About the role

  • Network Architect managing lifecycle and operational excellence of Rockwell's enterprise network architecture. Collaborating with operations and engineering teams in a hybrid environment in India.

Responsibilities

  • Create the full lifecycle management of network architecture, including planning, design, deployment, operations and decommissioning
  • Develop a framework for ongoing network health assessments, upgrades, and retirement planning to align with business and technology needs
  • Provide inputs into the optimization of our lifecycle processes to ensure minimal downtime and future scale
  • Coordinate with automation teams to promote the approach for network infrastructure to use automation tools and CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment of operating systems, hardware, and other technologies
  • Help maintain network-as-code solutions to improve the efficiency, consistency and reliability of the network and its multiple elements
  • Collaborate with teams and departments to integrate network automation into broader IT, cloud and DevOps strategies
  • Lead proactive bug scrub processes to ensure timely identification, resolution and prevention of network issues while keeping the environment current with evolving software features
  • Establish procedures for continuous improvement based on lessons learned from root cause analysis and performance monitoring
  • Help troubleshoot and remediation, for complex network issues using expertise to resolve challenges quickly
  • Be a subject matter expert and advocate for the best practices in network lifecycle management to influence and mentor peers
  • Develop high-level and detailed network architecture designs and diagrams tailored to meet overall our goals
  • Coordinate with Network Security to ensure architectural designs, and configurations, meet business, regulatory and security requirements

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field
  • Diploma holders are eligible if they have subsequently completed a degree at least one qualification must be from a regular full-time program
  • 10+ years of experience in designing and managing enterprise network infrastructures with a focus on lifecycle management
  • Expertise in network protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF), technologies (SD-WAN), and platforms (Cisco, Palo Alto, F5)
  • Advanced certifications (CCIE-EI)
  • Proficiency in network automation tools and scripting (Python, Ansible)
  • Experience with network DevOps methodology to include CI/CD integration
  • Expertise in managing bug scrubs and implementing preventative solutions
  • Technical writing skills for planned and corrective process documentation and lifecycle activities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive mindfulness programmes with a premium membership to Calm
  • Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
  • Company volunteer and donation matching programme – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
  • On-demand digital course library for professional development
  • Other local benefits

Job title

Network Architect

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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