Senior SD-WAN Architect for Enterprise Networks

Peraton

Orlando (FL)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 216,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Peraton seeks a Senior Network Engineer specialized in SD-WAN to lead design, deployment, and migration across enterprise sites. You will architect platforms such as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud, Fortinet, or Prisma, define routing policies, and ensure secure, resilient connectivity with hybrid WANs including MPLS, broadband, and LTE/5G.

You will mentor junior engineers and drive operational playbooks.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of network engineering experience or equivalent.
Minimum 5 years hands-on network engineering experience with at least 2 years in SD-WAN design, deployment, or operations.
Hands-on experience with at least one enterprise SD-WAN platform (Cisco/Catalyst SD-WAN, VeloCloud, Fortinet, or Prisma).
Strong understanding of SD-WAN architecture, underlay/overlay networks, routing (BGP/OSPF), and tunneling (IPsec, GRE).
Experience integrating SD-WAN with WAN transports (MPLS, broadband, LTE/5G, DIA) and QoS.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end SD-WAN design, deployment, and migration across enterprise and multi-site environments.
Architect and implement SD-WAN platforms (Cisco/Viptela, VeloCloud, Fortinet, Prisma).
Define and enforce SD-WAN policies: application-aware routing, QoS, traffic shaping, path selection.
Integrate SD-WAN overlays with hybrid WAN transports (MPLS, broadband, LTE/5G, DIA).
Collaborate with security teams to implement SASE and SSE alongside SD-WAN deployments.
Design and maintain SD-WAN orchestration and management planes (vManage, Orchestrator, VCO).
Monitor WAN performance and troubleshoot connectivity, performance, and failover issues.
Mentor junior engineers and maintain accurate topology diagrams and runbooks.