Senior Network Architect - SDWAN & Telco Delivery

Meriplex Communications, Ltd.

Houston, Northern (TX, KY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Meriplex Communications, Ltd. is seeking a Network Architect to lead the low-level designs for Telco and SDWAN deployments, owning designs from kickoff to activation and mentoring engineers across the team.

You will work closely with customers and pre-sales, contribute to solution validation, and drive standardization for Telco delivery while coordinating with PMO and NOC. Expect on-call support and travel up to 15% for project requirements.

Qualifications

7+ years of network engineering or network architecture experience.
Extensive SDWAN experience — design, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Expert-level knowledge of high-level routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and complex routing designs, including failover and traffic engineering.
Demonstrated ability to quickly understand an unfamiliar customer network and produce an accurate, implementable design.
Working knowledge of carrier and telco services — dedicated internet, broadband, LTE, and voice circuits.
Strong documentation skills, including network diagrams (Visio or equivalent) and low-level design documents.
Exceptional verbal and written communication; comfortable in a customer-facing role, presenting designs and implementations to customers and internal teams.
Experience mentoring or technically leading network engineers.
Strong independent analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work in a team as well as self-directed.

Responsibilities

Own the low-level design (LLD) and implementation plan for every assigned Telco and SDWAN project, from design through activation.
Rapidly review existing customer network environments and design how Meriplex Telco and SDWAN products integrate into them.
Act as the technical lead on projects and implementations, working alongside Project Managers and Provisioning Coordinators.
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for delivery, support, and activations.
Assist pre-sales with solution validation and design input so what is sold can be delivered.
Own product engineering and develop the implementation standards the Telco delivery organization runs on.
Mentor network engineers — raising the technical bar of the team through design reviews and knowledge transfer.
Produce low-level designs and implementation plans for Telco and SDWAN deployments, including IP addressing, routing, failover, and cutover planning.
Rapidly assess existing customer networks — topology, routing, carrier services, and equipment — and design the integration path for Meriplex Telco and SDWAN products.
Provide pre-sales support: validate proposed solutions, contribute design input to quotes and proposals, and join customer technical conversations as needed.
Support activations, working with the Provisioning and Support & Activations teams to execute designs cleanly.
Act as the escalation point for complex issues raised by Support and the NOC.
Plan and execute Telco upgrades and maintenance for existing customer environments.
Drive product engineering: operational readiness for new products and develop and maintain the implementation standards and reusable templates used across Telco delivery.
Mentor network engineers and junior architects through design reviews, implementation coaching, and knowledge transfer.
Work directly with customers — presenting designs, walking through implementations, and representing Meriplex as the technical face of Telco delivery.
Produce and maintain customer network documentation and drawings as part of proactive customer value.
Work with Project Managers and Provisioning Coordinators as the technical lead for projects and implementations — owning the technical decisions from kickoff through closeout.
Collaborate across the Telco organization — Network Support & Activations, the NOC, Provisioning & Carrier Services, and the PMO.