Role: Network Architect

Location: Onsite/ Rochester Hills

Type: 06/24/2024 to 01/01/2025

Description:

Interpret business requirements into technical network solutions framework. Provide

technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as

resourcing and financial constraints. Liaise with enterprise, server and applications

architects to ensure alignment across technology portfolios.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide technical direction and frameworks to meet business needs
2. Provide expert consultation for major network initiatives or incidents
3. Produce and/or endorse network standards
4. Provide advice and recommendations specific to customer requirements
5. Evaluate emerging technologies against business and IT strategic needs
6. Serve as a key representative on major network initiatives
7. Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network's infrastructure

design, integration, and operations

1. Work with technical management to architect networks that effectively reflect

business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology

parameters

1. Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and

processes based on industry best practices

1. Establish governing principles for network design and deployment
2. Participate in selection of networking technologies and products for implementation
3. Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives

and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves

1. Update standards and guidelines
2. Write technical and business documentation
3. Liaise with management and support teams
4. Assist in scoping and costing of projects
5. Guide and influence team members and business colleagues
6. Work with other SMEs and technical support teams in the pursuit of technically

excellent solutions

1. Produce technically excellent solutions architecture that is aligned to business needs

and direction

Eight (8) years of more experience designing and implementing comprehensive

network solutions using Avaya, Cisco, or Juniper Products

Advanced knowledge of protocols including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and EIGRP, SPB,

TRILL

• Strong IPV4 and IPV6 skills
• Knowledge of WAN technologies
• Knowledge of redundancy and high availability protocols such as VRRP, HSRP,

GLBP, SLB, LACP, PAGP

• Advanced knowledge of network virtualization technologies including MPLS, VRF,

VLAN, VSS

• Advanced knowledge of tunneling protocols including IPSEC, GRE, L2TPv3
• Data Center and high availability design experience
• Advanced knowledge of Quality of Service
• Experience with VOIP components and converged networks
• Experience with network security standards
• Knowledge of Avaya, Cisco, and Juniper network hardware models including:
• Routers
• Switches
• Firewalls
• Load balancers
• Packet Analysis
• WAN Accelerators

Must meet or exceed core customer service responsibilities, standards and behaviors as

outlined in the HFHS Customer Service Policy and summarized below:

Communication

Ownership

Understanding

Motivation

Sensitivity

Excellence

Teamwork

Respect

Must practice the customer skills as provided through on-going training and in-services.

Must possess the following personal qualities:

Be self-directed

Be flexible and committed to the team concept

Demonstrate teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn

Be open to new learning experiences

Accepts and respects diversity without judgment

Demonstrates customer service values

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Normal office environment with minimal exposure to noise, dust, or extreme
• Bachelor s Degree in Information Technology or related field, or 10 year of related work experience
• Certification required include Cisco and or Juniper
• Certification required include Cisco and or Juniper