Network Architect

SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT - Las Vegas, NV

Full-time - Senior

Las Vegas, NV

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

About the position

The Network Architect is responsible for contributing to the development and design of the network to run our business at Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment Corporation. This key technical position is accountable for defining architecture and engineering standards, leading mission critical network design efforts, developing network automation solutions, documentation of best practices, system monitoring and analytics and top tier (level 4) operational support.

Responsibilities

• Operate at the enterprise level responsible for executing a wholistic strategy and tactical execution plan of implementation, as well as operationalizing investments which ultimately result in a resilient network architecture that is scalable to meet the growing business needs as well as lowered mean time to repair and time between incidents.
• Working across all business disciplines, this technical leader will ensure that requirements (both business and technical) and use cases are collected with requirements defined to meet expectations in the most efficient and economical way possible.
• Works on cross-infrastructure team with architects and technical leads from other infrastructure teams (storage, compute, applications) to establish technical strategies and architectural design/standards for infrastructure technology.
• Will work on networking initiatives across the enterprise including all of our venues and office environments.
• Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce strategic engineering designs and provide innovative solutions.
• Conceptualizes, designs, validates and tests complex global network architectures that support voice, video, data and content rendering technology.
• Designs and implements highly resilient and failure proof network solutions with the ability to withstand system failures, faulty code and other infrastructure impairments - thinks with a global mindset and 'never fail' mentality when implementing solutions.
• Designs virtual network services in support of business applications and communication platforms - experience designing for quality of service and micro-services across the network.
• Participates in internal and external groups: seeks out opportunity to address large groups of peers on technical issues; initiates presentations to the user community; initiates project or strategy discussions with internal and external groups; represents the team in external technical groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or computer engineering or applicable experience
• 7+ years of enterprise network design and architecture experience
• 7+ years working with enterprise system platforms such as compute, storage, data centers and automation
• 3+ years of vendor management experience is required - must have managed complex vendor engagements with large organizations such as Cisco, Palo Alto, and others.
• 3+ years' experience supporting large events and venues
• 3+ years designing connectivity to public cloud services providers
• Previous experience in a major media, studio, broadcast technology or broadcast company supporting complex networks
• Previous experience as a lead engineer or architect in support of large-scale production events
• Hands on keyboard experience with the ability to technically explain solution concepts and intangibles
• Fluency in all aspects of network security and security elements
• Ability to design networks with proper controls and governance from conception to execution.
• Knowledge of Cisco IPFM technology and familiarity with SMPTE 2110 protocol.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to work with changing priorities and with multiple projects
• Ability to be precise and attentive to detail is essential

Benefits

• Career Development and Investment in employee growth
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Equal Opportunity Employer policies