SDN Architect — Data Center Networking Lead

Presidio; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio seeks an Architect to join our Illinois Team. Lead design, deployment, and optimization of data center and campus network solutions. You will collaborate with sales, presales, and customers to translate business needs into robust technical architectures.

You will stay ahead of technologies like SD-WAN, ACI/NSX, and security appliances while guiding engineers through complex deployments and ensuring successful implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; military experience accepted.
• 5+ years of networking experience, configuring, analyzing, and troubleshooting complex networks.
• Cisco CCNP/CCIE certificate or equivalent experience.
• Experience working closely with customers and IT staff; strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical architecture for Cloud, Data Center, Collaboration, and Campus Networks based on vendor products.
• Stay current with trends and align architectures with customer requirements.
• Lead engineering on data center networks for pre/post-sales engagements; troubleshoot deployments.

Skills

Complex routing / switching

Network Virtualization

Production deployment

Server access networking

Webex Calling network routing

Unicast routing protocols

Data Center Interconnect

Cisco IOS / IOS-XE / IOS-XR / NXOS

WAN connectivity

SD-WAN / DM-VPN / Cloud connect

Load balancing

Cisco Meraki

Automation scripting

IP Networking & security

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Military experience

Tools

Cisco UCS

VMware vSphere / VDS

Arista (preferred)

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Presidio seeks an Architect to join our Illinois Team. Lead design, deployment, and optimization of data center and campus network solutions. You will collaborate with sales, presales, and customers to translate business needs into robust technical architectures.

You will stay ahead of technologies like SD-WAN, ACI/NSX, and security appliances while guiding engineers through complex deployments and ensuring successful implementations.