Principal Network Architect - CCIE Certified

Our client is the capability centre for a Global Leader in Products and services Essentials for this role : - Experience in Architecture / Designing multiple Data centres - CCIE certified - F5 Load balancer - Palo Alto Firewall Other essentials : - Lead the design and architecture of telecommunications networks, considering scalability, redundancy, security, and performance.

- Leads the definition and communication of architecture standards, guidelines, and statements of direction by providing expertise and guidance to engineers on designing and establishing architecture standards to ensure alignment with IT strategy and target architecture.

- Reviews, contributes to and approves architecture standards or controls that meet business needs.

- Develop and present comprehensive network design proposals to stakeholders, addressing business requirements and technical specifications.

- Knowledge of hybrid multi-cloud architecture, public cloud adoption framework, workload, and application cloud migration strategy.

- Provides expertise and shares an understanding of current capability gaps, architectural gaps, and market and industry trends that can be used to set future direction.

- Create and maintain documentation related to network configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.

- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, usage, and disaster recovery.

- Deep knowledge of perimeter technologies such as Next Gen Firewall, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Global Server Load Balancing, DHCP, DNS, and SASE - Able to translate complex technical information and implications in business-oriented language.

- Experience with enterprise Architecture Review Board and governance structure.

- Ensure infrastructure architecture framework (roadmaps, product life cycle, reference architecture) are established and put in place Person Profile : - Minimum- 15 years experience, Ideally an engineer.

- Must be CCIE and experience on F5, and Palo Alto - Excellent experience in Network Architecture - multiple DC (ref:hirist.tech)