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Network Architect - 21

Platinum Resource Group

Network Architect - 21

Newport Beach, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    NETWORK ARCHITECT III Location: Newport Beach, CA JOB DESCRIPTION

    • Implement products, platforms, software, hardware, or appliance-based solutions related to network and network security.
    • Solve unique or complex problems that have a broad impact on the business.
    • Take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
    • Interface with management and vendors to develop and implement new solutions to meet business requirements.
    • Multi-site datacenter design, migrations and buildouts with disaster recovery planning and implementation.
    • Multi-site WAN / MAN / SDWAN design, implementation, and support.
    • Design, implementation, and support of cloud environment connected to the enterprise network (direct, VPN)
    • Design and manage the rollout of various network infrastructures with necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization.
    • Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, and security configurations.
    • Maintain network security across the global enterprise; analyze networks for security threats. Monitor organization's networks for security breaches and investigates violations when they occur. Use network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization reporting. Develops technical documentation describing the deployment, configuration, and management of network infrastructure.
    • Participates in IT security audits. Responds to existing audits and ensures required controls are implemented as required.
    • Builds strong relationships outside of IT to understand business needs. Communicates complex details in a way that people can understand. Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the products, empathizing with, and understanding user needs.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Must have a minimum of 7+ years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services such as routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, and QoS.
    • Extensive experience of Cisco ACI and buildout/migration of the multi-site datacenters.
    • Required: Cisco Datacenter certification or extensive hands-on experience.
    • AWS certified solutions architect certifications are a plus.
    • Candidate must have advanced technical skills and experience with the following L2 and L3 protocols and technologies such as ACI, IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Be familiar with Cisco IOS, IOS-XE and NXOS.
    • Candidate must be familiar with various platforms – NetScaler, Riverbed, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus). Knowledge of Juniper and HPE routing/switching equipment is a plus.
    • Must understand open-source and other tools to assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis.
    • Must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail.
    • Flexible schedule, including the ability to work nights and weekends.
    • B.S. / MS in Engineering and / or Computer Science or equivalent experience.

    Company Description

    Platinum Resource Group is a professional level consulting firm, providing resources to Fortune 1000 client companies in the areas of technology, human resources, accounting, finance, business systems and supply chain, on a contract and interim basis. PRG has operations in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a W-2 employer we offer our consultants direct deposit bi-weekly payroll, health, dental, vision benefits, paid holidays, and referral bonuses.