As a Senior Technology Architect within the you will be leading and facilitating the network architecture and design for implementation team to implement technical solutions and processes related to Health operations. You will contribute to the Definition of operational excellence, standards and guidelines regarding the proper use and deployment of network infrastructure to support business applications, data and technology . Creating and managing the various key network architecture assets to integrate correctly and efficiently for the designated portfolio and scope.

You will report directly to Director of IT Operations and partner with stakeholders in technology and business to define network architecture possibilities and futures. In conjunction with the business and development teams, you will make recommendations on process or network design enhancements. You will be a key member of the network architecture operations specification review process, ensuring network infrastructure meets business and operations requirements. You will analyze, architect and design viable network solutions to high complexity business problems according to user specifications.

You will be a key player in identifying risks and/or issues within our network solution and design for all Tdata centers and locations which may impact realization of project benefits and provides guidance and support to stakeholders in making good decisions to pro-actively resolve or mitigate potential risks/delays to the project. Your priority will be to ensure that network infrastructure and systems functionally appropriate, technically sound and well-integrated.

Responsibilities:

Manage the Network Architecture Roadmap
Work with stakeholders, development and delivery teams to implement CTO Strategies for Network Reliability and Security
Work with Cloud Architecture Team for design specifications for network integration to public clouds
Create and maintain Network standards and policies
Architectural framework and road map for various infrastructure
Provide infrastructure to support business requests/challenges
Develop plans and strategies to improve network performance, reliability and operational cost-effectiveness
Architecture documentation management
Provide consultation and comprehensive support to our internal and external business partners including Architecture, Engineering, Application Services, Distributed Computing (server, storage, web hosting), Information Security, Business Continuity and our business stakeholders
Architect and build national network backbone connecting data centers including public clouds
Consultations with internal and external customers
Process network requests both in day to day requests as well as for projects
Provide assistance, guidance, and cross-trained junior network architect
Participate in Defect Resolution - provide Tier4 support during high priority incidents – requests come directly from Director(s)

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to present information to management and non-technical audience
Knowledge and/or of the Healthcare industry including operations, technology and the business environment
Expert knowledge of network and computer systems hardware and software theory, practice, concepts and technology relevant to organizational vision
Expert knowledge and experience in the following key areas:
- Data center and remote locations networking – LAN/WAN
- Routing, switching, load balancing, DNS, and multi-functions firewalls
- Data center network integration

Application and network technology integration, integration and architecture design experience
Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Enterprise Infrastructure Technologies and Platforms including public and private Cloud
Operations Architecture: High-availability, reliability, operability, failover, disaster recovery, capacity/performance management.
Understands value drivers; Understands delivery approaches; Experience in architecture and delivery of solutions that consider operations / availability
Network Security, Network Hardware Configuration, Network Protocols, Networking Standards, Supervision, Conceptual Skills, Decision Making, Informing Others, Functional and Technical Skills, Dependability, Information Security Policies.
Ability to articulate and resolve complex project related problems and execute innovative solutions, in a fast-paced environment changing environment with multiple
Exposure to and experience with tools and technologies used to design, plan, and validate architecture designs
Strategic thinking, problem solving and analytical skills
Continuous improvement mentality-challenging the status quo
Experience with change management and/or deploying enterprise distributed systems in a production environment
Experience and understanding of networking services consisting of Virtual and Physical network functions
Experience with Container, Orchestration and Micro-Services with your AWS, Azure, GCP or other Cloud infrastructure

Good experience in using Ansible/Chef or Puppet
10+ years of relevant work experience in data center networking and infrastructure support, engineering, design and architecture
At least 6 years of experience in enterprise data center networking architectures on large infrastructure and proven experience in leading the architecture of a large program from initiation to implementation

Required Professional Designation/Certification:

BA in computer science, engineering, or information systems
Prefer to have Cisco CCIE designation or in progress
Applicable certifications in network engineering and architecture
Applicable certifications in public clouds will be an asset

Required Technologies / Protocols / Tools Knowledge and Experience:

Cisco routers and switches (legacy and next generation like ACI)
BGP, EBGP, EIGRP, OSPF, Spanning tree
F5 Load Balancers
Multi-functions firewalls: Checkpoint, Fortinet, Juniper
Visio, Microsoft offices, Google suites

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