Technical Architect Network - Diegem, België - NTT

Beschrijving

NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future.

In today's 'iNTTerconnected' world, connections matter more now than ever. By bringing together talented people, world-class technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world's most significant technological, business and societal challenges.

With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.

Your career here is about believing in yourself, and taking on great opportunities and new challenges.It's about growing your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for the future. That's why we encourage you to take every opportunity to grow your career within our great global team.

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

As our Consulting Services continue to expand, we are currently looking for a Network Technical Architect.
As a Technical Architect, your responsibility will be to serve as recognised subject matter expert and thought leader with deep expertise in Network infrastructure.
You will leverage that expertise to perform consulting engagements, support presales activities (where appropriate), act as a trusted advisor to our clients and ensure technical end-to-end coherence in the project delivery phase.

What you'll be doing

You will operate in both small and complex environments, combining your expertise of network infrastructure elements together with your appetite of the new market trends and following our company strategy (Managed Services). Network concepts include with no limitation, the expertise in Wi-Fi, Switch/Routing (campus/DC), (SD)WAN, ... in an on-premises solution, in any public cloud or combination of them.
In this capacity we will need you to deliver on the following:

• You will be expected to conduct consultative engagements with clients to assess their current network needs (business and technical) and elaborate recommendation to achieve their target state.
• You will drive those engagements across the complete client journey including the delivery phase where you will ensure the technical end-to-end coherence of the proposed solution.
• You will develop standardized consultative engagement templates in response to reoccurring client needs. As owner of such you will be expected to maintain such engagement templates as well as developing sales enablement collateral (e.g., case studies or short descriptions), and raise internal awareness of such engagements.
• We will rely on you to build and develop business cases based on such assessments and present and explain the value of proposed infrastructure to clients in a consultative manner.
• You will design solution architecture and multi-phased migration programs that address technology, people and/or organisation and process change. You will do this in collaboration with our multiple centres of excellence.
• We will need you to maintain broad based technical and solutions knowledge in key IT infrastructure optimisation and solution areas.
• We will rely on you to research and investigate emerging infrastructure technologies and the best practices associated with them (e.g., related to deployment, integration and operation).
• You will be required to drive profound understanding of solutions, best practices and consulting methodologies with clients and colleagues.
• You may be called upon to mentor or coach other NTT people.

What would make you a good fit for this role?

• Minimum Bachelor in ICT (Master strongly preferred).
• At least 10 years' experience in infrastructure architecture or related business. An experience in a managed services company is considered as a strong plus (Global Delivery Center, ITIL).
• Strong and proven experience in designing, deploying, and supporting large network deployments.
• Maintain a helicopter view on the whole infrastructure, from networking aspect to cloud computing and serverless functions among others.
• Conceptual knowledge of network technologies like OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, software-defined networking, VPN, VLAN, VRF, 802.1x
• Familiar with concepts ZTNA, SASE, SSE
• Knowledge of vendors network technologies like Cisco, Aruba, ALE across Campus, DC LAN and WAN.
• Good understanding of the public cloud landscape (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Interest in automation and infra as a code
• Strong operational foundation and consulting experience.
• Able to structure and adapt your message to the audience profile (CIO, IT director, engineers)
• Good business acumen allowing identification of business opportunities and our clients' business needs, and delivery of consultative engagements in line with these.
• Strong knowledge of industry technologies and willingness to further maintain and broaden this knowledge.
• Emotional and stress resilience and ability to autonomously achieve challenging goals.
• Clear and persuasive communication and ability to interact with various stakeholders in a consultative engagement.
• Analytical thinking and excellent problem-solving ability as well as an appreciation for rigour and objectivity.
• Strong personal initiative and a sense for innovation, to identify efficient and competitive solutions to our clients' needs, as well as new types of engagements and solutions.
• Work flexibility and willingness to travel if needed.
• Strong ability to work as part of a team, and to drive or lead such teams where opportune.
• Eligible and prepared to obtain NATO clearance if necessary.
• Fluency in French or Dutch and good verbal and written knowledge of the other language as well as English.

What we offer:

• Contract of unlimited duration
• Annual bonus
• Lunch vouchers
• Forfaitary compensation for professional costs
• Company car
• Hospitalisation insurance and ambulant care at premium level
• Group and disability insurance
• Possibility to order a lease bike
• 31 days of holiday plus seniority days
• Data and voice subscription + contribution for a smartphone device
• Contribution for internet at home
• Contribution for IT equipment
• Private use of your NTT laptop
  

Join our growing global team and accelerate your career with us. Apply today.

A career at NTT means:

• Being part of a global pioneer – where you gain exposure to our Fortune 500 clients and world-leading global technology partners and work with a network of over 40,000 smart and diverse colleagues across 57 countries, delivering services in over 200 countries.
• Being at the forefront of cutting-edge technology – backed with a 150-year heritage of using technology for good. With 40% of the world's internet traffic running on our network and where Emoji were first invented, you can be proud of the group's many new 'firsts'.
• Making a difference – by doing meaningful work that helps to shape the future for our clients, and across industries and communities around the world.
• Being your best self – in a progressive 'Connected Working' environment that promotes flexibility, connection and wellbeing. Where diversity and different perspectives are embraced to ensure equal opportunities for all.
• Having ongoing opportunities to own and develop your career – with a personal and professional development plan and access to the broadest learning offerings in the industry.