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Job Name:

IP Architect -

Brief description:

The goal of IP Architects is the development of business relationships with Companies and Organisations that allows the most efficient utilisation of Information Technology. IP or the Internet Protocol itself is at the core of all solutions provided by IP Architects whether these solutions are Network Management Solutions, Virtual Private Networks, Professional Services, or Application Development.  (IP-Architects.com, 27 July, 2007)

Duties & responsibilities of this role:

The sucessful candidate will be required to: 

• Produce network and service designs with the best architecture available to support our customer's services;
• Lead requirements and scoping workshops - Facilitate technical transfer of the solution design to the technical teams;
  (http://www.careerjet.com.au/job/fe1e18b64d11ff9fc8b12ef74557f339.html_  , 13 August, 2007);
• Participate in management of customer and internal solution stakeholders - Audit and assess network against customer service requirements;
  (http://www.careerjet.com.au/job/fe1e18b64d11ff9fc8b12ef74557f339.html_ , 13 August, 2007);
• Formulate network management strategies - Evaluate customer networks for performance, scalability, and security;
• Provide recommendations to customers about network improvements;
  (http://www.careerjet.com.au/job/fe1e18b64d11ff9fc8b12ef74557f339.html_ , 14 August, 2007);
• Assist in the successful delivery of the project it is imperative to possess services, products, protocol and network knowledge across a number of technology domains to troubleshoot and solve problems;
  (http://www.careerjet.com.au/job/fe1e18b64d11ff9fc8b12ef74557f339.html_ , 13 August, 2007);
• Communicate with all areas of the business and relate complex technical concepts into a language that can be understood (www.careerone.com.au , 14 August, 2007);
• Provide technical infrastructure architectures and designs that impliment telecommunications products(www.careerone.com.au , 8 August, 2007);
• Filter and refine requirements from the business and translate them into an Architecture and Design that can be engineered and into a product (www.careerone.com.au , 12 August, 2007);
• Develop innovative/complex plans, articulating plans and influencing senior management externally and internally
  (www.careerone.com.au , 7 August, 2007);
• Liaise with IP Network Engineers, Voince Network Engineers, Transmission Network Engineers and the Product Engineering groups on specific activities such as new technology introductions and new product developments
  (www.careerone.com.au , 12 August, 2007);
• Provide technical support to Tier 3 support teams, Tier 2 support staff during times of complex faults, Product Management and sales groups (www.careerone.com.au , 13 August, 2007);
• Provide network design services for customers of the I&NT Network Services department, top level escalation path and resolve issues related to network services and to manage design projects as it relates to existing and new Cox products/services. (www.iptelephony.org_, 28 July, 2007).

Job requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
  (http://telecom.colorado.edu/ip_architect.html, 27 July, 2007);
• Minimum of 10 years experience in dedicated networking (www.careerone.com.au_, 29 July, 2007_);
• Background in mainframe operations, systems administration, computer programming, security or server administration (www.careerone.com.au, 29 July, 2007);
• Technical and business knowledge in the areas of service provider and enterprise networking (www.careerone.com.au, 29 July, 2007);
  (http://www.hays.com.au/Common/Pages/job/jobdescription.aspx?id=130254&n=0&j=1, 14 August, 2007);
• Application of complex IP protocols in large network deployments
  (http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540_&_ , 14 August, 2007);
• Demonstrate experience in preparation and approval of technical documentation
  (http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540_&_ , 14 August, 2007);
• Experience with routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, BGP,  RIP), signalling protocols (MPLS, RSVP, LDP) aswell as IP QoS, DSL, Frame-Relay, Spanning Tree, SNMP and VoIP, with a focus on service provider networks and a background in enterprise networking (www.careerone.com.au, 29 July, 2007);
  (http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540, 14 August, 2007)
• Tertiary qualifications in an engineering discipline (either Telecommunications or Information Technology at Certificate IIII level) or equivalent industry recognised qualifications such as CCNP, CCDP, CCIP or CCIE (www.careerone.com.au, 11 August, 2007);
  (http://www.tiptopjob.com/search/jobs/1802675_job.asp?Jobid=1802675&TTJRELOAD=1, 13 August, 2007)'
• Experience with VPLS, VLL and VPRN services - Detailed knowledge of Ethernet, SDH, ATM, Layer 3 Traffic Engineering and L2 Traffic Management
  (http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540_&, 14 August, 2007);
• Must possess a solid understanding of the principles of functional architecture and in particular how these relate to building networks that carry IP applications (www.careerone.com.au, 29 July, 2007)
• Knowledge of Cisco routers, Juniper routers, IP Service provisioning systems, Protocol analysers, Ixia and Smartbits traffic generators (www.careerone.com.au, 29 July, 2007)
• Highly desirable to have relevant tertiary degree or Industry certification (JNCIP/JNCIE, CCIP/CCIE, etc) National travel will be required.
  (http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540_, 14 August, 2007);
• Excellent English communication skills are essential, as is experience in dealing with clients at all levels including GM / Director level
  (http://www.hays.com.au/Common/Pages/job/jobdescription.aspx?id=130254&n=0&j=1__ , 14 August, 2007);

Training requirements:

Cisco certification is fundamental if you are to apply for this position. Course durations are from 40 to 96 contact hours and cost between $1249.00 and $6999.00. (Ciscolab.com.au, 2007) For an overview of Cisco certification in Australia please see:
(http://www.ciscolab.com.au/v3/index.php?gclid=CKaU1OK26I0CFRK2YAodGSOYCg, 29 July, 2007)

Salary:

Average Salary $90,107 (www.mycareer.com.au, 14 August, 2007) 

$130,000 plus bonuses (www.careerone.com.au, 12 August, 2007): (http://www.hays.com.au/Common/Pages/job/jobdescription.aspx?id=130254&n=0&j=1, 14 August, 2007)  

Telecommunication Industry:

Industry Minimum pay - $42,387,   Industry Maximum pay - $166,102,     Industry Average - $90,283

(http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre[], 20 August, 2007)

Industry/Organisation:

Telecommunications industry. Private sector.

Job listings:

CareerJet. (last modified 9 August, 2007). IP Architect. Retrieved 12 August, 2007 from http://www.careerjet.com.au/job/fe1e18b64d11ff9fc8b12ef74557f339.html 

CareerOne. (last modified 14 August, 2007). IP Solutions Architect. Retrieved 14 August, 2007 from http://jobs.careerone.com.au/texis/jobsearch/details.html?id=46a9fcf848d6d0

Hays Recruitment. (last modified 27 July, 2007) IP Solutions Architect. Retrieved 14 August, 2007 from http://www.hays.com.au/Common/Pages/job/jobdescription.aspx?id=130254&n=0&j=1

Mycareer. (last modified 13 June, 2007). IP Architect. Retrieved 14 August, 2007 from http://mycareer.com.au/jobs/sydney/it-telecommunications/system-architecture/5302622+ip+architect.aspx

MyCareer. (last modified 2 August, 2007) Whats your worth?. Retrieved 20 August, 2007 from
http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre_\[\]\\\\\_

Seek. (last modified 9 August, 2007). IP Architect. Retrieved 13 August from http://+.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=105&PageNumber=1&JobID=10154540&
Seek. (last modified 29 July, 2007).Job search. Retrieved 2 August, 2007 from http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=83&PageNumber=1&JobID=9903716&

Byron Employment (last midified 17 August, 2007). IP Architect. Retieved 17 August, 2007 from http://employment.byron.com.au/job_details.asp?id=10128267

Differences Observed:

Most of the advertisements had relatively generic job requirements (such as cisco training, familiarity with systems architecture and business to IT liaison experience) One advertisement went much further though by describing the type of personal qualities they are looking for in the potential applicant:
(http://it.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=83&PageNumber=1&JobID=9903716&, 15 July, 2007)

Every position advertised required at least 5-10 years of industry experience and in depth technical knowledge, as compared to a Business Analyst position which does not neccessarily require such in depth knowledge of systems architecture.

Other References used:

IP-Architects.com, retrieved 7 August 2007
http://www.ip-architects.com/index.htm

Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Ciscolab.com.au, retrieved 9 August 2007
http://www.ciscolab.com.au/v3/index.php?gclid=CKaU1OK26I0CFRK2YAodGSOYCg

Cisco.com, retrieved 12 August 2007
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/hmpgs/index.html

Glossary of terms: 

All definitions provided by Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2007

OSPF	The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is a hierarchical interior gateway protocol (IGP) for routing in Internet Protocol, using a link-state in the individual areas that make up the hierarchy
BGP	The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the core routing protocol of the Internet.
RIP	The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is one of the most commonly used interior gateway protocol (IGP) routing protocols on internal networks (and to a lesser extent, networks connected to the Internet), which helps routers dynamically adapt to changes of network connections by communicating information about which networks each router can reach and how far away those networks are.
ISIS	ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) is an industry standard interface for image scanning technologies, developed by Pixel Translations in 1990
MPLS	In computer networking and telecommunications, Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a data-carrying mechanism that belongs to the family of packet-switched networks.
IP	IP is a network layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite and is encapsulated in a data link layer protocol (e.g., Ethernet). As a lower layer protocol, IP provides the service of communicable unique global addressing amongst computers.
DSL	DSL or xDSL, is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network
Frame-relay	In the context of computer networking, frame relay consists of an efficient data transmission technique used to send digital information quickly and cheaply in a relay of frames to one or many destinations from one or many end-points.
Spanning Tree	Based on an algorithm invented by Radia Perlman while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, Spanning Tree Protocol Is an OSI layer-2 protocol which ensures a loop free topology for any bridged LAN. The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), is defined in the IEEE Standard 802.1D. As the name suggests, it creates a spanning tree within a mesh network of connected layer-2 bridges (typically ethernet switches), and disables the links which are not part of that tree, leaving a single active path between any two network nodes.
SNMP	The simple network management protocol (SNMP) forms part of the internet protocol suite as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). SNMP is used by network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.
QoS	Quality of service, or QoS, in the field of telephony, was defined in the ITU standard X.902 as "A set of quality requirements on the collective behavior of one or more objects."
CCNP	(Cisco Career Certification) The CCNP is considered proof of having the ability to work with medium-sized networks (between 100 and 500 end devices) and with technology such as QoS, broadband, VPNs, and security-minded features. To acquire a CCNP, one must pass four tests, and either re-certify or upgrade to a CCIE every three years.
CCDP	(Cisco Career Certification) The CCDP certification is an advanced network design certification provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. Candidates for the certification are tested for advanced knowledge of Cisco devices and the way to interconnect them. This certification is considered a professional level certificate by Cisco Systems. (The CCNA and CCDA are prerequisites.)
CCIP	(Cisco Career Certification) The CCIP certification is a professional certification covering the end-to-end protocols used in large scale networks. To attain this certification tests must be passed in the areas of routing, BGP, MPLS and Quality of service.
CCIE	(Cisco Career Certification) The expert-level certification is the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE). It is the highest level of professional certification that Cisco provides. There are 5 active CCIE tracks, as below. As of April 2, 2007 there are 14,387 people with active CCIE certifications.

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