Job Description

Job Posting: Senior Network Architect

Wonderbrands, is a leading North American bakery with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads. We are one of the largest bakeries in North America and makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D\xe2\x80\x99Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa.

Wonderbrands, is now part of the FGF Brands group of companies, unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. At Wonderbrands, we have a start-up mentality. We are a team of innovators, thinkers and go-getters building an organization for generations to come.
Under direction from the Sr. Manager, Network & Telecom Services, the Senior Network Architect will be responsible for the design, implementation and support of Wonderbrands mission-critical network Infrastructure deployed at our North American Datacenters and Branch locations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with key Support and Technology vendors, define Enterprise Hardware & Software standards for LAN & WAN infrastructure technologies across North America.
• Designing, planning and implementation of defined Enterprise standards for LAN & WAN infrastructure technologies to satisfy business requirements, capacity, and costs.
• Develop and update test plans used to evaluate new services, new equipment and software/firmware releases.
• Develop and document processes and procedures needed to deploy, provision, test, and repair LAN/WAN infrastructure systems.
• Provide Third-Level technical support to Server, Manufacturing, and Business Application teams.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Sr. Network Analysts and Network Analysts.
• Review, evaluate and test vendors, hardware, suppliers, services, systems, processes, software/firmware releases.
• Interact and liaise with various departments to develop processes and systems and with vendors/suppliers for negotiations.
• Develop technology roadmaps.
• Document defined LAN/WAN infrastructure standards.
• Travel to Datacenters and Branch Locations across North America for problem/issue resolution and design/implementation requirements.
• Provide after hours on-call support on a rotational basis

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of experience in designing/deploying/documenting network solutions for large clients.
• 10+ years of experience in technical consulting and project leadership.
• 5+ years of experience leading teams of other technical subject matter experts and architects.
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines and able to react to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including management, clients, other departments and vendors.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.
• Must be able to learn, understand and apply new technologies.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Proficient with the following:

• Network L2 switching with VLANs, STP, vPC, LACP, VXLAN.
• Network L3 routing with BGP, OSPF, EVPN, MPLS.
• Next-generation Security firewalls Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point
• Network Security IDS/IPS, ACLs, NATs, SSL/TLS and IPSEC VPNs.
• Site-to-Site, multi-site, site-to-cloud, and client-based VPN.
• Datacenter Networking (eg. CISCO ACI, and other SDN\'s)
• Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM, AWS, Cloud services.
• Cisco Networks NXOS, ACI and IOS based platforms in HA.
• SD-WAN networking (Velocloud, Versa, Viptela, etc).
• Load balancers (F5, NSX-T, A10, NetScalar, etc.).
• Deep network troubleshooting analysis with a network trace/dump, Wireshark, etc.
• Proficient in Fortinet, Cisco, Aruba technologies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• These qualifications are preferred, but not mandatory:
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Cisco Certified Inter-network Expert or other related equipment vendor training
• Security Certifications (Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto)
• University graduate in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics & Electricals or other related fields
• Cloud certification (GCP, AWS, Azure, or any other)
• Network and / or storage certification.
• Cisco CCNP certification (CCIE Preferred RS, DC, or enterprise).

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