Network Services Architect Required at Northborough, MA OR Waltham, MA

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Hi

Role:  Network Services Architect
Location:  Northborough, MA 01532 / Waltham, MA 02451
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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.
  
  Thank You 
  ni...@sapphiresoftwaresolutions.com