Senior Network Architect – Zero Trust & IPv6 – Multi-Cloud

Valiant Solutions; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401K Matching

Paid Time Off

Certifications paid

Paid holidays

Job summary

Valiant Solutions is seeking a Principal Network Architect to serve as the senior technical authority for a nationwide enterprise network consolidation supporting a government customer. You will own end-to-end design across campus LAN, WAN, data centers, and cloud platforms, driving Zero Trust and IPv6 programs per NIST and TIC 3.0 guidelines.

The role is hands-on and non-management, with Tier 3 escalation duties and responsibility for health of the architecture, monitoring, and DR planning.

Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive network architecture experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. Four additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• Demonstrated experience acting as the senior technical authority for a nationwide or multi-site network.
• Experience consolidating fragmented, multi-vendor network operations into a single operating model.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment and validation of the device inventory across Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches, Cisco Firepower Threat Defense firewalls, Cisco ISE appliances, and Ubiquiti UniFi and Meraki switches.
• Direct the initial enterprise network assessment covering design, security, redundancy, and performance posture, and identify the gaps that block the target Zero Trust architecture.
• Drive knowledge transfer from incumbent staff and government engineers, capturing undocumented operational procedures and reconciling them against existing network standard operating procedures.
• Define the ITIL v4 aligned service management model that replaces tool-by-tool operation, and set the architecture for a consolidated monitoring dashboard aggregating MPLS WAN, data center fabric, and cloud telemetry.
• Assess the existing ServiceNow ITSM workflow used for network service requests and deliver written recommendations through the customer's review process.

Skills

OSPF/OSPFv3

BGP/MP-BGP

EIGRP redistribution

MPLS WAN design

Zero Trust design

IPv6 transition

Terraform IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Firepower

Cisco ISE

Ubiquiti UniFi

Meraki

Terraform

Job description

Valiant Solutions is seeking a Principal Network Architect to serve as the senior technical authority for a nationwide enterprise network consolidation supporting a government customer. You will own end-to-end design across campus LAN, WAN, data centers, and cloud platforms, driving Zero Trust and IPv6 programs per NIST and TIC 3.0 guidelines.

The role is hands-on and non-management, with Tier 3 escalation duties and responsibility for health of the architecture, monitoring, and DR planning.