Job Title: [Freelance] Network & Security Architect / Senior Engineer
Location: Diegem, Flemish Region, Belgium
Job Responsibilities:
* Master’s degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 17 years of relevant working experience in IT.
* Excellent knowledge on SDWAN solutions in general with a particular focus on Cisco SDWAN solution.
* Excellent knowledge on LAN/WAN network Architectures and technologies, routing and switching, IPV6, DNS, VPN, MPLS, Traffic engineering and QoS.
* Excellent knowledge on designing, monitoring and optimizing WAN networks for large scale enterprises and/or service providers and implementing carrier ethernet technologies (Adva, Ciena, RAD, OneAccess, …).
* Excellent knowledge on encryption technologies across Layers 1, 2, and 3 (IPSEC, MACSEC, AESGCM 256).
* Excellent knowledge on multicloud and hybrid cloud access architecture and design solutions and related microservices and technologies.
* Excellent knowledge on datacenter interconnect solutions and optical design (DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, Optical Fibers, transceivers, transponders, OSA, OTDR, …).
* Excellent knowledge of datacenter switching architecture design, capacity planning solutions and technologies (Three-Tier, Spine-Leaf, Mesh, Collapsed Core, EVPN, VXLAN, etc.) with proven track records of designing large scale enterprises and/or service providers datacentres.
* Excellent knowledge on security, firewalls (FW), Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), and DDoS mitigation technologies.
* Excellent knowledge of implementing network security best practices (e.g., Zero Trust, Least Privilege,…); Excellent understanding of TLS/SSL encryption and IAM roles for networking components.
* Excellent knowledge of IP transit, peering, IXP and market trends in global internet connectivity landscape.
* Good knowledge on major network infrastructure deployment and governance SDN solutions (Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra, Arista Cloudvision).
* Good knowledge of Enterprise Architecture in the Domains of Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Application Architecture and Technology Architecture.
* Network and security certifications would be considered an asset.
* Excellent command of the English language is required, knowledge of the French language will be considered an advantage.
Seniority Level:
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Function:
Information Technology
Industries:
IT Services and IT Consulting
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