Henry Ford Health System
Network Architect | Full Time
Henry Ford Health System, Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
GENERAL:
Interpret business requirements into technical network solutions framework. Provide technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints. Liaise with enterprise, server and applications architects to ensure alignment across technology portfolios.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical direction and frameworks to meet business needs
Provide expert consultation for major network initiatives or incidents
Produce and/or endorse network standards
Provide advice and recommendations specific to customer requirements
Evaluate emerging technologies against business and IT strategic needs
Serve as a key representative on major network initiatives
Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network's infrastructure design, integration, and operations
Work with technical management to architect networks that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters
Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes based on industry best practices
Establish governing principles for network design and deployment
Participate in selection of networking technologies and products for implementation
Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves
Update standards and guidelines
Write technical and business documentation
Liaise with management and support teams
Assist in scoping and costing of projects
Guide and influence team members and business colleagues
Work with other SMEs and technical support teams in the pursuit of technically excellent solutions
Produce technically excellent solutions architecture that is aligned to business needs and direction
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field, or 10 year of related work experience.
Eight (8) years of more experience designing and implementing comprehensive network solutions using Avaya, Cisco, or Juniper Products.
Certification required include Cisco and or Juniper. Advanced knowledge of protocols including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and EIGRP, SPB, TRILL.
Strong IPV4 and IPV6 skills.
Knowledge of WAN technologies.
Knowledge of redundancy and high availability protocols such as VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, SLB, LACP, PAGP.
Advanced knowledge of network virtualization technologies including MPLS, VRF, VLAN, VSS.
Advanced knowledge of tunneling protocols including IPSEC, GRE, L2TPv3.
Data Center and high availability design experience.
Advanced knowledge of Quality of Service.
Experience with VOIP components and converged networks.
Experience with network security standards.
Knowledge of Avaya, Cisco, and Juniper network hardware models including: Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load balancers, Packet Analysis, and WAN Accelerators.
Additional Information
Organization: Corporate Services
Department: Ntwrk Fac & Trans Srvcs
Shift: Day Job
Union Code: Not Applicable
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Interpret business requirements into technical network solutions framework. Provide technology roadmaps governed by strategic direction, business requirements as well as resourcing and financial constraints. Liaise with enterprise, server and applications architects to ensure alignment across technology portfolios.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical direction and frameworks to meet business needs
Provide expert consultation for major network initiatives or incidents
Produce and/or endorse network standards
Provide advice and recommendations specific to customer requirements
Evaluate emerging technologies against business and IT strategic needs
Serve as a key representative on major network initiatives
Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network's infrastructure design, integration, and operations
Work with technical management to architect networks that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters
Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes based on industry best practices
Establish governing principles for network design and deployment
Participate in selection of networking technologies and products for implementation
Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves
Update standards and guidelines
Write technical and business documentation
Liaise with management and support teams
Assist in scoping and costing of projects
Guide and influence team members and business colleagues
Work with other SMEs and technical support teams in the pursuit of technically excellent solutions
Produce technically excellent solutions architecture that is aligned to business needs and direction
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field, or 10 year of related work experience.
Eight (8) years of more experience designing and implementing comprehensive network solutions using Avaya, Cisco, or Juniper Products.
Certification required include Cisco and or Juniper. Advanced knowledge of protocols including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and EIGRP, SPB, TRILL.
Strong IPV4 and IPV6 skills.
Knowledge of WAN technologies.
Knowledge of redundancy and high availability protocols such as VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, SLB, LACP, PAGP.
Advanced knowledge of network virtualization technologies including MPLS, VRF, VLAN, VSS.
Advanced knowledge of tunneling protocols including IPSEC, GRE, L2TPv3.
Data Center and high availability design experience.
Advanced knowledge of Quality of Service.
Experience with VOIP components and converged networks.
Experience with network security standards.
Knowledge of Avaya, Cisco, and Juniper network hardware models including: Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load balancers, Packet Analysis, and WAN Accelerators.
Additional Information
Organization: Corporate Services
Department: Ntwrk Fac & Trans Srvcs
Shift: Day Job
Union Code: Not Applicable
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