As a Senior Network Architect at KPN, you are at the beginning of a new and large project for a 'critical' client in the government domain. In this role, you work closely with this client, being involved in brainstorming, designing, building, and testing new high secure Network concepts and ideas. You translate architecture into practical solutions and contribute to the design, construction, and management of critical network infrastructures.
Your role as Netwerk architect
You are responsible for developing a high-secure technical Network design, requirements analysis, and vendor selection followed by implementation. Your team will scale up as we move from High Level Architecture to High Level Design and Low-level Design. You work pragmatically and hands-on, establishing standards based on the specific security requirements of this government entity. Your tasks include:
- Creating a High Level Architecture, based on the customer's requirements, where you think creatively and advise as a "trusted advisor."
- Translating architectural documents into technical network designs that can be implemented, in collaboration with architects and other specialists
- Designing interfaces with other network domains (also outside this organization)
- Advising on technical developments and target architecture
- Supporting in drafting test plans and realizing test setups & conducting the tests themselves
- You are the point of contact and sparring partner in the areas of Cisco routing and switching and Network-related matters.
