Associate Architect (Networking)

As an Associate Architect/Architect (Networking) with 10/12 years of experience in the IT infrastructure industry, your primary responsibilities will include: - Leading discussions on technical requirements, estimations, and proposals. - Resolving technical blockers/gaps for the engineering team to ensure timely deliverables. - Developing strategic relationships with customers to provide trusted advice on various offerings and solutions. - Providing pre-sales technical support to Sales and Engineering teams. - Supporting evaluations of offerings and technical proofs of concepts. - Responding to customer and partner inquiries, including requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for information (RFIs). - Participating in technical discussions with customers and 3rd parties to define end-to-end solutions required by customers. - Guiding and reviewing technical offer deliverables such as SoW. - Driving and documenting overall deal solution strategy, interfacing with Engineering & Services for optimal scoping & cost structure. - Leading PoC/Trial proposals, including defining trial scope, architecture, use cases, and obtaining necessary management approvals. - Designing simplified solutions for complex problems in Networking, Cloud, and Telecom domains, considering performance, scale, and resilience. - Documenting product architecture, requirements, and concepts in clear, concise specifications. - Explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences. - Collaborating effectively in a team environment to provide the best solutions. - Adapting to new technologies in a dynamic environment. Mandatory Skills: - Minimum 10/12 years of experience in the IT infrastructure industry. - Experience in networking and/or virtualization. - Experience in SDN/SDWAN solution development. - Experience in designing highly available systems with redundancy. - Experience in modern software architectures focusing on modularity and reusability. - Familiarity with enterprise solutions and architectures including cloud, virtualization, storage, and clustering. - Good knowledge of Network Management Systems. - Experience with major Public Cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure). - Knowledge of Network Automation, Intent-based Networking, and Orchestration Tools. - Expert-level experience in Routing protocols and Switching technologies. - Expert level experience in Cisco/Aruba/Arista Data Center and Campus Switching and routing. - Hands-on programming experience in languages like Java, Python, GoLang, C, C++. - In-depth knowledge of REST API-based design and programming. - Expertise in mentoring and driving teams in the development of enterprise applications and networking features. - Strong communication and presentation skills. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise: - Experience with Docker and Kubernetes. - Professional certifications such as AWS Solution Architect, GCP Associate Cloud Engineer/Architect, Azure Network Engineer Associate/Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CCNA, CI/CD pipeline, DPDK, CNI, SmartNIC, SONiC. ,