Network Architect

Compensation:
$80,979.00 - $97,173.00
Compensation Type:
Salary
Employment Type:
Regular
Grade:
E08
Position Summary
The Network Architect is responsible for designing, maintaining, and managing the IT network systems, including LAN, WAN, and Data Center networks. A Network Architect takes CNM's business strategy and defines an IT network systems architecture to support that strategy. The Network Architect assists the organization with interpreting, using, and applying the information contained within IT architecture deliverables to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the design, development, enhancement, implementation, and maintenance of network technology platforms. The Network Architect helps ensure the interoperability and sustainability of the organization's technology ecosystem from an infrastructure and network architecture perspective. The Network Architect also ensures that all new platforms, systems, applications, and integrations fit within the organization's ecosystem's overall architecture from various perspectives, including but not limited to security, infrastructure, applications and data systems.

• Designs, architects, and creates engineering specifications for the CNM enterprise (Main and all campuses) network, Internet/Telecomm, and unified communications (voice and collaboration) ecosystems and platforms. Creates project bid specifications, obtains cost estimates and develops project budgets and forecasts for the CNM enterprise (Main and all campuses).
• Provides hands-on support and manages the team that monitors, troubleshoots, and supports the network ecosystem (routers, switches, wireless access points, etc.).
• Supervises Network/Telecommunication Infrastructure engineers, administrators, technicians, and specialists. Oversees, leads, and coordinates the activities of the voice, network and telecommunications technical and/or support staff on a daily basis.
• Recommends and participates in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the overall enterprise architecture.
• Drives network innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT ecosystem.
• Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, aligning with the ITS budgeting or other capital planning processes.
• Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement. In addition, lead the analysis of the technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the network technology architecture.
• Assists with designing the governance, assurance, and routine activities to ensure network technology architecture compliance.
• Oversees, or consult on, technology implementation and modification activities (for example, projects), particularly for new or shared infrastructure solutions. Consult on application or infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise technology architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise technical architecture (ETA) to accommodate immediate or future project needs.
• Participates and facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards and the design of standard configurations.
• Documents necessary enterprise technology architecture design and analysis work, possibly including project postmortem documentation and metric collection.
• Reviews and assess technology projects, initiatives, and assets along with everyday processes and procedures and ensure that the technology components align with the ITS technology ecosystem.
• Develops a plan with ITS leadership and peers to update processes, procure new resources and/or restructure platforms in order to align expectations with current IT strategy.
• Coordinates with ITS directors and other technical staff to collaborate on the strategic development of internal technical work.
• Searches for areas where cost reduction opportunities may be available, such as cases where workflow may be duplicated across departments, platforms, or colleges.
• Contributes ideas and insight to help optimize corporate information management resources to stay current with evolving business trends and new technologies.
• Creates architecture designs, context diagrams, and other artifacts (at conceptual and logical level) of proposed and existing systems in the enterprise with the aim to make the systems sustainable, scalable, and future-proof.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of related experience, and current CCNA
• OR
• Associates Degree and nine (9) years of related experience, and current CCNA
• OR
• Current CCNP and eleven (11) years of related experience