Landed a Network Architect role!

nel

Well as some of you know i moved to australia recently from the UK and this is the first post since i arrived. Luck must have been on my side, i applied for a few contract roles (due to visa restrictions) and a large company consultancy has taken me on as a Network Architect within their team, outsourcing me on multi million dollar projects. Its a massive step and one i am keen on making the most of. My last role was a mix of 80% project work (design and imp) and 20% support. This role is purely Design based with no implementation involved. Some may see this as a downside but i see it as a way to get some great experience that was not available to me previously and will no doubt improve and boost my CV.

Looking over everything i believe i need to improve the following:

1) Design - The role is based on Cisco products and technologies so im thinking the CCDP would be a excellent learning process.
2) project methodology - understand how large projects work. Possibly take something like prince2 foundation.
3) understand architecture frameworks - not quite sure on this one!

Could any other network architects out there provide some advice on what i could do to "cement" my role as an architect or help with the above thoughts?

cgrimaldo

Congrats!