Solution Architect - Waltham, United States - National Grid

National Grid

Verified Company

Waltham, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About us:

Join National Grid's digital transformation We are digital creators, continuous learners and daring innovators. We leverage digital innovative ways to create products and catalyze the transformation of National Grid's business units into more agile and digitally native organizations in our shared purpose of bringing energy to life. Come and join us on this incredible journey, We need you

Job Purpose:

As a Solution Architect for Network Technology Tools, you'll ensure that National Grid's IT Network Team provides internal technical knowledge and architectural integrity across the NCIS product portfolio in support of the IT and Operational Telecomm (OT) services consumed by the National Grid business.

You'll produce technical standards, policies, guidelines, and architectures that enable the detailed design and delivery of services that meet the requirements of the business.

You'll support the delivery of product roadmaps through technical innovation based on research, industry expertise, cost analysis and technical knowledge.

You'll take ownership of the definition of services and ongoing evolution of a set of network monitoring, measurement and observability tooling capabilities that in-house and outsourced delivery teams must comply with to ensure new and upgraded services are effectively automated, monitored, performance measured and controlled.

You'll be responsible for determining current and future IT and OT networking needs.

You'll oversee and actively drive the development of the architecture and design of data networking monitoring, management, automation platforms (Thousand Eyes, Netflow), data network automation tools (Netbrain, Cisco DNA Center), and integration with operations and security tools (Solar Winds, Splunk).

What you'll do:

Establish the architectural governance model to ensure the above requirements are complied with and any residual risks are accepted and recorded. Run architecture reviews on key processes, influence and collaborate with Engineering and Delivery teams.
Develop service infrastructure patterns, standards, reference architectures, policies and metrics.
Collaborate with the Solution delivery organizations to build understanding and awareness of operability requirements and to help shape thinking around emerging delivery methodologies to ensure the service design principles are not compromised.
Engage with technical design and project managers, to ensure understanding of service acceptance criteria and agree processes for testing that criteria are met.
Examine evidence and evaluates the quality of project outputs against the agreed acceptance criteria, to ensure correct products are produced, on schedule and fit for purpose.
Deliver architectures for tooling and automation
Develop own ideas, or the ideas of others, making all the necessary observations and tests and carrying them through to a full practical demonstration, wherever viable and feasible. Where necessary, design data collection tools and techniques for both qualitative and quantitative data.
Evaluate major options for providing IT/OT services effectively and efficiently and recommend solutions. Develop and present business cases for highlevel initiatives to executive management for approval, funding, and prioritization.
Develop models and plans for the implementation of the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance.
Ensure that those within the reporting line are appropriately developed, motivated, empowered and that they deliver appropriate results.

What you'll need:

Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
7 to 10 years of practical experience developing and designing network monitoring, tooling and observability architecture
Indepth knowledge of network monitoring and management tools
Indepth knowledge of network automation tools and related integrations
Indepth knowledge and working experience with infrastructure architecture, enterprise architecture, and technology roadmaps.
Indepth knowledge of IT networking and infrastructure technologies
Experience in architecture, design, and implementation of tools for network performance monitoring and automation for LAN, WLAN, WAN, SD-WAN and data centers.
Networking technologies knowledge such as Cisco, softwaredefined networking, network routing, LAN, WLAN, WAN and Cloud network security and segmentation based on roles and policies, WAN management, automation and monitoring tools and QoS.

It would be awesome if you had:

Cisco Routing and Switching certification
Excellent presentation and communication skills with a high degree of comfort with technical and business audiences.

What you'll get: