Senior Cisco/Aruba Network Architect – Hybrid (Toronto)

Raise; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Raise is hiring a Cisco/Aruba Network Architect in Toronto, ON (Hybrid) for a 6-month contract. The role requires extensive enterprise network engineering experience with leadership exposure and expertise in Aruba, Cisco, SD-WAN, and cloud networking.

You will design target-state architectures, create detailed designs, and guide migrations and cutovers in production environments. The successful candidate will coordinate with security teams to define network controls, produce authoritative design

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise network engineering experience with architecture/lead engineering exposure
• Experience with Aruba, Cisco, SD-WAN and wireless technologies
• Deep knowledge of routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs) across major vendors
• Experience designing migrations, cutovers and network refreshes

Responsibilities

• Design target-state network architecture including routing, switching, segmentation and firewall policy for AWS
• Produce network designs and traffic flow diagrams with IP addressing schemes
• Provide escalation support and act as design authority for network configurations
• Define security controls with client security teams and validate designs meet them
• Oversee migration and cutover activities and review as-built documentation

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cloud networking

Aruba

Cisco

SD-WAN

Firewall design

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Migration and cutover

Leadership experience

Job description

Raise is hiring a Cisco/Aruba Network Architect in Toronto, ON (Hybrid) for a 6-month contract. The role requires extensive enterprise network engineering experience with leadership exposure and expertise in Aruba, Cisco, SD-WAN, and cloud networking.

You will design target-state architectures, create detailed designs, and guide migrations and cutovers in production environments. The successful candidate will coordinate with security teams to define network controls, produce authoritative design