Network Architect / Technical Advisor

Position: Network Architect & Technical Advisor

Client: Large Private Sector Client

Location: Montreal (Hybrid)

Duration: 16 Months

Background: Kyndryl are seeking a senior network architect who owns target-state design and acts as design authority and technical escalation point for the engineers doing the hands‑on work. This is a design and advisory role - not a hands‑on configuration or cutover role.

Key Technologies

• Enterprise network architecture
• BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, spanning tree
• Firewall policy design & rationalization
• Hybrid cloud connectivity (Azure / AWS)
• Load balancing & DC network services
• CCNP / CCIE / JNCIP

Qualifications

• 11+ years including 4+ years in Architecture / Lead
• Deep expertise in enterprise routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, spanning tree) across major vendor platforms, sufficient to direct and validate the work of executing engineers.
• Strong firewall design experience, including policy design, rule migration approach and rule base rationalization.
• Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing network migrations and cutovers in production data centre environments.
• Experience with load balancing technologies and network services in a data centre context.
• Proven ability to act as technical escalation point and design authority for a distributed engineering team.
• Ability to produce production‑grade design documentation to enterprise standards.

Expected Tasks

• Design target‑state network architecture, including routing, switching, segmentation, firewall policy and connectivity topologies.
• Produce network design documentation, including high‑level and low‑level designs, IP addressing schemes and traffic flow diagrams.
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support to technical SMEs and engineers executing network build, configuration and cutover activities.
• Act as design authority for the network domain, reviewing and approving configurations and migration approaches prior to execution.
• Resolve complex technical issues escalated during migration testing and cutover, providing direction to the executing resources.
• Design hybrid connectivity approaches between on‑premises environments and cloud platforms.
• Define network security control requirements with client security teams and validate that designs meet them.
• Review and approve as‑built documentation and migration runbooks produced by executing resources for handover.

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