IT Network Architect

Job Title: IT Network Architect

City: Lake Forest / State: Illinois

Job Description

Join Reynolds Consumer Products...a world of opportunities! At Reynolds Consumer Products we are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team! We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace environment in which individual differences are recognized, respected and appreciated.

At Reynolds, we provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for an IT Network Architect to join our team located at our headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.

Your Role:

As an IT Network Architect, you will develop and deliver conceptual designs and technical architectures suited to a variety of product, customer and market needs. The successful candidate will serve as a member of the Infrastructure Architecture team responsible for leading and engaging in the architecture, evaluation and standardization of emerging network communication technologies, products and solutions in support of Reynolds Consumer Products. You will have the opportunity to:

• Serve as a senior technology advisor to major projects and programs, leading, and collaborating with, other members of the Infrastructure Architecture team in the development of technical architecture proposals.
• Capture, analyze and decompose high level business requirements into their constituent parts to create technical requirements for network systems, products and subsystems of high complexity and identify alternative technologies that could potentially be employed to address these product and market requirements
• Design a target network architecture for the portfolio of products and services, provisioning network solutions architecture for multiple capital programs and service initiatives to meet business needs in a flexible and agile manner.
• Devise technical product and technology roadmaps, depicting the steps anticipated to migrate from the current state to the targeted future state.

Ultimately, you will work collaboratively with others within and outside of their function to achieve goals, improve processes, and optimize system design.

You will love it here if...

• You are a creative and dynamic problem-solver
• You are committed to excellence
• You thrive in a fast paced and high-energy environment
• You are creative and are comfortable inventing and deriving new ways of doing business

We need you to have:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or technical equivalent
• Certifications in the network space, especially CCNP or CCIE and/or AWS
• 5+ years of experience with cloud technology, solutions, and cost management
• Expert level knowledge of and proficiency in data network technologies such as OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, VPC, HSRP/VRRP, MPLS, SSL/IPSec VPN, WLAN & associated AAA, L2/VLAN/Trunking, QoS, as well as AWS VPC, ELB, NFW, TGW, peering, and other AWS network constructs

Icing on the cake:

• Certified Advanced Networking

Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn!

Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

Not a good fit but know someone who is? Please refer them!

Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

For applicants or employees who are disabled, or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by calling us at (847)482-3550 or email [email protected] .

No recruiter calls or emails please.

Reynolds Consumer Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer EEO AA M/F/Vet/Disability.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, protected veteran status or disability.

Reynolds Consumer Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is The Law Poster: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

The Pay Transparency Policy Statement can be found on this link:

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/PayTransparencyNondiscrimination.html

The poster and the supplement can be found on this link.

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

For applicants or employees who are disabled, or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by calling us at (847)482-3550 or email [email protected]