
Senior Data Center Consultant - Networking
- Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
- Taking complete ownership of creating the Target State Design and Solution Design for the NDC.
- Acting as a key collaborator with the Senior Network Architect and representing the connectivity team.
- Working with the Lead Domain Architect for Connectivity to develop or enhance Connectivity Services.
- Partnering with AAB Domain Architects to understand current and target state objectives.
- Engaging with stakeholders, including Product Owners, to ensure seamless service operations.
This role opens the door to many career paths, both vertical and horizontal, and there may be opportunity to travel. It’s a great chance for database administrators or other techs to break into the cloud. It’s also a solid path to become enterprise or chief architect or a distinguished engineer! Whatever you see for yourself, you’ll find the opportunity here.Who You AreWe are looking for a self-starter who takes responsibility for their scope and excels in stakeholder management. You have a history of success in large-scale projects and can navigate complex dependencies to prevent escalations.
- Migration Expertise: You have demonstrable experience with complex, large-scale data center migration projects, including strategy, planning, and execution within short timelines.
- Consulting & Business Acumen: You possess strong consulting skills to guide technical decisions and have experience with financial modeling, including TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analysis and business case development.
- Agile & Results-Oriented: You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and can work within condensed processes to accelerate the delivery of critical design documentation.
- Industry Experience: You have a proven track record of working within highly regulated environments, such as the financial sector, and understand the associated compliance and security demands.
- Data Center Design & Migration: You are an expert in Data Center design based on technologies like Cisco ACI and have a deep understanding of migration methodologies, including application dependency mapping. You have experience designing for high availability and failover from existing private and public DCs.
- Infrastructure Management & Physical Layer: You have strong knowledge of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools and principles. You also understand the physical layer, including structured cabling, power, and cooling requirements.
- Compute & Storage: You possess strong knowledge of modern compute and storage platforms, including server virtualization (e.g., VMware vSphere), hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), and enterprise storage solutions (SAN/NAS).
- Networking & Security: You are skilled in complex routing design, including BGP peering, and security design aligned to enterprise frameworks. You have experience with
- Automation & Observability: You are proficient in data center automation using tools like Ansibleand designing observability solutions to integrate and correlate flows from active components.
- Compliance & Standards: You are familiar with key industry standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001, and data center tier standards (e.g., Uptime Institute).
- Mainframe Knowledge: You have conceptual and practical knowledge of Mainframe infrastructure and its unique requirements within a data center environment.