Senior SD-WAN Architect – Enterprise Migrations

Randstad Digital Americas; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced SDWAN Architect to lead migration and integration efforts for Tier 1/2 enterprise networks. The role focuses on designing unified SDWAN architectures, coordinating across network, security, and carrier teams, and delivering scalable, secure connectivity.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst SDWAN, strong BGP/OSPF/IPsec/MPLS, and a track record of successful migrations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience architecting and migrating enterprise SDWAN environments.
• Experience with merger integration or network consolidation preferred.
• Hands-on expertise with Cisco Catalyst SDWAN and related routing/security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing SDWAN architectures, identify gaps, and define migration roadmap.
• Design unified SDWAN architecture, including routing, IP addressing, segmentation, QoS and HA.
• Develop standard configurations, migration runbooks, validation criteria and rollback plans.
• Lead pilots and production cutovers, coordinating network security, site teams, carriers and vendors.
• Validate performance, routing failover and policy enforcement; ensure post-cutover stabilization.
• Deliver as-built documentation and handover; retire redundant components and circuits.

Skills

SDWAN

BGP

OSPF

IPsec

MPLS

Network security

Communication

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco Catalyst SDWAN

Job description

Randstad Digital Americas in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced SDWAN Architect to lead migration and integration efforts for Tier 1/2 enterprise networks. The role focuses on designing unified SDWAN architectures, coordinating across network, security, and carrier teams, and delivering scalable, secure connectivity.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst SDWAN, strong BGP/OSPF/IPsec/MPLS, and a track record of successful migrations.