Network Architect (DC & AI)

Location - Noida, Bengaluru, Chennai. Hyderabad & Pune
Responsibilities
Hands on experience of Software Design Network technologies
Experience in designs and implement next-generation technologies for enterprise networks.
Design expertise for multiple vendors of DC-LAN/SDN, SD-WAN and SD-LAN technologies.
Experienced in technology consulting projects:
Data Centre Transformation assessments
Definition of Infrastructure Strategies and Roadmap
Architecture Design and Implementation of Infrastructure and Automation Solutions.
Team player with strong analytical skills and the ability to understand and resolve complex problems.
Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to clearly communicate ideas and results to client and company supervisors.
Ability to lead projects single-handedly with minimum support.
Architecture Skills
Analyse infrastructure solutions
Provide infrastructure analysis services to clients and/or internal stakeholders.
Analyse and understand user/customer need and expectations, as well as alternative infrastructure architectures and trends.
Conduct analyses of technology and associated operational processes, with a view to recommending infrastructure designs and strategies that will improve service, lower costs, and prevent unforeseen operational issues.
Create architectural standards.
Interview clients’ technical teams to gather relevant information to facilitate architectural requirements definitions.
Establish, explain, and validate the solution-testing criteria for projects.
Design services in the area of technology solutions, operations architecture and Accenture standards.
Deploy solution architectures that promote a clear, consistent business vision.
Conduct analysis of alternative architectures and define a solution's cost-of-ownership.
Articulate key aspects of architecture and design (e.g., scalability, availability, manageability, robustness, appropriate incorporation of new technology) through models, documentation, and code; present architectures to executive management, clients, and developer teams.
Execute projects using various technology solutions.
Perform Network Assessment from Network Data perspective and recommend growth path/enhancement.
Qualifications
Technical bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Required Skills
Must have:
Minimum 14+ years of IT experience in designing, implementing & other network technologies
Understanding and on experience in Cisco AI-POD/Juniper AI Datacenter solution/Nvidia AIDC, SDN (NSX), SDWAN (Cisco Catalyst SDWAN, Velocloud, Versa, EdgeConnect, Cloudgenix and others) and SD-LAN
Understanding and experience of broad network concepts [not limited to]:
mainly Protocols [BGP, OSPF]
Switching [Campus Switching]
Tunneling communication (i.e., IPsec, VXLAN)
RoCv2/Infinband networking
Data Center Network [Tiered designs, Leaf/Spine, VXLAN, DCI]
APP optimizers [LB’s, WAN Optimizers]
Wireless
L2/L3 EVPN VXLAN fabrics
Multi-pod DC architectures
AI POD connectivity
East-West traffic optimization
Understanding on “Software Define” Networking in any of the space [DC, WAN and Campus]
Experience in Design, Build and Migration of Large Networking transformation solution in DC, WAN and/or Campus.
At least 1 Infrastructure Advanced Certification from different OEM (VMware, Cisco, etc.)
Preferred Skills
Nice to have:
Next gen Firewall experience (PaloAlto/Checkpoint/Fortigate)
Experience in DDI (DHCP, DNS, IPPAM) solutions like Infoblox and Efficient IP.
Experience with automation and Orchestration of infrastructure operational processes (Ansible, Terraform, Python etc.).

Work arrangement
No