Network Architect

Job Description:    

1. Network Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP. 
2. Network WAN technologies MPLS over mGRE, DMVPN, IPSEC VPN, WAN MACSec, SD-WAN. 
3. Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls. 
4. Cisco Nexus Hardware (ACI & Nexus Mode), Cisco Catalyst Catalyst 8500, 9k Series, ASR and ISR series 
5. Next Generation LAN technologies – Fabric Networking using VXLAN and EVPN 
6. Wireless 
7. Expert at network fundamentals including the OSI model, TCP/IP, IPv4 and IPv6, 
8. Must be comfortable with Linux commands/file system 
9. Strong technical knowledge of IT enterprise systems and tools 
10. Experience with IDS/IPS, network access control, load balancers preferred 
11. Experience learning, sharing, and implementing best practices with the ability to determine operational processes Progressive leadership experience with responsibility for leading technical staff and matrixed teams within large mission-critical systems with complex network requirements, or the equivalent required 
12. Deep understanding of network and security infrastructure capabilities and gaps. 
13. Understanding of NIST and FedRAMP security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture based on business requirements and/or network/security infrastructure technology enhancements geared toward improving customer experience and utilizing standards/solutions that meet best practices for an enterprise environment. 
• Provide expert level engineering and operational practices for a network and security infrastructure service provider. 
• Partner with internal customers to provide guidance on architectural patterns ensuring that both Network Product Line and National IT’s security, standards, and support requirements are met. Recommends and implements changes to business information and technical architecture requirements. 
• Partners with our clients and other resources in detecting critical architectural and infrastructure gaps or deficiencies in the IT environment. Recommends solutions for improvement. 
• Provide input and directional guidance for network and security infrastructure automation. 
• Work with peer architects to create integration patterns that inform and set standards for various traffic patterns in a hybrid enterprise environment. 
• Oversees and directs major, critical, and emerging technology studies. Assess merit and impact; designs, develops, and establishes architecture standards. 
• Understand inherited risks related to network and security infrastructure environment that encompasses colocation data centers, multiple CSPs, SaaS and on-premise sites that are interdependent on each other. 
• Support Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) efforts to ensure adherence to CI/CD principles. 
• Maintain working relationships with peers and business partners and communicate with key executives and stakeholders on successes, opportunities, and challenges. 
• Initiates and oversees project development, system/design/testing, requirement direction and investigation of alternatives for implementation of feasible new technology.
• Provides key consultative leadership on System projects focused on planning, development and implementation of strategic technological directives. 
• Provides strategic foresight and long-term development planning for future technology impacting the Federal Reserve System. 
• Work with a team of highly motivated and skilled professionals to solve business critical challenges.