Network Solutions Architect

Be more than just an employee. Join New Era's growing team and experience a corporate culture that promotes personal and professional development. We are looking for team members to contribute to and deliver our mission to "securely connect people, places, and information in a rapidly changing digital world." Work alongsidethe finest team of highly skilled and industry certified professionals who are encouraged to drive change and think outside of the box. As a team member, you will receive competitive benefits, industry training, and certifications.

New Era Technology is a global IT integrator with 2,500+ employees delivering Collaboration, Cloud, Data Networking, Security, Large Venue, and Corporate AV and Managed Service Solutions to more than 9,000 customers.

We currently have a need for a Network Solutions Architect to design and implement solutions for Global Network Infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant work experience in Networking, Network Security, and overseeing strategic Technology Programs at Enterprise Clients. Global Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or Managed Service experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities:

Consult with clients to discuss requirements or plans for new solutions.
Develop engineering solutions and explain technologies to customers. Help them with gathering requirements and finding a solution for hardware and engineering services.
Provide recommendations on viability, implementation strategies and optimal implementation of solutions.
Review technical requirements with Account Management team as well as the client and prepare statement of work (SOW's), level of effort and bill of materials (BOM's) for projects.
Develop design and system configuration based on technical requirements
Recommend enhancements/changes to system design as appropriate
Develop and deploy scalable solutions for LAN, WAN, WLAN, Firewalls, and other network devices.
Identify, research, evaluate and implement emerging network technologies.
Responsible for configuration, installation and maintenance and in-depth troubleshooting tasks and documenting any network issues.
Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with vendors.
Escalation of problems as appropriate to management.
Create standard deployment and support documentation to be handed over to the network operations group
Train deployment/field engineers for on-site deployment/troubleshooting
Skills required:

Bachelor's degree in related technical/business areas
10+ years' experience with enterprise-level network design and deployment with Cisco technologies
Experience preparing SOW and BOMs.
Proficient with the design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and monitoring of core routing and switching, LAN/WAN/ MAN services
Proficient in routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, MPLS-TP
Experience with Nexus 9k, 7k, 5k, 2k configuration and design.
Familiarity and/or hands on experience with SDWAN and Cloud Solutions.
Experience designing data center infrastructures with ACI and SDN.
Through understanding of IP concepts including routing, VLAN's, QoS, tuning and capacity management concepts
Utilizing scripting tools
Ability to analyze and design network systems to achieve efficient and secure operation
Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, including packet-level traffic analysis
Current Cisco data networking certifications i.e. CCNP, CCDP, CCIE strongly preferred.
Experience working in large enterprise networks is desired. The ability to work under pressure and interface with senior management will be key to these roles.
Physical Demands:

Regular use of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other office equipment.
Regular, repetitive movements such as typing, mouse movements, and scrolling. Ability to hear and understand spoken communications, both in person and via remote communication tools (e.g., phone, video conferencing).
Ability to see and read computer screens and printed documents, as well as adjust focus. This includes prolonged periods of looking at a computer screen.

Position is onsite in Paramus, NJ two days a week, must be local to the Paramus, NJ area.