Sr. Network Architect

Job Title: Senior Network Architect
Location: Boston, MA 02199-3600 | New York, NY - 10036 (ONSITE)
Duration: Fulltime/Permanent

Experience: 10+ years in Network Field
Certs / Degree: Preferred certifications, not required: CCNA/CCNP, CCDA, CCSP

Top Must Have s:
Generic LAN and WAN (switches and routers for a Cisco shop)
SD-WAN
Checkpoint firewalls
VPN support
Wireless (currently Aruba, but moving to Cisco)
o The person coming on board will need to support the Cisco wireless.
o They are configuring two SSIDs: guest and corporate.
o The person would need to understand 802.1x authentication and Cisco ISE.
F5 load balancers
DNS and DHCP (using Infoblocks)
SSL certificate installation
Taps (Gigamon)
NetScout sniffers (packet capture) or Wireshark
Network monitoring systems: Gigamon, APCON, Tufin, NetScout sniffers and UC Performance Management tools; Infoblox NetMRI, Cacti, MRTG, Solarwinds, SmokePing, NetFlow, Splunk and syslog.
Sienna dense wave division multiplexing (nice to have)

Overview
This position in the IT Department is responsible for the strategic design and architecture of the firm's data, wireless, video, and VOIP networks. Responsibilities include ensuring the stability, integrity and performance of these network services. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing local area networks (LANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), wide area networks (WANs), wireless networks and security infrastructure across the organization. This individual will assist in the analysis and resolution of network, VOIP, and video hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion. In addition, the Senior Network Architect will provide technical leadership across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.