Senior SD-WAN Architect (Remote)

Ascension; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascension is seeking an experienced Enterprise SD-WAN Architect to design, optimize and scale Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) and Cisco Meraki WAN fabrics for a global remote team. You will own high-availability traffic steering and application path optimization across multi-region edge sites.

The role requires 8+ years of WAN engineering, expertise in BGP/OSPF, and CCNP certification; CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure preferred.

Qualifications

• Cisco CCNP certification required; CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure preferred.
• 8–10+ years designing, optimizing and troubleshooting large-scale SD-WAN and WAN architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale Enterprise SD-WAN across global Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and Meraki WAN fabrics.
• Resolve tier-3/4 WAN degradations with deep-packet analysis and routing protocol tuning.
• Lead modernization and migrations, policy tuning, and transport transitions to improve resilience.
• Develop telemetry, QoS/SLA policies and automated incident response playbooks.

Skills

Enterprise WAN design

Routing protocols (BGP/OSPF)

SD-WAN expertise (Viptela/Meraki)

Troubleshooting large-scale networks

Leadership experience

Education

High School diploma equivalency

Associate/Bachelor's degree

5+ years applicable experience

Tools

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela)

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Cisco networking hardware

Job description

Ascension is seeking an experienced Enterprise SD-WAN Architect to design, optimize and scale Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) and Cisco Meraki WAN fabrics for a global remote team. You will own high-availability traffic steering and application path optimization across multi-region edge sites.

The role requires 8+ years of WAN engineering, expertise in BGP/OSPF, and CCNP certification; CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure preferred.