Hybrid Senior Network Architect — Cisco, Data Center

Judge Group, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Judge Group, Inc. seeks a Senior Network Engineer to join its Infrastructure team in Colorado Springs. The role focuses on enterprise routing, campus and data center switching, and firewall management with Palo Alto environments. Onsite presence is required, with some remote work and maintenance windows.

The ideal candidate has extensive Cisco routing/switching experience, BGP/OSPF expertise, and hands-on data center networking. Certification and regulated industry experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• 7 years of hands-on experience as a network engineer in an enterprise environment.
• Strong Cisco routing and switching, including BGP/OSPF, campus switching, VLANs, and spanning tree.
• Experience with Cisco data center switching (Nexus; ACI fabric experience strongly preferred).
• Experience administering or supporting Palo Alto Networks firewalls (Panorama-managed environments a plus).
• Work on-site in Colorado Springs, CO on a regular basis and support after-hours maintenance windows as needed.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and troubleshoot enterprise routing across the WAN and data center environment (BGP, OSPF, static routing).
• Manage and support campus switching infrastructure, including VLANs, spanning tree, QoS, and 802.1X network access control across wired and wireless environments.
• Manage and support data center switching, including Cisco Nexus and ACI fabric operations (APIC, spine/leaf, EPGs/bridge domains, L3Outs, fabric policy).
• Help administer and maintain the Palo Alto Networks firewall environment (Panorama-managed HA pairs), including security and NAT policy, GlobalProtect VPN, and day‑to‑day rule and policy changes.
• Monitor network health and performance, and lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for routing, switching, and firewall-related incidents.
• Support wireless network operations, including controller configuration and ongoing performance tuning.
• Configure and maintain site-to-site VPN and third‑party network circuit integrations, including BGP peering with carriers and service providers.
• Plan and execute changes to network and firewall infrastructure through a formal change management process, including work during scheduled maintenance windows.
• Maintain accurate network documentation, including diagrams, configurations, and as‑built records as the environment evolves.
• Collaborate with the broader Infrastructure, security, and systems teams on cross‑functional projects and day‑to‑day operational needs.

Skills

Cisco routing & switching

BGP

OSPF

Data center switching

Nexus

ACI fabric

Palo Alto firewalls

Network troubleshooting

Documentation

Wireless networking

Education

CCNP or higher certification

Tools

Panorama

NDO

APIC

Nexus switches

Job description

Judge Group, Inc. seeks a Senior Network Engineer to join its Infrastructure team in Colorado Springs. The role focuses on enterprise routing, campus and data center switching, and firewall management with Palo Alto environments. Onsite presence is required, with some remote work and maintenance windows.

The ideal candidate has extensive Cisco routing/switching experience, BGP/OSPF expertise, and hands-on data center networking. Certification and regulated industry experience are a plus.