Senior Network Architect – Campus & Data Center (Contract)

Comgent; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Comgent is seeking a Network Architect to provide technical consulting across enterprise campus, data centre and security environments. You will guide the design and adoption of Juniper solutions, working alongside customer operations teams on architecture, deployment and complex troubleshooting.

This freelance assignment blends remote work with one week onsite in San Francisco each month, totaling 40 hours per week for 12 months.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on design and deployment experience in large-scale IP networks.
• Strong knowledge of Juniper devices and network fabrics.
• Experience with EVPN/VXLAN fabrics across campus and data centres.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops to capture current network architecture and translate requirements into designs.
• Troubleshoot architecture issues; optimize performance and reliability.
• Evaluate features, guide deployments to align with the approved design.
• Develop and share operating procedures; deliver workshops and training.
• Collaborate with engineering, implementation and support teams.

Skills

Junos CLI

EVPN/VXLAN

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VPWS

VPLS

SRX platforms

English comms

JNCIE

Job description

Comgent is seeking a Network Architect to provide technical consulting across enterprise campus, data centre and security environments. You will guide the design and adoption of Juniper solutions, working alongside customer operations teams on architecture, deployment and complex troubleshooting.

This freelance assignment blends remote work with one week onsite in San Francisco each month, totaling 40 hours per week for 12 months.