Senior SD-WAN Architect — Remote Enterprise Network

Ascension; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan with 403(b)

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

Pet insurance

Job summary

Ascension is seeking a senior WAN Architect to design, scale, and optimize our global SD-WAN, leveraging Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) and Meraki solutions. You’ll own high-availability traffic steering, multi-region edge performance, and end-to-end upgrade programs.

You will act as a top tier technical authority for complex WAN degradations, handling BGP/OSPF routing and policy control, while driving modernization and automation across production sites.

Qualifications

• Education required: High School diploma equivalency with 2 years experience or Associate/Bachelor with 1 year experience; 5 years related experience preferred.
• CCNP certification required; strong preference for CCNP SD-WAN Specialist or CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure.
• 8–10+ years of experience in designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting large-scale Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and related routing protocols.

Responsibilities

• Architect & Scale Enterprise SD-WAN across global Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) and Cisco Meraki WAN fabrics.
• Serve as tier-3/4 authority for critical enterprise WAN degradations; perform deep-packet analysis and root-cause resolution for BGP/OSPF/routing policies.
• Lead end-to-end WAN modernization, migrations, and policy tunings across transport options (MPLS, Internet, 5G) for edge resiliency.
• Establish continuous network health telemetry; refine QoS/SLA policies; develop automated incident response playbooks across distributed sites.

Skills

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela)

Meraki SD-WAN

Network Engineering

BGP/OSPF

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Associate's degree with 1 year experience

Tools

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela)

Meraki SD-WAN

CCNP

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

Job description

Ascension is seeking a senior WAN Architect to design, scale, and optimize our global SD-WAN, leveraging Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) and Meraki solutions. You’ll own high-availability traffic steering, multi-region edge performance, and end-to-end upgrade programs.

You will act as a top tier technical authority for complex WAN degradations, handling BGP/OSPF routing and policy control, while driving modernization and automation across production sites.