowledge of network Scripting/automation (Ansible, python)
- Understating of Remote Access Solutions (Connectra, Citrix,.)
- Good Experience with Unix Systems
- Reversing engineer + Troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with writing Low Level Designs, Visio Diagrams,
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Good interpersonal skills, able communicator
- Team player
- Experience in multinational and multicultural environments.
- Independent, confident and project-focused mind-set.
If this role is of interest and you have the required skills, please do apply with your CV.