Senior Network Architect

The Role

**Senior Network Architect OVERVIEW**: The Senior Network Architect position is responsible for making senior decisions with high levels of accountability within their area of expertise. He/she is responsible to produce documentation and recommendations for IT, & Senior Executives. He/she will also be responsible for the creation and maintenance of the architecture for the enterprise network and the operational processes to support availability, performance, and sustainability. As a trusted partner to QF clients, the specialist will advance the technology landscape of the organization while architecting solutions and resolving problems. Will foster an environment and empowers teams and facilitate the development of the fellow team members while collaborating to deliver effectively. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES: - Work with the IT team on the development of frameworks and/or service models, platforms, designs, strategy, technology selection and/or business cases - Creation or validation of SOWs, High-Level designs analysis and validate QFIT assets to support tender and projects requirements - Can analyze requirements to determine potential Network solution designs, anticipated issues, and related operational costs in their area of expertise. - Collect operational and trend statistics and to analyze performance results to validate - solutions and or services - Subject matter expert for enterprise networking, both cloud and on-premise. - Technical advisor to the operations team, recommend enhancements to the enterprise network, including capacity and performance management. - Propose solutions and review technologies which are fit for purpose - Analysis and creation of technical artifacts for the enterprise network. - Assemble technical requirements and formulate business cases, SoW, RFP documents. Provide input to the IT strategy and annual budgeting. - Review and develop standards, procedures, and operational documentation. - Analyze technical requirements and blueprints to determine designs, potential issues and related costs. Align all activities and deliverables to the enterprise architecture framework. Collaborate with the managed service provider and their resources, leveraging a solid understanding of troubleshooting techniques to recommend resolutions to issues. - Assist to establish a customer experience strategy with cooperation from the organization and management teams. - Collaborate to a high-level of professionalism, communication, coordination, and exemplary customer service principles. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES: - Maintain a high level of professionalism in communication, coordination, providing work leadership, training, and other high-level interactions - Ability to work in a highly visible role, dealing extensively with the management team and decision-makers in external organizations - Abi ity to communicate technical and business problems in a non-technical manner - Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills - Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic and high-pressure environment Proven ability to deliver tasks on

**Requirements**:
**Senior Network Architect OVERVIEW**: The Senior Network Architect position is responsible for making senior decisions with high levels of accountability within their area of expertise. He/she is responsible to produce documentation and recommendations for IT, & Senior Executives. He/she will also be responsible for the creation and maintenance of the architecture for the enterprise network and the operational processes to support availability, performance, and sustainability. As a trusted partner to QF clients, the specialist will advance the technology landscape of the organization while architecting solutions and resolving problems. Will foster an environment and empowers teams and facilitate the development of the fellow team members while collaborating to deliver effectively. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES: - Work with the IT team on the development of frameworks and/or service models, platforms, designs, strategy, technology selection and/or business cases - Creation or validation of SOWs, High-Level designs analysis and validate QFIT assets to support tender and projects requirements - Can analyze requirements to determine potential Network solution designs, anticipated issues, and related operational costs in their area of expertise. - Collect operational and trend statistics and to analyze performance results to validate - solutions and or services - Subject matter expert for enterprise networking, both cloud and on-premise. - Technical advisor to the operations team, recommend enhancements to the enterprise network, including capacity and performance management. - Propose solutions and review technologies which are fit for purpose - Analysis and creation of technical artifacts for the enterprise network. - Assemble technical requirements and formulate business cases, SoW, RFP documents. Provide input to the IT