Architect Consultant/LAN/WIFI/IPv6/WAN

We need (x3) Architect consultant with experience in LAN/WIFI/IPv6/WAN for our client in France and Belgium

you participate in defining the strategic and tactical lines of the IT Master Plan for the Group's infrastructure plus the path for implementing and deploying them

you assess the requirements (new requirements or developments of existing ones) in terms of infrastructure in your field; you put forward possible solutions, you document the feasibility and the financial impact of the alternatives proposed and you choose the solutions that best correspond to the strategy laid down in this IT Master Plan for Group infrastructure

you support the technical architects and provide guidance for them in defining and describing in detail the infrastructure architecture for each project

for the purposes of technical studies, you carry out impact, dimensioning and quantitative studies for the solutions proposed

for the purposes of invitations to tender, you draw up the technical conditions in the contract specifications

you assure maintenance of the architecture infrastructure referencing in your field, so as to produce complete, consistent documentation of the current infrastructure landscape

you define, design and assure the maintenance of infrastructure norms and standards in your field, so as to bring a consistent response to current and foreseeable requirements

Required technical skills

Network: good alround knowledge on switching/routing/wifi/WAN/qos/datacenter architectures - primarily based on Cisco equipment

Security: good understanding of security principles - Firewalls, proxies, VPN, pki, loadbalancers etc

Nice to have:

Experience in writing/evaluating tenders

hands-on experience with network equipment

Required other skills

Languages: French (very well spoken + reading/writing) - English (good spoken + reading/writing) - Dutch is nice to have

Personality + softskills:

regular and transparent communication

very good presentation skills - adapted to senior management

assertive - can convince people

Can work independent (to lead studies) but also in team

methodologies: knowledge of architecture framework TOGAF or other is nice to have

Types of projects: LAN/WIFI market assessment, strategy study, RFP and technical architecture description, IPv6 strategy study, WAN RFP redaction + follow up, datacenter architecture definition + follow up implementation, web surf Proxy evolution study...