Description
Our Dallas Client is seeking a Solutions Architect (Voice - IP Network Design).
As a solutions architect, your daily work would require combining design skills and business knowledge with strong technical expertise.
Your responsibilities might include the following:
- Work closely with business management to determine business process and productivity needs and an appropriate technology strategy to support business goals
- Analyze tech needs, requirements, & state of the network's infrastructure design, integration, & operations
- Work with tech mgmt to architect networks that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters.
- Create design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, & processes using best practices.
- Establish governing principles for technology solutions design and deployment.
- Participate in selection of System, Database, Storage, Telecommunications, and networking technologies, vendors, and products for implementation
- Lead teams of other network designers and engineers in developing detailed designs and quality-control mechanisms during implementation.
- Communicate the role and value of the network to the organization and present the business case for technology investments.
- Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves.
- Support sales endeavors, including acting as SME for sales engineering and interact with customer on pre-sales engagements.
Technical Knowledge:
- Load Balancing including hardware appliances and software load balancing such as NLB and SLB
- Understanding of collocation requirements, wiring needs, cooling, and power distribution
- Cloud services and High availability design knowledge and skills
- Understand corporate and service provider security directives and goals
- Understand the differences between a service provider and an enterprise based architecture
- Experience with tier one vendors like: Cisco, Juniper, HP, Dell, Acme packet, F5, Microsoft, RedHat, etc
- Consulting Background - Candidates must have Service Provider (MSP) experience in a large scale consulting environment, NOT Enterprise IT, LAN/WAN environment.
- Business Acumen Creating efficiencies. Experience supporting the Business, Sales & Engineering. Vendor Management/Relations
Strong documentation and written communication skills
REQUIRED:
Solutions Architecture
Service Provider (MSP) experience - NOT Enterprise IT, LAN/WAN environment
Advance IP Network Design (L1 thru L7)
Switching ( Cisco, Brocade)
Routing ( Cisco, Juniper)
Firewalls
Content Management ( Cisco, Brocade, F5)
Security (PCI and beyond)
VoIP & SIP
DC Power & Cooling Design
PREFERRED:
Server & Data Center Experience
OS Linux & Windows
Virtualization - VMWare
Integration
Blades
Scripting
Distributed Architecture
Active Directory
Required Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Certifications:
Preferred
- Client will not accept subcontractors
- VoIP (Voice Over IP)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- and Life Insurance for Full-time W2 Consultants. Supplemental Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance
- Dependent Care Assistance. 401(k) with Roth feature. Free E-learning Courses