SDWAN Architect

ZipRecruiter; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruiting platform is seeking an SDWAN Architect to drive infrastructure success via advanced Cisco technologies. Candidates should have over 7 years' experience in LAN/WAN design and a strong background in SD-WAN solutions. This role is remote and involves leading service rollouts and providing technical guidance to teams. Excellent communication and analytical skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in LAN/WAN network design and implementation.
• Extensive experience with SD-WAN solutions is mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of IP communication and routing protocols.

Responsibilities

• Drive success of Infrastructure Services with SD-WAN expertise.
• Lead rollout of new services and shape deployment strategies.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

SD-WAN expertise

Cisco Routing

Network troubleshooting

Cloud integrations

Customer consultation

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cisco DNA Center

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionRole: SDWAN Architect
Location: Remote work from home
Job Type: 90 Day Contract to Hire for Potential Full Time Employment
Compensation: Hourly until hired as an Employee

What will you be doing?

Drive the success of Infrastructure Services by leveraging your expertise in Advanced Cisco Routing, Switching, and SD-WAN. Act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for delivery teams, ensuring seamless deployments. Lead the rollout of new services by shaping deployment strategies, creating documentation, and empowering field teams with the tools and knowledge they need to excel.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the development of network planning, design, implementation services
• Pre/Post sales consultant to Arganteal’s Enterprise clients.
• Create Low Level and High-Level design of Campus and Wide Area networks utilizing industry best practices
• Translate business outcomes to technical solutions
• Provide technical guidance and support to delivery engineers throughout all phases of a project including Project Launch Workshops, Kickoff calls, lessons learned, etc. as needed
• Review client deliverables to identify opportunities to improve quality through training, mentoring, product offering improvement, and talent acquisition
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry
• Access the technical effort required to deliver solutions
• Serve as an escalation point for troubleshooting of customer networks

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have at least 7 years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing LAN/WAN networks in accordance with industry best practices
• Extensive large scale WAN experience required
• Extensive campus networking experience required
• Highly skilled in consulting with customers at all levels of the organization in both pre and post-sales
• Highly Skilled in at least one (1) of the following with more being : SD-WAN (Cisco Viptela, VMware Velocloud, Aruba/Silverpeak Edgeconnect, Fortinet, Versa)
• Experience integrating SD-WAN into SASE/SSE and cloud deployments (Umbrella SIG, Zscaler, Prisma)
• Strong knowledge of IP communication and routing is required (ISIS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP). Experience with inter-company routing is .
• Experience with Hybrid Cloud network deployments including AWS, Azure, GCP is a plus
• Experienced with logical design models (VXLAN-EVPN, VXLAN-LISP, Advanced segmentation, Inter-segmentation routing, multi-tenancy, Device Contexts, L2/L3, VPC, VSS, Stackwise Virtual, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VRFs, VLANs)
• Working technical knowledge of network and security protocols (IPSEC VPN, SGT, SSL VPN, AAA, Dot1x, TustSec, NAT, QoS etc)
• Implementation experience with Cisco DNA Center and Software Defined Access
• General working knowledge of Cisco (fabric) wireless and Cisco ISE
• Configuration management of networking devices using PnP/ZTP, automation tools (Cisco DNA-Center, vManage, Cisco Prime, ISE) and API scripting with Python
• Knowledge of templating (Velocity, Jinja2)
• Experience with network automation using Ansible, Terraform or other orchestration tools
• Knowledge or experience with Meraki is a plus
• Working knowledge of middle-mile, cloud interconnectivity or multicloud technologies (Equinix, Megaport, Aviatrix etc) is a plus
• Certifications in industry leading network products: Cisco (CCIE, CCNP), Arista, Aruba, VMware, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Zscaler, AWS, GCP, Azure
• Multi-vendor experience is required
• Cisco partner post sales consulting experience strongly .
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong customer service with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Related degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or seven to ten years equivalent network engineering experience.

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