Network Architect

Tech Army, LLC; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Army, LLC is seeking a hands-on Network Architect to design, implement, secure, and support its enterprise network infrastructure. The role spans architecture, engineering, security, Cisco UCM/UCCX/Unity, and cloud/hybrid connectivity.

The candidate will have architecture experience plus recent hands-on implementation and troubleshooting skills, with emphasis on Cisco UCM/CUCM, UCCX, and Unity Connection, plus WAN/LAN/WLAN design and reliability planning.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of enterprise IT networking and security experience.
• Experience designing and implementing LAN/WAN/WLAN solutions.
• Hands-on implementation of Cisco UCM, CUCM, UCCX, and Unity Connection.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise LAN, WLAN, and WAN environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco/Juniper switches and load balancers.
• Manage SANs, firewalls, proxy policies, and mail gateways.
• Support Cisco Unified Communications and enterprise voice connectivity.
• Ensure cloud networking and hybrid connectivity resiliency.
• Design for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Monitor performance, resolve incidents, and improve security.
• Document configurations and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

LAN/WAN design

WLAN design

Network security

Cisco/Juniper switches

Load balancing (F5/Kemp)

SAN design

Palo Alto NGFW

Cisco UCM/UCCX/Unity Connection

Cloud networking & hybrid connectivity

Disaster recovery & high availability

Tools

Cisco & Juniper equipment

F5 & Kemp load balancers

Palo Alto Firewalls

Job description

Job Title: Network Architect - Cisco Networking & Unified Communications

Job Type: Contract + potential ext

About the role:

We're seeking a hands-on Network Architect to design, implement, secure, and support its enterprise network infrastructure. This role combines network architecture and engineering with network security, Cisco Unified Communications, and cloud/hybrid connectivity.

Strong candidates will bring both architectural experience and recent hands-on implementation and troubleshooting skills. Experience implementing and supporting Cisco UCM, UCCX, and Unity Connection is required.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support enterprise LAN, WLAN, and WAN environments.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure, including Cisco and Juniper switches.
• Support load balancers, Storage Area Networks (SANs), firewalls, proxy policies, and mail gateways.
• Implement and support Cisco Unified Communications and enterprise voice connectivity.
• Support cloud networking and hybrid connectivity.
• Design for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Monitor network performance, resolve incidents, and improve reliability and security.
• Evaluate technologies, recommend improvements, and support infrastructure projects.
• Maintain technical documentation, share knowledge, and provide weekly progress updates.

Required Experience:

• At least five years of enterprise IT support experience; the scope also specifies more than five years.
• More than five years of experience across the following disciplines:
• LAN/WLAN/WAN design, implementation, and support.
• Network switching; Cisco and Juniper are the named platforms.
• Load balancing; F5 and Kemp are the named platforms.
• SAN design and maintenance.
• Network security, including ACLs, firewall policies, proxy policies, and mail gateway management; Palo Alto NGFW and Cisco IronPort are named.
• PRI and SIP trunks.
• Cloud networking and hybrid connectivity.
• Hands-on implementation and support of Cisco UCM/CUCM, UCCX, and Unity Connection.
• Experience designing network resiliency, including disaster recovery and high availability.
• Enterprise network monitoring, troubleshooting, configuration, maintenance, performance optimization, and incident response.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical teams, leadership, vendors, and business stakeholders.