The Network Architect (NA) is a member of the Belk Infrastructure Engineering team and is responsible for leading the process that aligns our technology foundational components to business system initiatives. The NA role is to coordinate, direct, and design network infrastructure activities as well as provide technology direction in support of the project and support teams.

The NA possesses a broad knowledgebase with a focus on strategic technologies including: Cisco Networking technologies including (LAN, WAN, SAN, VoIP, Wireless, Firewall), HP Networking, Palo Alto, Checkpoint and similar non-Cisco technologies.

The NA will also work with decision makers in other departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions. The NA will participate in overall IT planning, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of technology and systems.

The NA role works in close partnership with Belk’s Domain Architects, the Enterprise Architecture and Security teams aligning technical solutions to business and technology strategies. This position will be responsible for designing and delivering solutions which are fault tolerant, flexible, and scalable to support our development, test and production environments.

The scope of this position includes collaboration and participation with all IT Infrastructure core components; furthermore, the NA will be a liaison between Belk IT and Belk’s business partners, such as HP Enterprise Services, and will work collaboratively to maintain and operate all related systems in support of end-user access, performance, and stability.