Job Code : - 6916-2-12 / 8
Hi Team,
Need your support for below role.
Principal Network Solution Architect
Washington, DC
JD : -
Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & Vision : Drive the overall direction, guidance, and definition of the enterprise network architecture program, ensuring alignment with the client's long-term business strategy.
- Architectural Design : Lead the creation of formal Conceptual and Solution Network Architectures and present these designs for review and approval to the Enterprise Architecture Review Council and senior leadership.
- Stakeholder Management : Interface across all business and IT areas, acting as a visionary to proactively define directions for future IT projects and build consensus on proposed solutions.
- Execution & Leadership : Conceive strategies and solutions, build consensus, and drive the execution of approved solutions across the entire project life cycle (kickoff, requirements, design, implementation).
- Standards & Best Practices : Ensure all new applications and servers are built with network best practices, promoting reusability and supporting the established Enterprise Architecture framework.
- Change Advocacy : Serve as a Change Agent , effectively challenging the status quo and guiding project teams to embrace improved methods and newer technologies.
- Mentorship : Demonstrate the ability to think and operate on both the strategic and tactical levels, providing guidance and support to ensure short-term solutions complement long-term goals.
Required Qualifications
Experience : Fifteen (15) to twenty (20) years of experience in multiple IT areas, with ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of relevant technology network architecture experience.Technical Expertise : Expert level hands-on routing and switching architecture and engineering capabilities across Data Center and enterprise network architectures.Certification : Current CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) certification.Education : Bachelor's degree, specialized training, or equivalent work experience.Communication : Excellent oral and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present complex architectural designs to senior staff and business leaders.Project History : Demonstrated success at developing solutions that solve complex business problems.Preferred Qualifications
Architectural Knowledge : Well-grounded in state-of-the-art principles of architectural modeling , Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Enterprise Information Management.Program Scale : Experience as a Network Solution Architect for two or more large-scale, heterogeneous IT programs.Frameworks : Demonstrated knowledge of Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks.Industry Context : Transportation Industry experience.Advanced Networking : Broad IT experience in networking technologies beyond core routing and switching.