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Senior Technical Architect - Network Services

Tekfortune Inc.

  • San Jose, CA
  • 19 days ago
  • $70 Per Hour

Highlights

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced network engineer with strong Network Services expertise who is looking to transition into architecture, as well as an architect who is relatively early in their architecture career. Network Services Architecture Primary Develop and maintain enterprise architecture for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and related network services.

Numbers & Facts

LocationSan Jose, CA
IndustryComputer Software
Company Size20 to 49 employees
Year Founded2014
Websitehttp://www.tekfortune.com/

Description

Job Title: Senior Technical Architect - Network Services
Location: Northborough, MA 01532 / Waltham, MA 02451
Mode : Contract (6+ Months) Onsite
Rate - $70/hr.
USC/GC only

Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Technical Architect - Network Services, LAN/WAN to join our Technical Architecture team and help design, standardize, and evolve a large-scale global enterprise network.
The primary focus of this role is Network Services, including DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (DDI), and related enterprise network services, with a secondary focus on LAN/WAN architecture.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced network engineer with strong Network Services expertise who is looking to transition into architecture, as well as an architect who is relatively early in their architecture career.
The Senior Architect will work closely with Network Engineering and other Technical Architects to develop architectures, high-level designs, standards, LLD templates, golden configurations, and implementation guidelines.
This is a Senior-level architecture position. The successful candidate will have meaningful technical ownership while working alongside experienced Principal Architects who will provide mentorship and guidance.
Responsibilities
Network Services Architecture Primary
  • Develop and maintain enterprise architecture for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and related network services.
  • Develop network services reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and implementation guidelines.
  • Design scalable, resilient, and secure Network Services solutions for a global enterprise environment.
  • Develop standards for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, address allocation, name resolution, service resiliency, and related infrastructure.
  • Evaluate Network Services technologies and architectures for scalability, security, resiliency, and operational effectiveness.
  • Contribute to Network Services technology roadmaps and lifecycle planning.
  • Partner with Engineering and platform teams to ensure Network Services architectures are practical and supportable.
LAN/WAN Architecture Secondary
  • Develop high-level designs for enterprise LAN, WAN, routing, switching, and related network technologies.
  • Apply strong LAN/WAN knowledge when designing and integrating Network Services solutions.
  • Evaluate network designs for scalability, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness.
  • Participate in LAN/WAN technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and architecture assessments.
  • Contribute to broader network architecture standards and reference designs.
Engineering Standards
  • Develop and maintain LLD templates, golden configurations, and configuration standards for Network Services and assigned LAN/WAN technologies.
  • Translate approved architecture and reference designs into practical, repeatable engineering solutions.
  • Partner with Network Engineering to validate and continuously improve these standards.
  • Develop implementation patterns that can be consistently applied across the enterprise.
Standards Compliance & Engineering Validation
  • Validate configurations and implementations against approved architecture standards, reference architectures, golden configurations, HLDs, and LLDs.
  • Perform architecture and standards compliance reviews.
  • Identify deviations from established standards and work with Engineering to resolve or formally document exceptions.
  • Provide technical guidance when implementations require interpretation of architecture standards.
  • Establish feedback loops between Architecture and Engineering to continuously improve standards and implementation practices.
Technical Leadership
  • Own assigned Network Services and LAN/WAN architecture initiatives and deliverables.
  • Review engineering designs and provide architectural guidance.
  • Mentor network engineers and share technical knowledge.
  • Create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and maintain architecture documentation.
  • Collaborate with Wireless, Security, Cloud, Desktop Compute, and other technical architects.
  • Work with vendors and technology partners on technical capabilities and solutions.
Required Qualifications
  • 12+ years of enterprise networking experience, with significant experience in Network Services and LAN/WAN environments.
  • Strong practical experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Infoblox DDI Professional (DDIP) certification preferred.
  • CCIE certification Required.
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • DNS
    • DHCP
    • IP Address Management (IPAM)
    • Enterprise LAN/WAN/SDWAN architecture
    • Routing and switching
    • BGP and OSPF
    • IPv4/IPv6
    • Network resiliency and high availability
    • Network security principles
  • Experience developing or working with network standards and design documentation.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work effectively across Architecture and Engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with enterprise DDI platforms, such as Infoblox.
  • Experience developing Network Services HLDs and LLDs.
  • Experience creating and maintaining golden configurations.
  • Experience with Cisco enterprise networking technologies.
  • Experience with SD-WAN.
  • Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
  • Familiarity with network monitoring and observability.
  • Experience with cloud and hybrid network architectures.
  • Experience working in a large global enterprise environment.

About Company

Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.

Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.

In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.

Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.

We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.

Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.

We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.

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