Senior Network Architect — Enterprise WAN & Data Center

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401k / Retirement savings

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work arrangements

Career development

Family-oriented culture

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Sr Network Engineer to lead enterprise network operations, data center connectivity, WAN, wireless, VPN, and firewall-adjacent networking. You will guide complex troubleshooting, manage vendors, mentor team members, and support infrastructure planning for the coming years.

The role requires a hands-on leader with strong Cisco expertise, data center experience, and collaboration across IT teams. This is a hybrid position based in Lansing, MI with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in a networking role.
• Experience leading network operations, data center connectivity, WAN, VPN, and wireless.
• Proven ability to mentor team members and guide infrastructure planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day support, monitoring, configuration, repair, and lifecycle work for network equipment and devices.
• Troubleshoot WAN, LAN, WiFi, internet, VPN, firewall-related connectivity issues.
• Serve as escalation point and mentor for other network team members.
• Partner with internal IT teams, vendors, and suppliers to deliver network projects and resolve issues.
• Support disaster planning, documentation, inventory tracking, budgeting, and standards development.

Skills

Cisco Networking Expertise

Team-focused and Collaborative

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Meraki

Network analyzers

Azure ExpressRoute

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Sr Network Engineer to lead enterprise network operations, data center connectivity, WAN, wireless, VPN, and firewall-adjacent networking. You will guide complex troubleshooting, manage vendors, mentor team members, and support infrastructure planning for the coming years.

The role requires a hands-on leader with strong Cisco expertise, data center experience, and collaboration across IT teams. This is a hybrid position based in Lansing, MI with competitive benefits.