Sr. Network Architect

What’s the role about?

This role concentrates on providing network architectural support of: data center, enterprise, cloud, and network security related to customer’s end-to-end business and application requirements. The Network Architect is responsible to deliver superior network designs characterized by availability, performance, security, and scalability.

As a Senior Network Architect in TI’s next-generation network practice, you will lead the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of traditional and software-defined network (SDN) technologies in large and complex enterprise environments. You will bring strong technical leadership to help TIDS achieve its business goals.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in designing/deploying/documenting network solutions for large clients.

• 10+ years of experience in technical consulting and project leadership, including a proven ability to define and shape winning solutions for clients.

• 5+ years of experience leading teams of other technical subject matter experts and architects.

• 5 to 10 years of experience in Agile Methodology.
• Experience in designing and developing large-scale systems.
• Experience in analyzing and responding to market requirements, RFIs, etc.
• Experience with system-level testing and performance evaluation of network solutions and familiarity with related tools.

• Experience with wireless networking including Wi-Fi and cellular networking

technologies

• Experience working in multiple industries.
• Demonstrated competency and knowledge of the Python programming language.
• Experience in shell scripting and network automation platforms such as Ansible,

AWX, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, or others.

• Demonstrated competency and knowledge of Linux operating systems such as RedHat, Ubuntu, or others; containerization platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes; and virtualization technologies such as VMWare and KVM.

• Familiarity with network security, Dev-Ops, Dev-Sec-Ops, Dev-Net-Ops.

Technologies Experience

• Network L2 switching with VLANs, STP, vPC, LACP, VXLAN, Geneve. (Required)

• Network L3 routing with BGP, OSPF, EVPN, MPLS. (Required)

• Network Security firewalls VMware NSX-T, FortiGate. (Required)

• Network Security IDS/IPS, ACLs, NATs, SSL/TLS and IPSEC VPNs. (Required)

• Site-to-Site, multi-site, site-to-cloud, and client-based VPN. (Required)

• Data Center Networking (VMware NSX-T). (Required)

• Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM, AWS

• Cisco Networks NXOS, ACI and IOS based platforms in HA.

• SD-WAN networking (Velocloud, Versa, Viptela, etc).

• Load balancers (F5, NSX-T, A10, NetScalar, etc.).

• Deep network troubleshooting analysis with a network trace/dump, Wireshark, etc.

• Automation on platforms like Chef, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub or others.

Skills

• Lead teams towards a desired outcome and eliminate impediments.
• Applied enterprise automation strategies and principles.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and articulate key technologies’ impact on security, availability, cost, capacity, transformation, risk, business enablement, and transformation objectives.

• Applied client-facing ability to understand and provide guidance and recommendations on solutions to address clients’ needs, challenges and transformations.

• Evaluate risk and merit to make recommendations on available and speculative information, and make recommendations.

Studies and Certifications

• University graduate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics & Electricals or other related fields. (Required)

• Cloud certification (GCP, AWS, Azure, or any other.) (Required)
• Network and / or storage certification. (Required)*
• Cisco CCNP certification (CCIE Preferred RS, DC, or enterprise).
• Vmware certifications (VCP) on cloud, data center, security, automation.

TELUS International is a company that offers equal opportunities for everyone. We seek an inclusive work environment, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on any element of diversity.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $105,000.00-$125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Experience:

• Network Solutions designing: 10 years (required)
• Technical consulting and project leadership: 10 years (required)