Network Solution Architect

Company Description This is direct on payroll of client (confidential) Job Description Job Description:Profile Requirement for Solution Architect:Job Location: Noida – Sector 132Experience: YearsJob responsibilities· Will be the single point of contact as a solution architect for the network services portfolio· Demonstrable experience in writing and leading successful proposal response efforts and client presentation development across: Telecom services, Network solutions and Network Integration proposals.· Should have deep understanding of customer needs and will design appropriate solutions · Experience in developing value based customer proposal · Will work and communicate with Sales, business development, delivery and Engineering team to understand and meet client requirements · Ability to compose compelling, persuasive technical solutions and commercial models that are passionate about addressing customer business/Technical problems · Understanding client business process operations and business objectives; utilize knowledge on engagements/ analyzing workflow to design solutions (As-Is and To-Be Analysis and Freezing).· Understanding business environment of the clients and positioning solution sales pitch and articulating business value presentations to clients for securing profitable business.· Be independently able to lead RFP cycle · Ability to communicate effectively and work with our multiple teams to realize the technical solution · Ability to lead, respond and resolve all network related technical proposal validations · Should be able to design Delivery models, Target Operating model, Service and Commercial models.· Driving and supporting the services revenues and managing the pre-sales activities in a region(s).· Collaborate with Business Unit heads and Regional Sales teams on proposal developments, opportunity qualification and RFI/RFP pre-sales deliverables and work with commercial teams for overall proposal preparation.· Client business requirements gathering and analysis, solution architecting, designing, deployment architecture, negotiation with OEMs/Vendors, technical compliance and Vendor Interlocks.· Understanding nuances of OEM/Vendor platforms and solutions – hardware, software, licensing and ability to decide on a specific OEM/Vendor based on technical requirements and work with OEM/Vendors in finalizing solution components, prepare BoQ/BoM along with OEM/VendorQualificationsBE/B.Tech/MBA with 10-14 years of working as a solution architect for a Network services company, with emphasis on Infrastructure services and deep knowledge in WAN and Datacentre networking.Experience in delivering network projects specifically in the area of WAN, DC/Cloud , Infrastructure security, and preferred experience in new deployment models and architectures such as SDN, Virtualization security etc. CertificationsApplicant should have professional certifications (or equivalent) – CCIE, CCNPCertifications from leading vendors like Cisco, Checkpoint, MacAfee, Palo Alto, Symantec, F5 etc would be preferred TOGAF or ZACHMAN or SABSA Enterprise Architecture certification would be preferred.Skills· Good understanding of OSI layer, TCP/IP stack, TCP, UDP operation· Good knowledge of multi-vendor network products - Switches, Routers, Firewalls & Load balancers· Understanding and Working knowledge on Switching technologies – Spanning Tree protocol, Port-channelling and enterprise LAN network – 802.1X, VLAN, AD/LDAP, DNS, DHCP· Understanding and Working knowledge on Layer 3 following technologies – IPv4, IPv6, ARP, Routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Multicast & MPLS, AAA· Understanding and working knowledge on Layer 1 technologies – DWDM, OTN, TDM/SDH/Sonet and services - fiber channel, Ethernet over SDH/OTN, TDM circuits· Understanding and working knowledge on Wireless technologies – 802.11a/b/g/n/ac technology, BYOD· Experience in WLAN architecture and working principle of  WLAN component – WLC, AP, IDS and IPS, BYOD, Posture check mechanism, authentication and encryption mechanism - WPA, WPA-2, AES and TKIP· Understanding of Carrier Ethernet network services – EPL, EVPL, ELAN· Working knowledge in MPLS technologies – Layer 2 technologies  & Layer 3 MPLS VPN· Working knowledge in security technologies – IPSEC VPN, SSL VPN, DDoS, Firewall.· Working knowledge in WAN optimisation and Link load balancing technologies.· Working knowledge in customer last mile connectivity on Layer1, Layer2 & Layer3 on Wireless & Fiber media· Knowledge of virtualization technologies Hypervisor – ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM & Virtual switches· Working Knowledge of cloud technologies and solutions including public, private and hybrid cloud. Specific public cloud knowledge includeso    AWS concepts - VPC, Direct connect, Elastic storage S3, Amazon compute services EC2o   Azure Concepts – ExpressRoute, Azure Office 365, Familiarity of Azure compute services· Good understanding on Datacenter Network & WAN Transformation· Good knowledge in desiging Campus networks, WAN and MAN networks.· Experience in designing and building large scale Campus Wi-fi networks.· Working Knowledge in SD-WAN, NFV, overlay technologies – VXLAN, NVGRE· Knowledge in NMS tools – Solarwinds, HP Open View, NagiOS· Good understanding of applications – HTTP, SSL/TLS, FTP and network relation with applications· Good understanding of business applications used in enterprise networks and network relevance to effective operation of business apps – ERP, CRM, e-mail, VC, real-timeusines· Good understanding of various enterprise market segments need of IT – SMB, large enterprise, government sectors and industry verticals – manufacturing, healthcare, bio-tech and pharmaceuticals, media, education, energy, BFSI, retail· Working knowledge on system/network integration (SI/NI) capabilities· Strong oral, written, communication, documentation and presentation skills· Should have a strong business acumen to understand complex business requirements of different enterprise client· Understanding on SLA metrics such as availability & performance measures like latency, packet loss, jitter to help baseline solutions· Familiarity with at least two vendor Routing/switching platforms – Cisco, HP, Juniper and at least two Wireless platforms – Aruba, Fortinet, Cisco Qualifications Technical Graduate, CCNP/CCIE