Network Architect

 

Redapt Inc. is a pioneering world-class data center infrastructure integrator, technology engineering firm, and cloud services provider. Our teams focus on delivering innovative solutions and services that power our customers' most demanding applications and enable them to extract powerful insights from data that drive true business value. 

As an engaged customer-facing, pre-sales Network Architect, we’re always on the cutting edge of technology while simultaneously highly well versed in today’s best practices so that we can deliver the best of breed solutions for our clients.

If you are passionate about everything networking, you’ve come to the right place!

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Network Architect with design, configuration, implementation, troubleshooting, and design experience with solutions from one or more major networking OEM’s. (Juniper or Arista preferred)

· You will interface internally with other engineering teams, sales support, PMs, and procurement to leverage and provide support in a cross-functional manner.

· You will have tremendous opportunity to train, learn, lead, and grow your skill set as this is a customer-facing role as well as a role that encompasses pre-sales activities outside of support.

· You will be expected to learn and handle the bill of material (BOM) creation and validation process.

· This role will be 50% pre-sales and 50% post-sales.

Skills you bring with you:

· Experience in scaling data center infrastructure within financial, banking or fin-tech industry

· Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) or Network Function Virtualization (NFV).

· Solid understanding of network infrastructure devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, wireless APs, and edge/SD-WAN devices such as uCPEs.

· The candidate must be highly technical and able to craft solutions, not just execute tasks defined by others.

· Working knowledge and background with network performance load balancing and security-focused vendors such as F5, Palo Alto Networks, A10, and others.

· Experience with data center and cloud ecosystem connectivity concepts such as cloud exchanges, datacenter network layouts, transceiver, and fiber compatibility, cloud gateways, peering, and so forth.

· Familiarity with cloud networking services such as ACLs, VPCs, IAM (Google, AWS, Azure)

· Proven ability to work and problem solve independently/collaboratively, to organize workload and priorities, high-quality execution, technical innovation/adoption, and initiative.

Qualifications:

· Certifications in JCIS and JCNIP

· 5+ years’ experience in network engineering and operations experience.

· Routing and switching skillset with working knowledge of IPv4/v6 routing and switching, advanced network communication protocols such as BGP, MPLS, QoS, VPLS, VRF, GRE, VxLAN, EVPN, IPSec, VPN, Multicast, and policy-based routing.

· Understanding of the TCP/IP stack (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, CIFS, LDAP, HSRP, VRRP, LACP).

· Ability to articulate complex architectures to non-technical audiences

· Ability to work with multiple internal and external teams and organizations in a fast-paced highly dynamic environment.

· Must be a self-starter and actively engage with customers and sales teams.

· Must possess excellent verbal and written communication as well as extreme comfort in delivering presentations.

Travel required:

· Travel typically 50% or more a month

The base salary range for this full-time position in the US is $170k - $190k annually + bonuses + benefits. Redapt salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The salary range displayed in each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note, the base pay offered may vary within the range depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to work location, job related knowledge/skills, relevant education/training, and level of experience. Please note that the compensation details listed in the US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonuses or benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Redapt is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion,

national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.