Senior Network Architect - Cisco & Fortinet (Remote)

United Data Technologies, Inc.; Clifton (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and unlimited PTO

Job summary

United Data Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain carrier-grade networks built on Cisco and Fortinet solutions.

You will lead provisioning for new services, support internal teams, and ensure high availability. The role emphasizes automation, documentation, and knowledge transfer to sales and engineering, with after-hours on-call rotations and opportunities to influence capacity planning and technology choices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in telecommunications, CS, or related field.
• CCNP and Fortinet NSE-4 FortiOS & FortiGate Administrator required; RHCE a plus.
• 10+ years in carrier-grade MSP networks and routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS).
• 4+ years with automation/scripting (Python) and/or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support network architectures in Cisco/ Fortinet environments.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and coordinate vendor interactions; escalate when needed.
• Assist with capacity planning and network growth strategy.
• Write and deploy automation to improve provisioning and support efficiency.
• Create technical documentation and serve as technical consultant to sales.
• Research and recommend new technologies to management; participate in after-hours on-call rotation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

10+ years networking experience

Routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, M

MPLS, QoS, Multicast

Metro Ethernet design & topology

Automation scripting (Python)

Ansible experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications or CS

CCNP

Fortinet NSE-4 FortiOS & FortiGate Administrator

RHCE (plus)

Tools

Ansible

Python

Job description

United Data Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain carrier-grade networks built on Cisco and Fortinet solutions.

You will lead provisioning for new services, support internal teams, and ensure high availability. The role emphasizes automation, documentation, and knowledge transfer to sales and engineering, with after-hours on-call rotations and opportunities to influence capacity planning and technology choices.