Network Architect - Albany, NY - Georgia IT Inc.
Albany, NY, GA
About the Job
Job Title : Network Architect
Location : Albany, NY
Position Type : Contract
Rate : DOE $/hr on W2
Interview Process : Phone
Green Card, U.S Citizens and GC-EAD
Responsibilities:
Position Requirements:
Formal Education & Certification
Knowledge & Experience
Location : Albany, NY
Position Type : Contract
Rate : DOE $/hr on W2
Interview Process : Phone
Green Card, U.S Citizens and GC-EAD
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
- Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
- Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
- Establish service level agreements with end users.
- Provides "ownership” of problem thru final resolution.
- Plan, acquire, and coordinate installation of in-house and remote hardware and software across the organization's network.
- Conduct research and make recommendations on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
- Prepare contracts, scope of work reports, and other documentation for IT projects and associated efforts.
- Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
- Negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
- Assess, approve, and administer all equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
- Manage and ensure effectiveness of servers, including e-mail, print, and backup servers, and their associated operating systems and software. Responsible for on-site and off-site data centers.
- Manage and ensure optimal operation of all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, hubs, UPSs, and so on.
- Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, and intrusion detection systems.
- Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization's executives, decision-makers, stakeholders, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent network activities.
- Test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining network infrastructure.
- Test server performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining server infrastructure.
- Oversee the administration of user accounts, permissions, and access rights in AD.
- Direct and administrate a contingent of network analysts and technicians, and where necessary, conduct performance reviews and corrective action.
- Provide guidance to junior members of the team.
- Manage infrastructure projects.
Position Requirements:
Formal Education & Certification
- Four-year university degree or college diploma required, preferably in the field of computer science or other related academic fields.
Knowledge & Experience
- Five years of experience managing and configuring enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, VPNs, etc.
- Exceptional knowledge of service and application delivery, as well as successful service level agreement accomplishments.
- Two years successful leadership of an infrastructure team.
- Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards, including Active Directory, Group Policies, MS Exchange, Core Switching/Routing, SSL/IPSec, SAN, Virtualization, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery.
- Experience in interpreting the applicability of local and federal laws/regulations (including data privacy practices and laws) to company operations.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting hardware such as servers, routers, bridges, switches, hubs, modems, network interface cards, and so on.
- Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts, data processing concepts, and telecommunications principles.
- Experience installing network cabling and telephony systems.
- Advanced network skills on the following systems:
- Cisco routers
- Cisco switches
- Dell network switches
- Juniper VPN devices including SSG and SRX series.
- Checkpoint firewalls
- Aerohive wireless systems
- Dell wireless systems
- F5 VPN systems
- Use in-depth network administration hardware and software tools to monitor the network environment, including but not limited to:
- Dell Open Manage
- Solar Winds Orion
- Fluke Network Analyzer
Source : Georgia IT Inc.
