Senior Network Architect

An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!

Overview

As a senior member of the Network Architecture team, you are responsible for the design, documentation and deployment of services within a global Managed Service Provider IP / MPLS network.

Primary focus is on designing solutions such as large-scale SD-WAN, IPSec and MPLS VPN, IP multicast solutions and across wired and wireless comms.

The role comes at an exciting time for TNS as we integrate services into private- and public-cloud environments, with a focus on automation and orchestration of services and look to transform to a NetDevOps model, where this role will play a key part.

The position requires technical expertise across multiple areas and functions - ability to work with pre-sales and internal teams on requirements gathering, creation of high-level and detailed design specs, ability to work alongside development teams to automate configuration, delivery and support processes, and ownership of overall projects.

Selected candidate will also work with strategic vendors for solution evaluation and customization and will provide third-level Operations support for incident resolution, and leadership over critical operational maintenance works.

Responsibilities

• Design and test new technologies, features, and solutions and documenting the results so that they can be repeated by members of the Implementations team and supported by the Network Operations Center
• Work closely with Pre-Sales Engineers and Product Marketing to understand customer requirements and develop scalable, consistent and supportable technical solutions
• Work with existing and new vendors to evaluate platforms and solutions for integration in TNS' product suite.
• Provide third-level support to TNS' Network Operations Center staff, and Implementations teams
• Develop and document detailed lab test plans and reports, document procedures and new configurations, provide training for operations departments and other engineers, provide written troubleshooting, debugging, and problem detail to vendors.
• Interact with vendors to resolve problems and bugs, and perform hands-on testing, configuration, and troubleshooting

Qualifications

Essential Skills :

The following technical expertise is sought, transferable skills in other areas of network and infrastructure design and support will also be strongly considered :

Desirable Skills :

If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!

TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability / handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.