Provider of satellite entertainment programming to US households DIRECTV (NASDAQ DTV) is one of the world039s leading providers of digital television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience through stateoftheart technology unmatched programming and industry leading customer service to more than 30 million customers in the US and Latin America In the US DIRECTV offers its customers access to more than 170 HD channels and DolbyDigital 51 theaterquality sound access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET Emmy award winning technology and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for eleven years running DIRECTV Latin America through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil Mexico Argentina Venezuela Colombia and other Latin American countries leads the payTV category in technology programming and service delivering an unrivaled digital television experience to more than 106 million customers DIRECTV owns and operates a world class national IP backbone with Cisco CRS1 ASR9k Cisco 7600 and Juniper IP routers across multiple major POPS in the US and now it039s time to build achieve similar engineering discipline for DIRECTV Latin America DIRECTV is looking for a network architect to lead DIRECTV039s advance service initiatives in Latin America This is an opportunity to work with DIRECTV039s engineering a world class team at the forefront of innovation and technology Ideal candidate should be somebody who enjoys network design architecture planning and feels strongly not only about building large networks but also complex migrations and taking network infrastructure to next level You must enjoy a closeknit team environment of shared responsibility This position while based in the US requires travel to various South American countries Responsibilities include Design and validate the next generation LAN and WAN video network architecture for high performance availability and redundancy Participate in the multi dimensional efforts for DIRECTV TV Anywhere Video enhancement and Cloud design strategy Work with various system vendors on evaluating new systems and solutions as part of next generation video distribution architectures and provide recommendations Systems include routers switches firewalls load balancers content caches etc Manage networkrelated projects activities and tasks Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree in computer scienceor related fieldor equivalent 8years experience in networking industry Experience in building scalable fault tolerant infrastructure to support cloud computing Experience with Cisco data center products such as Nexus 7K5K2K CRS1 7600 6500 IOS software Advanced knowledge of IP internetworking IP routing protocols (OSPF ISIS BGP) Knowledge of data center design and principles Knowledge of LAN switching protocols Global load balancer and Security components such as Cisco ASA Firewalls Desired Qualifications Master039s degree in related field Experience with cloud infrastructureapplication strategy and technologies Experience with storage and related technologies (fiber channel FCOE) Cisco certification Fluency in Spanish and Portuguese
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