Exelon

Sr.Network Cloud Solution Analyst

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Chicago, IL

Job Description

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you!

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits.

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon!

Primary Purpose of Job

Candidate will possess the experience and skills to serve and support in a lead role as a SME of Cloud Network Solutions. Must possess expert ability to design and drive high priority network initiatives and projects in both cloud and hybrid cloud models. Must have the ability to evaluate network infrastructure and connectivity solutions and make recommendations to migrate applications and data workloads to a Cloud based model. Demonstrated expertise to design, configure, and deploy state of the art cloud network infrastructure and connectivity solutions to support storage and server virtualization technologies, software defined datacenter technologies, hyper-converged datacenter hardware solutions, and software tools to manage and maintain Cloud environments. SME will work in collaboration with leadership, enterprise business partners, vendors and project teams.

Lead the development of documentation and tools to enable support organizations to resolve technical issues, including complex Cloud architecture, design, and service related issues. Provide technical leadership to project managers and stakeholders about migrating and transitioning applications to Cloud based services and operating and maintaining applications once migrated. Design repeatable Cloud computing and hosting solutions in areas like: Disaster Recovery, Web Hosting, and Development/QA Environments, and handle special projects or initiatives when required. Work closely with vendors and carriers when necessary.

This person will share deep technical network knowledge, guidance, and mentoring for high visibility Cloud solutions, implementations, and migration initiatives for the enterprise network. Strong ability to provide high-value through deep network engagement, requirements, design, implementation, integration, performance, optimization, and support of Cloud technology solutions that align with business and overall infrastructure enhancement needs / requirements.

Serve as SME in development of metrics and implementation of same. Must have a thorough understanding and strong demonstration of network infrastructure design, data center trends, technologies and how they strategically intersect with business requirements and mesh with the enterprise journey into Cloud technologies. The selected candidate will provide leadership during high visibility Cloud migration initiatives and technical guidance/mentoring others. At times they will be required to work in a highly autonomous manner.

Primary Duties and Accountabilities

Lead the network assessment, design, connectivity, and process for connecting to the various cloud vendors. Provide consulting, guidance and recommendations to senior leadership. Conduct technical discovery sessions with vendors and customers. Oversee and coordinate business projects, planning, maintenance, and network connectivity for one or more major Business Units. Participate in the design, configuration, and deployment of a Cloud network and assist with the migration of existing applications to new cloud hosting platforms. Provide SME level network analysis, design, consultation with leadership, project teams and end users to identify network runtime requirements and perform feasibility analysis on potential changes related to security and network architecture.

Work closely with leadership to develop future plans, resource requirements, migrations strategies, and project schedules. Provide input into presentations and/or Engineering and Architecture Review Boards. Participate in potential refactoring, rebuild, or redesign required during Cloud migration. Create documentation to install, replace, and upgrade network cloud

components. Understand technologies and service offerings. Create requirements document, SOW, logical & physical network diagrams, and implementation plans to integrate in customers' environments.

Provide Cloud product & service evaluation, testing, lab and mockup solutions as needed. Serve as subject matter expert while leading in the Hybrid Cloud enterprise journey encompassing ongoing architecture, design, planning, configuration, implementation, testing, and documentation of the enterprise network. Lead assigned network integration projects and deployments and ensure solutions are delivered to meet business requirements. Responsible for analysis and implementation of cloud network solutions at the component level, including hands-on configuration, troubleshooting and optimization and metrics for same.

Design and recommend solutions to risks identified during business impact analysis, site risk assessments and disaster recovery planning. Perform custom network integration with Cloud platform specific to the needs of the customers. Maintain relevancy and knowledge in current cloud, evolving, emerging networking technologies.

Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen within our own discipline or function. Provide performance evaluations, career development feedback as necessary

Qualifications

Job Specifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Extensive experience with Cisco Route and Switch and understand of Load Balancer.

At least 10 years' experience in network communications, network planning, cloud computing, disaster/recovery, or comparable professional job experience.

Demonstrated consulting, presentation, and project management skills.

Demonstrated proficiency in use of network routing, switching and security protocols

24/7 on-call rotational duties.

Ability to travel domestically.

Preferred Qualifications:

Cisco Certified Internet Engineer (CCIE)

Masters Degree

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Job Scope

Position interacts with all levels of employees, including executives, vendors, involved in the cloud network design, connectivity, maintenance, review, approval, testing and communication of business plans and cloud connectivity plans.

Position has expertise in Cisco Networks

Position has senior level expertise in network routing, switching, firewall and communication platforms, and tools/systems associated with these functions.

Has budget responsibility for a small project, sub-project or process component

Work under minimal supervision.

Mentors junior-level team members.

Disclaimer

The preceding position description is intended to provide the general nature and level of work to be performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to be a detailed description of the position or a comprehensive listing of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position, nor is it intended to indicate the exact amounts of time an individual will perform various position duties.

Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Exelon

Chicago, IL

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in energy generation and delivery businesses in the United States and Canada. It owns nuclear, fossil, wind, hydroelectric, and solar generating facilities. The company also sells electricity to wholesale and retail customers; and sells natural gas, renewable energy, and other energy-related products and services. In addition, it is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas; and transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.

Further, the company offers corporate governance support services, including corporate strategy and development, legal, human resources, information technology, finance, real estate, security, corporate communications, supply at cost, engineering, distribution and transmission planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services.

It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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