"Datacenter Architect "

Company Description

Client : 

Job Description :

Job Responsibilities:

 Responsible for translating customer requirements into consistent, compliant, value-added solutions, creating associated cost models and associated proposal documentation, managing due diligence and assisting in contract negotiations, as needed

 Participate in meetings to understand customer requirements, Due Diligence and Proposal presentation sessions

 Architect, Design and Support Customer Network & Application Solutions like Colocation, Co-hosting etc. and their variants

 Architect/re-architect, Design/re-design, Expand/Migrate Customer LAN & WAN Networks and prepare related Network Architecture/Design/Migration Documents

 Work with alliance partners like EMC, VMware, IBM and HP to create solution for customers

 Architect, Design and Support Customer Network & Application Solutions like Colocation, Co-hosting etc. and their variants

 Architect/re-architect, Design/re-design, Expand/Migrate Customer Data Centers and prepare related Network and Application Architecture/Design/Migration Documents 

 Tier-4 support of hybrid data center networks and Disaster-Recovery networks

 Design and Tier4 support of campus and wireless infrastructure

 Planning, help in testing / onboarding customer networks and solutions within AT&T Core Network and IPv6, SDN/NFV etc

 Participate in complex network transformation and outsourcing opportunities

Required Skills and Specifications:

 Extensive knowledge and experience with Data Center and Virtualization Technologies, Solutions and Architectures. Experience selling Data Center and Virtualization technologies at the engineering level through the CxO level preferred

 Expertise and good knowledge of: 

 Protocols, Technology, Features like BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, RIP, loop avoidance, Multicast PIM – DM, SM, SSM, IGRP v1, v2, v3 etc., Protocol Security, Ethernet, STP, RSTP, MSTP, VTP etc., features/techniques like VPC, VDC, FEX, ISSU, VSS, OTV, LISP, Fabric Path, QFabric Features, Fast Convergence, MPLS VPNs etc.

 Software – IOS, IOS-XR, CatOS, JunOS

 Storage networking protocols: Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NFS/CiFS, storage multi-pathing

 Device expertise – Cisco ASR 9K, GSR, ISR etc. or equivalent, Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K, QFabric, Cisco Catalyst 6500-series, other Cisco Catalyst platforms etc. or equivalent

 VMware: ESXi, vSwitch operations, SRM (site recovery manager), View, vCloud 

 Databases: Oracle, SQL, data warehousing/analytics solutions 

 Middleware: Websphere, Weblogic, JBOSS, etc. 

 Public and Private Cloud offerings and ecosystems 

 Cisco: ACE, WAAS, ASA, AnyConnect, TrustSec 

 Load Balancing techniques and scenarios (F5 – GTM, LTM/Brocade/Cisco etc.)

 Voice, Video, Data – QoS requirements

 MPLS L2 & L3 VPNs & its variants

 Non-MPLS VPNs - L2TP, IPSec, SSL, GRE, IP-in-IP VPNs etc.

 Good understanding of Network Consulting (Network Architectures/Designs, Services, Optimization of networks & services) – Network Consolidation and Migration, High-availability, Interoperability, Performance, Capacity Planning, Resiliency, Scalability etc.

 Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, negotiation and presentation skills. Ability to work effectively, add value as a team member and assume a leadership role for the team. Demonstrated technical knowledge and consultative skills. Ability to train and disseminate information within an Area or Operation.

 Creating Design Blueprints and Design Documents like 

 High Level Design (HLD) / Low Level Design (LLD), 

 Migration Procedures, 

 Fallback Procedures etc.