Network Architect

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Regular or Temporary:
Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

The Senior Network Architect role is responsible for leading design and implementation of critical networked business systems. This role reports to the Guild Director to ensure that technical, compliance, regulatory, resiliency and financial objectives are met through the design and operation of the resulting system. The network architect is responsible for system definition and project planning in pursuit of achieving the program outcome.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
1. Work across engineering teams to lead design efforts that incorporate resiliency, cost management, compliance considerations.
2. Work with other IT teams to support the changes to implement and enable the necessary solutions including security, logging, monitoring.
3. Lead network design sessions with networking guild engineers to create architectural, design and test plans.
4. Create and provide implementation plans including resource needs and timelines.
5. Provide architectural design patterns for peer review and education.
6. Lead engineering team design of integration and production tests to ensure high quality implementations.
7. Demonstrated ability to create project plans, test plans and engineering implementation plans.
8. Communicate project status, dependencies and requirements to management.
9. Stay current on changes in the networking technology space including L1 transports, software defined networking, configuration and deployment technologies including virtual machines and containers.
10. Provide debug and problem resolution support as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Bachelor's degree or equivalent education or related training
2. At least ten years of network design experience
3. BSCS, BSEE, BSCE
4. Analytical skills, problem solving, ability to communicate complex ideas and present to peers
5. Deep and demonstrated understanding of technologies and management interfaces of a software defined network technology such as ACI, NSX or cloud networking
6. Deep and demonstrated understanding of internet naming technologies such as DNS, DHCP, ipv6, ipv4.
7. Deep and demonstrated understanding of routing protocols such as BGP, IS-IS, OSPF
8. Familiarity with networking concepts such as routing, security, OSI model and protocols definitions.
9. Proven track record of technical designs and implementation

Preferred Qualifications:
1. A general understanding of Software Defined Networking
2. Working knowledge with Devops technologies and a proven track record of continuous integration techniques and implementations
3. Working knowledge of collaboration tools such as slack, webex, microsoft teams, visio
4. Working knowledge of Microsoft office productivity suite
5. Ability to self manage time.
6. Financial industry familiarity of at least one of the following: Bank Services, Mortgage, Insurance, Commercial Lending & Banking, Investment Services, Asset Management, Equipment Finance, Venture Capital, and Financial Industry Governing Bodies.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist's generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist's defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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