Senior Cisco SD-WAN Architect for Large-Scale Deployments

Pinnacle Group, Inc.; Bristol (CT); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinnacle Group, Inc. is seeking a Cisco SD-WAN Solution Architect to lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and ensure scalable deployment across multiple sites. The role emphasizes independent assessment, risk identification, and adherence to industry best practices.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with customer engineering, partners, and delivery teams to validate designs, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive production readiness for large-scale SD-WAN transformations.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in enterprise networking or network engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on Cisco SD-WAN/Viptela experience.
• Deep expertise in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN architecture and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Independently review Cisco SD-WAN architecture and designs against best practices.
• Assess topology, hub/mesh, routing, segmentation, resiliency, and configuration strategies.
• Review Feature Profiles and Configuration Groups for scalability and consistency across sites.

Skills

Cisco SD-WAN

Viptela

Network architecture

BGP/OSPF/Static routing

IPsec overlays

Hub-and-spoke/Hub-mesh

vManage/configuration groups

Templates and configuration

Design review/governance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Cisco vManage

Configuration Templates

Feature Profiles

Job description

Pinnacle Group, Inc. is seeking a Cisco SD-WAN Solution Architect to lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and ensure scalable deployment across multiple sites. The role emphasizes independent assessment, risk identification, and adherence to industry best practices.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with customer engineering, partners, and delivery teams to validate designs, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive production readiness for large-scale SD-WAN transformations.