A step-by-step roadmap to develop essential competencies in key areas such as network architecture design, relationship management, systems and services, as well as certification guidance and valuable tips. Key Features The big picture of information technology infrastructure to become a successful Network Architect Overcome challenges that you come across in network performance and configuration management Enhance your skills to grow your career filled with real-life examples and important tips Book DescriptionBecoming a network architect is challenging, requiring hands-on engineering skills, hardware installation, configuration, and fabric layout design. It involves collaboration with internal teams and C-Suite stakeholders while managing external entities like vendors and service providers. This handbook will teach you how to become an effective network architect within an organization, including communication with leadership teams and other stakeholders. The book start with the helping you to know the actual meaning of a Network Architect, covers the roadmap, and how to delve into the attributes and mindset a network architect should possess. As you progress, you will explore network architect design, physical infrastructure routing and switching, and network services such as DNS, MLAG, and service insertion. With this book, you will find information on the necessary skills and typical daily challenges faced by network architects. Towards the end, book covers certifications and associated training for maintaining relevance in an organization, along with common interview questions for a network architect's position. By the end of this handbook, you'll have gained the skills, concepts, and techniques needed to pursue a career as a Network Architect.What you will learn Explore the role of a network architect Understand the key design makers in a organization Choose the best strategies to meet the needs of your stakeholders Understand networking concepts Learn and prepare for an interview for a network architect position Understand the difference IT architects in an organization Learn which certification is useful for Network Architects Understand the different defacto network/fabric architect models used today Who this book is forThis book is intended for network engineers and technicians who are looking to pursue a career as a Network Architect. You can use this book as a guide to help you along your Network architect path. The intent is to help facilitate the key aspects of what is required of a Network Architect - design concepts, architectural requirements, relevant experience, certifications and advanced education with expansion to cloud best practices. A practical understanding of IT networking is expected to get through this book.

Book Information
ISBN 9781837637836
Author Alim H. Ali
Format Paperback
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited