Senior Network Architect ITS

About the position

The University of Southern California (USC) Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a Senior Network Architect with an exceptional commitment to service excellence to join our team. As the Senior Network Architect, you will be an integral member of the Infrastructure Services department while reporting to the Director of Network Infrastructure. This is a full-time, nonexempt position, eligible all USC Benefits + Perks available to its tenure such as comprehensive medical coverage, generous retirement matching, and free tuition. This Senior Network Architect will design, develop, and maintain a secure network for the university. As the Senior Network Architect, you are responsible for conceptualizing network architecture, identifying business requirements, creating designs and prototypes, and executing testing and training activities. The Senior Network Architect establishes overall network standards, guidelines, leading-edge practices, and approved network techniques and approaches. Additionally, the Senior Network Architect acts as a thought leader for the organization's network vision and goals and demonstrates ITS values in action.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualizes network architecture by identifying business requirements, designs, prototypes, and conducting testing, activities, and training.
• Develops overall network standards, guidelines, leading-edge practices, and approved network techniques and approaches.
• Performs network modeling and planning, and maximizes network efficiencies.
• Reviews and analyzes existing network infrastructure and its ability to support strategic organizational objectives and goals.
• Develops testing and implementation strategies, and assists in the development of network technology roadmaps.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses network problems, and implements solutions while meeting business objectives.
• Participates in disaster recovery planning, development, exercises, testing, and actual disaster or emergency events.
• Identifies operational and business value opportunities for customers, partners, and key stakeholders.
• Advises on risk assumptions for any variances granted, and provides alternatives to achieve desired end results.
• Supports the network engineering team's vision and goals, acting as a thought leader for the organization.
• Maintains currency with technology, standards, and best practices.
• Builds and maintains collaborative relationships with team members, peers, and leaders.
• Contributes to a culture of trust and transparency, sharing information broadly, openly, and deliberately.
• Maintains on-call duties.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years in network engineering, network architecture, or related fields.
• A bachelor's degree or combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education.
• Proven knowledge of LAN/WAN/MAN/wireless/VoIP/cloud networking protocols.
• Proven experience with backbone and campus design, wireless network design, on-premises load balancing, security architecture, and/or cloud architecture in large, complex user environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in network design optimization and spine/leaf architecture.
• Demonstrated experience in server architecture, system administration, and security.
• Ability to explain advanced concepts to engineers, peers and leadership.
• Demonstrated experience with voice technologies in a VoIP environment, and with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl).
• Proven multicast and QoS skills.
• Experience working with software development life cycle (SDLC) models.
• Proven experience monitoring systems and security appliances.
• Experience with risk analysis framework.
• Experience working in project-based environments, reporting on project status, evaluating project risks, and escalating project issues.
• Ability to generate reports, create presentations, and present to appropriate stakeholders, including leadership.
• Ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, and collaborate with others in a large organization.

Nice-to-haves

• A master's degree or advanced education and training.
• 12 or more years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience with virtualization and high-density containers networking Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proven experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl).
• One or more enterprise, service provider, security, data center, wireless, or voice certifications such as CCIE, ACE:L6, CISSP, OSCP, CCDE, CWDP, AWS.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Generous retirement matching
• Free tuition