Solution Architect

James is looking for a Solution Architect to work in Saudi Arabia on a 6-month extendable contract.

The Senior Architect(s) has to have exposure to general network architecture, and have vast multi-skilled knowledge on multiple but basic network integrations.
The candidate should be able to have some knowledge in the application side, in terms of communication scenarios and traffic cases.

Required experience:
- Routing and VRRP, BGP and L2, L3 specific switching and routing configuration
- IPSEC, VPN tunnelling and VPN configuration
- Load balancing, load sharing, traffic shaping, MPLS integration
- IP Network ethernet aggregation and teaming traffic segregation

Your responsibilities will include:

- Network switching and routing configuration, L2, L3
- Spanning tree protocols configuration
- Firewall rules and configuration, access list  management
- NAT, PAT, SNAT configuration
- Network troubleshooting
- HP Network Virtual Connect, HP Switches and Routers. configuration
- Revers Proxy, WAN acceleration, DNS configuration and delegation
- Juniper Firewall, Extreme switches configuration
- F5 LTM/GTM configuration
- Security hardening and configuration
- Production migration, and change management process adherence
- System integration and standardization of project delivery model. Testing
- Solution design and super technical writing skills
- Stakeholder management involving surrounding IP and security domains.