SENIOR NETWORK ARCHITECT/ENGINEER

Rita Technology Services - Orlando, FL

Full-time - Senior

Orlando, FL

About the position

The Senior Network Architect/Engineer will provide leadership and guidance in network architecture within a large enterprise environment. This hands-on role involves leading a small team of Network Architects while managing complex network systems primarily based on Juniper technologies. The position requires a blend of technical expertise and team management skills to ensure optimal network performance and compliance with regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Network Architects with day-to-day and long-term tasks.
• Set priorities and goals for the team and individuals, providing constructive feedback.
• Provide Level 3 & Level 4 technical support for network-based operating systems such as Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, F5 load balancer, and Infoblox NIOS.
• Administer Routing and Switching, DNS and DHCP, and network load balancing.
• Develop, define, and create best practices processes for Network infrastructure, Data Circuit technologies, and WAN design.
• Participate in a regular on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support.
• Design and administer security practices to meet various regulatory and policy requirements.
• Act as subject matter expert (SME) for all Network, Load balancer, DNS, DHCP, and Wireless, Circuit, and WAN designs.
• Coordinate and participate in service/support needs with vendors and technical support.
• Test and deploy security patches to maintain PCI, SOX, and other regulatory compliance requirements.
• Maintain, analyze, and troubleshoot the compute infrastructure to ensure optimal service levels for uptime, stability, performance, and quality.
• Perform capacity planning to predict usage trends for upcoming hardware/software needs.
• Develop automation scripts and custom scripts for support, monitoring, and metrics gathering.
• Assist with circuit orders and monthly billing reviews.
• Perform on-call support every 5th week.

Requirements

• BA/BS in technology or related degree or equivalent technical certification and experience.
• At least 8 years of Network engineering/architecture and (level 3 & 4) technical support experience.
• Experience leading other network engineers (assigning tasks, mentoring, etc.).
• Experience as a Network Architect in an enterprise environment (global experience preferred).
• Strong technical experience with routers, switches, firewalls, wireless, WAN design, SDWAN, DNS, DHCP, and Load Balancing.
• Deep knowledge of BGP.
• Experience performing capacity planning to predict usage trends for upcoming hardware/software needs.
• Juniper certification preferred.
• U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders only.