Network Architect - Hybrid -

Company: Xlysi LLC.
Location: Houston
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities

• Work closely with business management to resolve business process and productivity needs and an appropriate technology strategy to support business goals.
• Analyze technical needs, requirements, and state of the network's infrastructure design, integration, and operations.
• Work with technical management to architect networks that effectively reflect business needs, service-level and availability requirements, and other technology parameters.
• Develop design principles, models, plans, internal standards, budgets, and processes based on industry best practices.
• Establish governing principles for network design and deployment.
• Participate in selection of networking technologies and products for implementation
• Must have strong communication skills, presentation skills, ownership acumen, and be able to deconstruct complex problems and projects into execution detail
• Lead teams of other network designers and engineers in developing detailed designs and quality-control mechanisms during implementation.
• Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves.
• In-depth understanding of business strategy and ability to communicate effectively effectively with senior business leaders and C-level executives.Required Skills
  • Expert knowledge and experience configuring and operating Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Arista switches and routers. CCIE, CCNP and Juniper certifications preferred
  • Expert in Carrier technologies including but not limited to: BGP, VRF Lite, ISIS, MPLS, BFD, CCC, GRE and RSVP
  • Expert in Routing Protocols including but not limited to: IBGP, OSPF, VRRP, VARP, HSRP, and PBR
  • Expert in administering firewall policies on multiple platforms: Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco & Fortinet
  • Experience with configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting network equipment, wireless access points, firewall policies across different platforms
  • Detailed oriented and organized
  • Excellent client relationship skills
  • Excellent documentation skills using Microsoft Office and Visio
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work early mornings and/or late nights to execute critical network changes
  • Ability to travel
  • Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using documentation and online resources
  • Works well in a fast pace environment with tight timelines for deliverable's
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