Network Architect

Position purpose:

Develops 3 to 5 years strategy for the IT infrastructure product / service specialty areas and works through roadmap planning to ensure product / service life cycle components are replaced / renewed regularly thus ensuring IT infrastructure health is sustained.

Develops target and solution architecture for IT Network infrastructure product / service specialty areas, such as for LAN campuses, telephony, network security, data center networks.

Supports IT solution construction, implementation and system integration in IT Network infrastructure product / service specialty areas; and acts as a project manager in the initial stages of the project management process, from ideation stage until end of feasibility stage

Plays an important role in the support structure as part of the escalation process, delivering product / service-related expertise.

Position scope:
Global

Key competencies requirement

(Functional)

In-depth understanding of IT infrastructure Service Strategy and Service Design, including good understanding on IT Service Delivery, including articulating the desired future state, understanding the current state, identifying the gaps between the two states and developing approaches to close these gaps in an effective and structured manner.

Has in-depth technical understanding of IT Network infrastructure products and services including cyber-security related area(s).

Good understanding on how key IT infrastructure components integrate and work together to ensure downstream quality during the end-to-end product / service development and deployment including how key operational aspects are constructed for reliability, resiliency and redundancy.

Experienced in appropriate architecture development methodologies, as well as in project management disciplines.

(Managerial)

Effective Stakeholder and Relationship Management through effective communications, including fluency in English. French is a plus.

Excellence in on-time, in-budget project delivery on scope agreed including conflict resolution, risk/issue management, management escalation and effective compliance to governance structure.

(Leadership)

Clearly articulates, and formally reports potential benefits from both structural and incremental change. Encourages and motivates colleagues to share creative ideas and learn from mistakes and failures.

Key Accountabilities :
Leads and is accountable for the success of IT Network infrastructure service / product development projects

Makes consistent use of IT architecture development techniques such as TOGAF, and develops target architecture, solution architecture for priority infrastructure services and or products; including requirements collection.

Makes consistent use of project management techniques such as initializing and planning projects, developing project cost structure, tracking and reporting project deliverables, managing risk, managing contracts, and applying project management processes and tools.

Develops 3-to-5-year long Network infrastructure product / service strategy, ensures that the necessary architecture requirements are developed in a timely manner in order to execute the network strategy through yearly Operating Plans that are properly budgeted / funded.

Participates to Architecture Review Board / Design Authority to ensure all service / product development work takes place in an aligned and coordinated way that matches overall IT enterprise strategy and architecture.

As participant to the ARB helps contribute to the overall development of the architecture competency in CEVA.

Participates in IT change programs at regional / global levels, in order that maximum business benefits can be achieved

Plays an important role in the support structure as part of the escalation process, delivering product / service-related expertise for the timely resolution of incidents and problems

May take part in the deployment of regionally and globally developed solutions, and responsible for operational excellence of the product / service developed.

Ensuring high client satisfaction for projects/engagements executed.

Interacting with IT Operations, IT Function staff/manager, Purchasing/Procurement, Legal, key subcontractors and/or with vendors during all the life cycle phases of the network solutions.

Providing technical advice / guidance to the project teams, Service Delivery and Service Desk & Monitoring groups.

Specific competency

Experience in LAN campus design, Data Center LAN/DMZ design, SD-WAN, Cisco / Fortigate firewalls, IDP/IDS, Azure, cloud-based proxy services.

ITIL Foundation Level Certification + Architecture Development Methodology (TOGAF)

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