Description

Job Description

1. This role is for an architect and this can be remote and may have some limited travel.
   
   Top Skills Needed:
   
   1. CCIE\ Cisco Devnet Certified
   2. Strong architecture knowledge on DevOps
   3. Strong knowledge on SRE
   4. Hands on experience in Ansible, Jenkins, Git , Jira and tools
   5. Good in technical documentation and presentation
   
   The Architect, Network DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is the technical lead in developing the strategy and platforms for the next-gen operations for all Marriott International (MI) networks including the Property Networks, Datacenter/Cloud Networks, and Corporate Networks. This role will work closely and collaboratively with a matrix team of expert network architects to drive adoption of DevOps/SRE practices and operating models across all network product towers, and around globe. The Architect, Network DevOps/SRE brings a strong perspective that inspires change and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to complex problems, driving the engineering and operations for network software development, automation, provisioning, performance management and tools / API’s for self-service across the globe. This role is accountable for establishing management level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines, other MI teams, outsourcing vendors, and external suppliers to define and implement the Network DevOps / SRE roadmap, building and enforcing the standards defined in it. This position will also serve as lead to define and support service delivery and operational support standards for our Next Generation Operations, partnering with the global technology peer teams to meet service level requirements and resolve service delivery issues across the portfolio. Reporting to the Director of Global Network DevOps/SRE, this key position is accountable to ensure overall requirements by customers and peer delivery and operations groups are met. Accountabilities include, but are not limited to: continental IT executives, property LAN service providers (LSPs), end-user computing services delivery, hosting services, enterprise availability, server, storage, virtualization, inclusive of security/privacy, risk management, and disaster and crisis management. The successful candidate will provide Architecture leadership for all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle from ideation through execution, and ongoing management and support, with specific attention to identifying opportunities for proactive and reactive (self-healing) automation solutions across the network. (S)/He will develop and execute new initiatives to simplify, standardize, optimize, and automate the network designs, tooling, and operations to reduce implementation cycle times, eliminate service downtime, optimize performance, and ensure that all security and compliance requirements are fully governed.
   
   
   CANDIDATE PROFILE
   
   Education and Experience
   
   Required:
   • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field experience/certification
   • Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, etc.)
   • 10+ years’ experience in information technology including:
   o 7+ years of IT network infrastructure technical leadership experience (matrix and/or functional) with at least 3 years of experience in a DevOps/SRE oriented team.
   o 4+ years of direct management of cross functional, sourced, or matrixed teams and outsourced suppliers
   o 4+ years’ experience in the implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, customer-facing applications and services
   § Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco) with an emphasis on software-defined networks (SDN) and leveraging spine & leaf designs, firewalls, security design (intrusion detection and prevention), DNS, NTP, Network Tools & Management
   § Technical knowledge common routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP), IPv6, VPN, etc. across a global distributed network
   § Hands-on experience with the datacenter fabric platforms (Cisco, Arista, or equivalent)
   § Hands-on experience with common routing and switching platforms (Cisco, Juniper, HP/Aruba etc.)
   § Hands-on experience designing, configuring and operating high-speed campus / office / property networks
   § Technical knowledge and experience with telco and ISP networks, ensuring diversity and managing availability
   § Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams
   § Knowledgeable in modern in modern configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Fabric, etc.)
   § Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine)
   § Technical knowledge in Load Balancing such as ELBs, NLBs, F5 BIGIP
   § Proven experience with PERL or Python to support developing scripts
   
   Preferred:
   • Advanced Degree (e.g., MS, PhD) in Computer Science or other technical discipline or MBA, preferably with a focus on technology
   • 10+ years’ experience managing large, globally distributed network architecture, engineering, and/or operations teams and leveraging next-generation network designs and technologies to support large-scale deployments
   • 3+ years’ experience managing budgets of over $10M, with experience managing cost-reduction programs
   • Proven track record of driving transformation in network technologies, tools, and processes through a data-driven continuous improvement methodology
   • Demonstrated experience in improving security, stability, reliability, performance, and agility of complex enterprise networks
   • Strong technical knowledge of foundational networking technologies and solid understanding of the software-defined networking (SDN) ecosystem
   • Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation, instrumentation, and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area
   • Proven experience leading highly effective technical teams through major technology and organizational change
   • Proven experience driving operational performance through defining and enforcing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
   • Experience driving and/or significantly participating in vendor RFPs for network products (e.g., hardware, software, tools, telco, services)
   • Experience managing or working in the services sourcing and/or ITO or LSP field
   • Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies
   • Strong influencing skills and an ability to overcome barriers while driving change
   • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams
   • Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities

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Education

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