Randstad Digital Americas ยท 1 day ago
Sr Solution Architect V
Richardson, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $223K/yr
15+ years expRandstad Digital Americas is seeking a Sr Solution Architect V to lead customer engagements and act as a liaison throughout the design and engineering process for various projects. The role involves providing guidance to field staff, resolving technical issues, and validating designs while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Development of strategic approaches for NDI in vertical go-to-market initiatives as well as thought leadership for communication of reference architectures
Pre-sale engagement design formation (technical design and analysis)
Communication of network designs to various stake holders, 3rd party vendor evaluation and selection, support technical change management for the network design as it is being deployed
Must be able to support delivery of high-level engineering and migration plans (on need basis) supporting various Tier1/Tier 2 ISP customer network migrations
Published whitepapers and perform speaking engagements for the target markets
Qualification
Required
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication, or related field
CCIE/JNCIE/CCIP/JNCIP or NOKIA certifications highly preferred or equivalent qualification or deep understanding of the concepts and related working experience
Strong working knowledge of enterprise networks and SD-WAN is preferred
Strong communication skills and prior experience in presenting complex solutions to large enterprise or State and Local Government customers
Understanding of the networking concepts and guidelines behind traditional routing, switching, and system design
Provide internal and external guidance on the key customer network, data center infrastructure, and security issues
Expert level relationship management, communications skills, and interpersonal skills to manage face to face communications on a daily basis with multiple levels of customer management and engineering staff across multiple departments within the host company in a responsible and professional fashion
Customer Culture - Development/Analytics environment. The candidate does not need code development skills but needs to be able to efficiently describe basic TCP/IP/UDP and networking behavior/fundamentals to the developers
Must be willing to listen to customer ideas and work through potential designs that may or may not be implemented
Ability to apply deep knowledge and experience to real-world scenarios, be it Broadband networks, Service provider IP/MPLS networks, Enterprise, Utilities, and/or transportation networks
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/tasks and work calmly under pressure
Self-starter, team player, personable, enthusiastic, hardworking, and enjoys interfacing with customers at CTO level and internal cross functional teams including Sales, Project management teams, delivery teams, and operations teams on a day-to-day basis
Familiarity, deep understanding, and hands on experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 RFC Standards / IETF Standards at Architect Level and senior engineer level
Open to learning new technologies, LAB build outs, Test plan developments for acceptance tests
15 to 20+ years of experience in the industry in a similar role
Working Knowledge and hands-on experience with Network layer 2/3, BGP, IGP, MPLS/Ethernet, MPLS VPNs, segment routing, VPLS, DWDM technology etc
Strong Experience and hands on skills with layer 2 Ethernet switching networking concepts and layer 3 networking concepts the BGP, OSPF, ISIS, Segment Routing, IP/MPLS and traffic engineering, IPSec, VPN, MPLS, e-LAN, E-Line service delivery models, GRE, QoS, IPv4/v6, firewall and vpn concepts
Expert level troubleshooting methodology to isolate and identify configuration, design, and software anomalies; ability to articulate findings in written and verbal communications with development level engineering staff and service delivery teams and other cross functional teams within the organizations and to external customers
Hands-on experience with Fiber Access FTTH / GPON/XGPON technologies and related network, Layer 3 BNG design and deployment and experience with Calix/Adran/Nokia vendors is desired and a plus
Automation experience with Python for test automations, MOP (Method of Procedure) and configuration generation (CLI / scripting) on devices based on L2/L3 network designs, test plan development and test case executions and design validations in the in-house LAB is desired and a big plus
Working experience with vertical markets, government, service providers is a plus
Benefits
Medical
Prescription
Dental
Vision
AD&D
Life insurance offerings
Short-term disability
401K plan
Company
Randstad Digital Americas
Randstad Digital is a trusted digital enablement partner that facilitates accelerated transformation for businesses by providing global talent, capacity, and solutions across specialized domains.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Graig Paglieri
CEO, Randstad Digital Americas
Pascal de Hesselle
SVP, Executive Client Partner - Technology, Media & Telecom
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