Senior Network Solutions Architect

Myriad360; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Company-funded health insurance

401k contributions

BYOD reimbursement

Job summary

Myriad360 is seeking a Pre-Sales Network Architect to help clients modernize and optimize their network infrastructure. You’ll design scalable, secure architectures and translate complex business challenges into technical proposals, leading workshops and discovery sessions for executive stakeholders.

Based in the United States, you’ll collaborate with sales, delivery teams, and OEM partners to develop proposals, BOMs, and SOWs while staying current on SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, automation, and cloud

Qualifications

• 7+ years in enterprise networking, with 2+ years in pre-sales or solution architecture.
• Deep Cisco and Juniper expertise: routing, switching, firewalls.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, VRFs, QoS, NAT, ACLs.
• Ability to lead technical discussions with engineers and executives.
• Experience creating architecture diagrams, proposals, and presentations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sales engagements, aligning network designs to client goals across data center, campus, and WAN.
• Design and present solutions using Cisco Catalyst/Nexus/ISR/ASR and Juniper MX/EX/SRX.
• Host whiteboard sessions, workshops, and discovery meetings to define use cases and criteria.
• Collaborate with account managers and delivery teams to develop proposals, BOMs, and SOWs.
• Translate business needs into scalable, secure network architectures with routing, switching, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Develop high-quality documentation: HLDs, briefs, and client-ready presentations.
• Stay current on SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, automation; communicate value to customers.
• Participate in RFPs, analyses, and technical validation of architectures.
• Act as trusted advisor to enterprise clients and build long-term relationships.
• Complete security awareness training and comply with policies; identify risk.

Skills

Cisco Networking

Juniper Networking

Pre-Sales

Architectural Diagrams

Executive Presentations

Customer Discovery

Ansible

Python

Tools

Ansible

Python

Job description

You are a consultative technology professional who combines deep networking expertise with a passion for solving customer challenges. You thrive in client-facing environments, building trusted relationships through technical credibility, clear communication, and strategic thinking. With extensive experience designing enterprise network solutions using Cisco and Juniper technologies, you're equally comfortable whiteboarding with engineers, presenting to executive stakeholders, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop winning solutions. You stay current on emerging networking trends, enjoy learning new technologies, and are motivated by helping customers achieve successful business outcomes through innovative infrastructure design.

About This Role

As a Pre-Sales Network Architect, you will play a critical role in helping clients modernize and optimize their network infrastructure by designing innovative, scalable, and secure solutions. Partnering closely with sales teams, customers, and technology partners, you'll translate complex business challenges into technical architectures that drive business outcomes. From leading discovery sessions and solution workshops to developing proposals and presenting executive-level recommendations, you'll serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales process. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex networking challenges, influencing technical strategy, and helping organizations leveraging cutting‑edge technologies to achieve their goals.

Must be based in the United States.

Other responsibilities include:

• Serve as the technical lead during pre-sales engagements, aligning network architectures with client goals across datacenter,campus, and WAN environments.


• Design and present solutions using Cisco (Catalyst, Nexus, ISR/ASR) and Juniper (MX, EX, SRX) platforms to meet customer requirements and businessobjectives.


• Lead whiteboarding sessions, technical workshops, and customer discovery meetings to define use cases, success criteria, and architectural recommendations.


• Collaborate with account managers, delivery teams, and OEM partners to develop comprehensive proposals, BOMs, and SOWs.


• Translate business needs into scalable, secure networkarchitecturesleveragingrouting, switching, VPNs, andfirewalltechnologies.


• Develop high-quality documentation, including HLDs, solution briefs, and client-ready presentations.


• Stay current on emerging technologies (SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, automation) and communicate their value in customer environments.


• Participate in RFP responses, competitive analyses, and technical validation of proposed architectures.


• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, building long-term technical relationships.


• Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies to the requirements section


• Identify and elevate security risks to the appropriate Executive Leadership Team member and actively contribute to remediation efforts


• Other duties as assigned

Desired Skills and experience:

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise networking roles, including at least 2 years ina customer-facing pre-sales or solution architect capacity.


• Deep technicalexpertisein Cisco and Juniper network infrastructure (routing, switching, firewalls).


• Strong understanding of Layer 2/3 protocols (BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, VRFs), QoS, NAT, ACLs.


• Ability to lead technical discussions with engineers and executives alike.


• Skilled at creating architecture diagrams, proposal documentation, and technical presentations.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: CCNP/CCIE (Enterprise/Data Center), JNCIP/JNCIE strongly preferred.


• Familiarity with SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, or cloud networking (AWS/Azure).


• Experience with network automation (e.g., Ansible, Python) is a plus.


• Exposure to NAC, 802.1X, RADIUS, and hybrid networking environments.

A Little About Us

Our mission is to challenge and enable our employees to achieve great things.

We live and breathe our core values:

• We Before Me:We demonstrate empathy through our actions and solicit diverse voices and opinions. We put ourselves in each other’s shoes, readily admit our mistakes, and generously share our time and knowledge.


• Dare To Be Great:We are big-picture thinkers who focus on solutions to problems. We solicit and offer actionable feedback to others without hesitation. We embrace opportunities to improve ourselves, our teams, and our work. We aim to be the best of the best.


• Own It:We set clear expectations, communicate proactively, and follow through on our commitments. We take pride in the experiences we create and the outcomes we deliver. We are personally invested in the success of our team and our clients. We iterate to deliver ever better results.

We are consistently listed among Inc & Crain's "Best Places to Work" and we're proud of our accessible & engaged executive team. We believe in cultivating an atmosphere ofinclusion andproviding an environment that enables every employee to work to the best of their ability.

Some of Our Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)


• Incentive compensation plans for all employees


• Company-funded 401k contributions


• Zero-cost employer-covered health insurance


• Annual BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) reimbursement up to $500


• Transparent, candid culture with 1:1 coaching, performance reviews, and a consistent feedback loop


• Quirky, diverse, respectful, high-performing coworkers you’ll want to achieve greatness with!

Pursuant to the NYC Pay Transparency Law, the base salary range in New York City for this position is$200,000- $250,000 OTE, (base salary plus opportunities for bonus and/or commission). Compensation in other geographies may vary.

Myriad360 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.