Sr Network Architect

• Senior Network Architect | HM- Ashish Pawar
• Your Day at Altera Digital Health
• The Senior Network Architect is a highly skilled subject matter expert responsible for designing, architecting, and leading complex and strategic network initiatives.
• This role involves setting network technology standards, driving innovation, and providing technical leadership in network infrastructure design and implementation.
• The Senior Network Architect plays a pivotal role in shaping network strategies and ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Location: Pune, India – Remote
• Experience: 15–18+ Years
• Certification:CCIE – Mandatory

What You'll Be Doing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of advanced network solutions, including LAN, WAN, Data Center, Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud environments.
• Develop highly scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing network architectures to meet current and future business requirements.
• Define and establish network technology standards, best practices, architecture principles, and technology roadmaps.
• Evaluate new networking technologies and recommend their adoption based on business and technical requirements.
• Contribute to strategic network initiatives that align with the company's long-term technology and business goals.
• Introduce innovative solutions and approaches to enhance network performance, security, availability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead and manage network projects from inception through completion.
• Ensure project objectives are achieved, resources are allocated effectively, and project milestones are delivered successfully.
• Collaborate closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders to ensure network solutions align with overall business strategies.
• Serve as a senior-level subject matter expert and provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to network engineering and operations teams.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with network vendors, service providers, cloud providers, and technology partners.
• Evaluate vendor offerings and technical solutions and provide recommendations aligned with organizational requirements.
• Lead efforts to optimize network performance by analyzing traffic patterns, implementing appropriate QoS strategies, improving network resiliency, and enhancing availability.
• Stay current with emerging networking technologies, industry trends, and technology developments and assess their applicability to the organization.
• Develop and maintain high-level network documentation, including architecture diagrams, HLD/LLD documents, configuration templates, standards, and technical guidelines.
• Perform network capacity planning to accommodate anticipated business growth and evolving technology requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership for network transformation, modernization, migration, and optimization initiatives.
• Lead architecture reviews and ensure network designs comply with established enterprise standards, security requirements, and best practices.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex network architecture, performance, and connectivity issues.

Knowledge and Attributes

• Extensive understanding of advanced networking concepts, protocols, architectures, and services.
• Extensive proficiency in designing, configuring, and managing complex network environments, including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, SD-WAN, and cloud networking technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of advanced network protocols and technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VXLAN/EVPN, SD-WAN, QoS, IPv4/IPv6, and advanced security protocols.
• Strong understanding of enterprise LAN, WAN, Data Center, Internet, and Hybrid Cloud architectures.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud networking.
• Strong understanding of network security architecture, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, network segmentation, and secure connectivity.
• Extensive hands-on experience with network monitoring, analysis, troubleshooting, and performance management tools.
• Excellent documentation, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Extensive proficiency in network administration, configuration, and architecture tools.
• Proven experience leading and managing large-scale network architecture, transformation, and migration projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient network architectures.
• Strong ability to align network strategies and technology roadmaps with business objectives.
• Ability to work effectively with global teams, senior leadership, vendors, service providers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Active CCIE certification is mandatory.
• Preferred CCIE specializations include:
• CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
• CCIE Service Provider
• CCIE Security
• Relevant cloud certifications such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud are preferred.
• Additional networking or security certifications are an advantage.

Required Experience

• Minimum 15–18+ years of experience in the Network and Security domain.
• Extensive experience in network engineering, architecture, and progressively responsible technical leadership roles.
• Extensive experience working in large-scale enterprise networking environments.
• Extensive experience designing and architecting complex LAN and WAN environments.
• Extensive experience with network security and enterprise security architectures.
• Extensive experience with Data Center networking and connectivity.
• Extensive experience with cloud networking, including Azure and/or AWS.
• Extensive experience with SD-WAN and software-defined networking (SDN) concepts.
• Proven experience with network transformation, modernization, migration, and optimization initiatives.
• Proven experience working with network vendors, ISPs, cloud providers, and technology partners.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership and architectural direction to engineering and operations teams.

Mandatory Requirements

• 15–18+ years of relevant Network and Security experience.
• Active CCIE certification – Mandatory.
• Strong enterprise network architecture and design experience.
• Expert-level Cisco networking experience.
• Strong expertise in BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, and Data Center networking.
• Strong experience with network security technologies.
• Strong experience with cloud and hybrid network architectures.
• Proven experience leading complex network projects and strategic initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.