Senior Technology Architect

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• The Resource will provide strategic advice and technical expertise on Data Centre Network (DCN) infrastructure services in order to facilitate the development and deployment of complex NM operationalization plans.
• New DCN Technologies will consist of modernized Network architecture and technologies including switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and SDWAN technology to be delivered based on the client's service specifications, standards, policies, best practices and cost models.
• This will include the drafting of strategic documents, presentations, financial models.
• The Resource will also lead and/or support the posting of Second stage RFD's (request for deliverables) working with various Government Data Centre Operations support teams to accomplish a successful RFD outcome.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Parameters:

• Demonstrated 10+ years' experience working at an Enterprise level in a technical or business capacity with experience in n-Tiered Data Centre Networks and Tier IV Data Centre environments.

Experience deploying new complex DCN Technologies in Tier-IV Certified Data Centre - 20%:

• 10+ years preparing/developing and executing implementation and cutover plans for modernized Data Centre Network gear such as routers, switches, firewalls and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Fabric environments related to complex Enterprise Data Centre Networks hosted in a certified Tier-IV Data Centre.
• 8+ years' experience evaluating, analyzing and developing Data Centre Network strategies and models and working in environments that are subject to annual SysTrust and PCI audits.

Experience Analyzing and Evaluating Service Delivery Models for DCN - 10%:

• 8+ years' conducting business analysis related to Data Centre service delivery and evaluating service delivery models for next generation services such as Hybrid Cloud; on-premis private and off-premise public cloud, IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS.