Network Architect

Insight Global; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Network Architect to lead the integration of acquired networks into the parent organization's Cisco SD-WAN environment with travel to live sites required.

Responsibilities include discovery, target-state design, migration planning, automation, field-team coordination and on-site cutovers, ensuring security and network hardening in partnership with architects. Travel to multiple sites will be necessary.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering experience.
• Design/architecture ownership for live network migrations.
• Deep Cisco IOS and IOS-XE experience.
• Strong BGP and OSPF knowledge.
• 802.1X and Cisco ISE experience.
• Python and/or Ansible automation.
• Experience directing field engineers/technicians.
• Hands-on Cisco configuration and production cutover capabilities.
• Ability and willingness to travel for site migrations and cutovers.
• Ability to support night/weekend cutovers.

Responsibilities

• Own the network domain end to end for acquired-company integrations.
• Assess acquired network environments including circuits, carriers, sites, firewalls, wireless, WAN, and IP address space.
• Design target-state networking aligned with the parent company’s Cisco SD-WAN standards.
• Identify and resolve overlapping IP address spaces between acquired and parent environments.
• Design segmentation and network hardening in partnership with security architects.
• Develop site-by-site migration and cutover plans accounting for carriers, circuits, hardware lead times, applications, and voice dependencies.
• Migrate environments away from inherited Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Meraki technologies where applicable.
• Establish Azure network connectivity as workloads transition.
• Perform hands-on Cisco configuration, staging, troubleshooting, and cutover work.
• Direct on-site engineers and field technicians during migration events.
• Define rollback and go/no-go criteria and coordinate production cutovers across sites.

Skills

Network engineering

Architecture ownership

Cisco IOS

IOS-XE

BGP

OSPF

802.1X

Cisco ISE

Python automation

Field team leadership

Production cutovers

Travel readiness

Job description

Possible travel to onsite locations for go-live

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of network engineering experience.
• Demonstrated design/architecture ownership for live network migrations.
• Deep Cisco IOS and IOS-XE experience.
• Strong BGP and OSPF knowledge.
• 802.1X and Cisco ISE experience.
• Python and/or Ansible automation.
• Experience directing field engineers/technicians.
• Hands-on Cisco configuration and production cutover capabilities.
• Ability and willingness to travel for site migrations and cutovers.
• Ability to support night/weekend cutovers.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Enterprise wireless/site survey experience.
• Experience migrating/replacing Palo Alto, Fortinet, and/or Meraki infrastructure.
• Experience supporting multi-site, field-heavy businesses such as construction, energy, or utilities.

Job Description

Senior hands‑on Network Architect responsible for integrating acquired‑company networks into the parent organization’s Cisco SD‑WAN environment. This role owns discovery, target‑state network design, migration planning, automation, field‑team coordination, and live site cutovers, with travel required.

• Own the network domain end to end for acquired‑company integrations.
• Assess acquired network environments including circuits, carriers, sites, firewalls, wireless, WAN, and IP address space.
• Design target‑state networking aligned with the parent company’s Cisco SD‑WAN standards.
• Identify and resolve overlapping IP address spaces between acquired and parent environments.
• Design segmentation and network hardening in partnership with security architects.
• Develop site‑by‑site migration and cutover plans accounting for carriers, circuits, hardware lead times, applications, and voice dependencies.
• Migrate environments away from inherited Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Meraki technologies where applicable.
• Establish Azure network connectivity as workloads transition.
• Perform hands‑on Cisco configuration, staging, troubleshooting, and cutover work.
• Direct on‑site engineers and field technicians during migration events.
• Define rollback and go/no‑go criteria and coordinate production cutovers across sites.