Only W2 - Network Security Architect with Arista Exxperience

Position: Network Security Architect

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Job Summary Responsible for creating new network and network security architecture documents and designing complex network solutions that meet the organization's requirements for performance, automation, resiliency, scalability, security, and compliance. Work closely with the Lead Architect, Lead Engineers, and other IT teams, such as infrastructure, security, and applications, to ensure that the network is designed to meet the organization's needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Design, improve and innovate:         Utilize standard architecture templates to design network and network security solutions and strictly adheres to enterprise standards.
        Design comprehensive secure network solutions by carefully selecting hardware and software components, ensuring optimal alignment with project requirements and objectives.
        Assists the Lead Architect in activities of the Network Architect Team, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment with organizational objectives.
        Research and recommend innovative technologies and approaches for network and network security management, upgrades, or improvements.
        Perform complex technology and system assessments, collect business and technical requirements, and employ advanced methodologies to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of existing systems.
        Provide expert technical advice to architecture and engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence and driving successful project outcomes.
        Create detailed network and network security documentation, including network diagrams and provide clear guidelines and seamless handover to network engineering team.
        Incorporate network and network security principles and practices into network architecture, ensuring the implementation of effective security controls, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption protocols, to safeguard the network against cyber threats.
        Continuously learning and keeping up with evolving network technologies, industry standards, and best practices to ensure the network architecture remains current, scalable, and aligned with business goals.
        Assessing network capacity requirements based on current and projected usage patterns and planning for scalability to accommodate future growth and changing business needs. Monitor, document, and offer proactive support:         When needed, provide ad-hoc support to network engineering and operations.
        Use approved architecture templates to produce and maintain documentation with regards to design and architecture principals that will aid engineers in building, configuring, and testing of new systems or system changes.
        Maintain service level agreements of SNS metrics, key performance indicators and adhere to strict project timelines.
        Maintain/Improve security posture, promptly addressing design issues, vulnerabilities, and security requirements according to regulatory guidelines (PCIDSS, PII, CIS, NIST)

Lead, collaborate and coach:         Work collaboratively across a variety of business units to introduce and design new technologies.
        Coordinate and take lead of assigned projects in all technical and communication aspects.
        Work with architecture and engineering peers towards achieving common goals in assigned projects.
        Perform knowledge transfer and cross training activities.
        Provide technical leadership as an SME or as part of an Information Technology (IT) project.