Network Architect
About the Role
This company is seeking a visionary, growth-minded leader for the role of Sr. Manager, Network Architecture at their headquarters in Benton Harbor, MI. Operating on-site five days a week for in-person collaboration and innovation. You will directly oversee, mentor, and inspire a broad team of over 20+ network experts. In this high-visibility sr. leadership role, you will report straight to the Director of Infrastructure & Operations and be uniquely poised as a successor for this Director-level position. You will champion the vitality and evolution of our multi-service data network, driving global technology decisions that accelerate business innovation and cloud-native automation. Balancing executive strategy with operational excellence, you will also optimize workflows and delegate critical support processes to our strategic support suppliers (NOC).
How You Will Win
- Directly oversee, mentor, and empower a broad team of 20 network experts, cultivating a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous growth.
- Plan and architect enterprise-scale LAN, WAN, Wireless, and Data Center deployments. Spearhead the integration of core network services, including L2/L3 switching, BGP and EIGRP routing, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Load Balancing, IPAM, DNS/DHCP, Firewalls, IPSec VPN, and SD-WAN.
- Champion the design, implementation, and maintenance of our multi-region, multi-cloud (AWS/GCP/OCI) network environment, seamlessly supporting our IaaS VPCs and accelerating our cloud-native (PaaS) capabilities.
- Lead and participate in high-impact network security initiatives, including driving critical manufacturing segmentation deployments to secure our global footprint.
- Serve as the ultimate escalation point, providing expert trouble resolution for critical, high-priority core network issues. Ensure after hours support coverage to sustain network service levels which include complex technical changes to support projects and or operations deployments (24/7).
- Proactively identify essential network maintenance tasks and build the structured processes needed to implement them flawlessly.
- Evaluate, manage, and evolve our core network monitoring and diagnostic tools, ensuring our NOC has the deep visibility and mature workflows required to proactively support our global network.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 8+ years experience as a Network/Cloud/Infrastructure Architect
Preferred Skills and Experiences
- AWS Certified (Solutions Architect or Advanced Networking)
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification
- Cisco CCNP
- ITIL v3 Foundation Certification
- Knowledge of SD-WAN technologies
- Knowledge of manufacturing segmentation architectures with deployment experience
- Knowledge of system monitoring and management tools such as Solarwinds
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- Analytical skills, experience solving practical issues, and engaging teams of multiple process partners to consensus
- Experience managing third-party vendors both for operations support and project delivery, such as network refresh (life-cycle management) programs
- Experience in a Global and International work environment
- Experience designing and implementing connectivity and troubleshooting within AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms, including an understanding of the cloud provider platforms, and their native networking services/tools
- Experience with Cisco equipment and operating systems, including configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and support of routers and switches
- Experience conducting short- and long-term planning to meet network requirements
- LAN and WAN protocols and topologies (EIGRP, BGP, MPLS)
- Experience with switching technologies (VLANs, Spanning-Tree, VSS)
- Experience in security technologies including Palo Alto firewalls, VPN and Remote Access
Pay
The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $100.00/hr.
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