Network Technical Architect
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Job description
As a Technical Architect, your responsibility will be to serve as recognised subject matter expert and thought leader with deep expertise in Network infrastructure. You will leverage that expertise to perform consulting engagements, support presales activities (where appropriate), act as a trusted advisor to our clients and ensure technical end-to-end coherence in the project delivery phase.
You will operate in both small and complex environments, combining your expertise of network infrastructure elements together with your appetite of the new market trends and following our company strategy (Managed Services). Network concepts include with no limitation, the expertise in Wi-Fi, Switch/Routing (campus/DC), (SD)WAN, … in an on premises solution, in any public cloud or combination of them.
Requirements
- At least 10 years' experience in infrastructure architecture or related business. An experience in a managed services company is considered as a strong plus (Global Delivery Center, ITIL).
- Strong and proven experience in designing, deploying, and supporting large network deployments.
- Maintain a helicopter view on the whole infrastructure, from networking aspect to cloud computing and serverless functions among others.
- Conceptual knowledge of network technologies like OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, software defined networking, VPN, VLAN, VRF, 802.1x
- Familiar with concepts ZTNA, SASE, SSE
- Knowledge of vendors network technologies like Cisco, Aruba, ALE across Campus, DC LAN and WAN.
- Good understanding of the public cloud landscape (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Interest in automation and infra as a code
- Strong operational foundation and consulting experience.
- Able to structure and adapt your message to the audience profile (CIO, IT director, engineers)
- Good business acumen allowing identification of business opportunities and our clients' business needs, and delivery of consultative engagements in line with these.
- Strong knowledge of industry technologies and willingness to further maintain and broaden this knowledge.
- French or Dutch as mother tongue and good verbal and written knowledge of the other language as well as English.
- Strong personal initiative and a sense for innovation, to identify efficient and competitive solutions to our clients' needs, as well as new types of engagements and solutions.
- Work flexibility and willingness to travel if needed.
- Strong ability to work as part of a team, and to drive or lead such teams where opportune.
- Eligible and prepared to obtain NATO clearance if necessary
If you are NOT FLUENT in French or Dutch, don't apply
