Senior Network Architect: SD-WAN & WAN Expert

Red River; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Red River is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to lead complex enterprise LAN/WAN design and SD-WAN implementations for multi-site customers across vendor platforms. The role supports SDN-enabled architectures and requires hands-on expertise across Cisco and non-Cisco ecosystems.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to high-level designs, and collaborate with pre-sales on deployment methodologies and customer solutions in a fast-paced professional services environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of related experience in a field or professional services role, with significant focus on enterprise LAN/WAN design and deployment.
• Current professional-level networking certification required (Cisco CCNP Enterprise preferred; JNCIP, ACCP, or NSE7 also considered); CCIE or equivalent expert-level certification strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support complex enterprise LAN and WAN solutions spanning traditional routed/switched infrastructure and modern Software-Defined Networking architectures across multiple vendor platforms.
• Lead SD-WAN deployments including controller/orchestrator onboarding, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), policy development, traffic segmentation, and QoS configuration (e.g., Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Meraki, Palo Alto Prisma, Juniper Session Smart).
• Design and deploy SD-Access or equivalent campus fabric solutions including policy-based segmentation, network access control integration, and intent-based automation (e.g., Cisco SDA with Catalyst Center and ISE).
• Execute WAN circuit migrations and cutovers — including MPLS-to-SD-WAN transitions — and campus LAN modernization projects with minimal customer impact.
• Design and implement SD-Branch solutions that converge WAN connectivity, LAN switching, security, and wireless functions at the branch edge.

Skills

Advanced networking design

Cisco CCNP Enterprise

CCIE or equivalent

JNCIP

NSE7

MPLS

BGP

OSPF

EIGRP

SDN

WAN QoS

Tools

Cisco Catalyst/ASR/ISR

Juniper EX/MX

Aruba CX

HPE

Job description

Red River is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to lead complex enterprise LAN/WAN design and SD-WAN implementations for multi-site customers across vendor platforms. The role supports SDN-enabled architectures and requires hands-on expertise across Cisco and non-Cisco ecosystems.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to high-level designs, and collaborate with pre-sales on deployment methodologies and customer solutions in a fast-paced professional services environment.