Senior WAN Engineer

GDH; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 81,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GDH is seeking a Senior WAN Engineer to design, implement, operate, and continuously improve a global enterprise WAN. You will work hands-on with BGP, SD-WAN/SASE, internet-edge routing, and cloud interconnects to ensure reliability, security, and high performance across data centers, sites, and cloud environments.

The role requires extensive experience with carrier interconnections, throughput optimization, and robust network documentation.

Qualifications

• Active CCNP Enterprise, Service Provider, Data Center, or comparable professional-level networking certification.
• 7+ years of hands-on network engineering experience, including 3+ years focused on WAN or service-provider connectivity.
• Strong production BGP experience with peering, route policies, prefix filtering, and failover behavior.
• Hands-on experience deploying SD-WAN technologies (Cato, VeloCloud, Viptela, Prisma, Fortinet).
• Experience activating and troubleshooting carrier circuits with telecom providers.
• Knowledge of cloud interconnects (Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect).
• Experience with network documentation, incident management, and change control.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot eBGP/iBGP across internet-edge and carrier interconnect environments.
• Manage route policies, prefix filtering, BGP communities, peering, capacity changes, failover testing.
• Deploy and support enterprise SD-WAN/SASE environments and related security policies.
• Design and operate cloud connectivity with Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect, and similar services.
• Coordinate carrier circuit activations, testing, cutovers, outages, and maintenance.
• Build and support LAN/WAN connectivity across sites, data centers, and OT environments.
• Maintain network monitoring, flow analytics, dashboards, and performance telemetry.
• Develop and maintain network diagrams, runbooks, IP/BGP records, inventories.
• Execute production changes per change management and audits.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, telecoms, carriers, and network teams on design and incident resolution.

Skills

BGP routing

SD-WAN

Networking certifications

Documentation

Automation (Python/Ansible)

Carrier circuits

Cloud interconnects

Tools

Cato Networks

VMware VeloCloud

Cisco Viptela

Palo Alto Prisma

Fortinet

Equinix Fabric

AWS Direct Connect

Kentik

Job description

Role Summary

The Senior WAN Engineer designs, implements, operates, and continuously improves enterprise wide-area network infrastructure supporting operational sites, corporate locations, data centers, cloud environments, carrier interconnections, and other critical communications services. This senior-level role provides hands‑on expertise in BGP, SD-WAN/SASE, internet-edge routing, carrier connectivity, and cloud interconnect technologies while supporting network reliability, scalability, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot eBGP and iBGP across internet-edge and carrier interconnect environments.
• Manage route policies, prefix filtering, BGP communities, peering relationships, capacity changes, and failover testing.
• Deploy and support enterprise SD-WAN/SASE environments, including appliances, site configurations, security policies, performance optimization, and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Design and operate cloud connectivity using technologies such as Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect, and comparable cloud interconnect solutions.
• Coordinate carrier circuit activations, acceptance testing, cutovers, outage response, maintenance activities, and service escalations for optical, Ethernet, DIA, and MPLS services.
• Build and support LAN and WAN connectivity across operational sites, data centers, and industrial or operational technology environments.
• Maintain network monitoring, flow analytics, alerting, dashboards, performance telemetry, and capacity reporting.
• Develop and maintain network diagrams, as-built documentation, circuit inventories, IP and BGP records, and operational runbooks.
• Execute production network changes in accordance with established change management and audit processes.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, telecommunications, carriers, network architecture, and technical teams on network design, implementation, troubleshooting, and incident resolution.

Qualifications

• Active CCNP Enterprise, Service Provider, Data Center, or comparable professional-level networking certification.
• 7+ years of hands‑on network engineering experience, including 3+ years focused on WAN, internet-edge, or service‑provider connectivity in production environments.
• Strong production BGP experience, including peering, route policies, prefix filtering, communities, and failover behavior.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and operating SD-WAN technologies such as Cato Networks, VMware VeloCloud, Cisco Viptela, Palo Alto Prisma, Fortinet, or comparable platforms.
• Experience activating and troubleshooting carrier circuits and working directly with telecommunications providers and network operations teams.
• Working knowledge of cloud interconnect technologies such as Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect, or comparable services.
• Strong experience with network documentation, incident management, change control, and production support practices.
• Ability to meet applicable work authorization requirements associated with the position.
• Ability to travel approximately 15 to 20% and participate in an on‑call rotation as required.
• Ability to support Central Time business and operational requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCIE, CCNP Service Provider, or comparable advanced networking certification.
• Experience with satellite communications, telecommunications, carrier, or ISP infrastructure.
• Knowledge of EVPN/VXLAN technologies.
• Experience with network analytics platforms such as Kentik or comparable tools.
• Experience supporting Check Point firewalls or similar network security technologies.
• Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, or comparable technologies.

Pay

Publishing Pay Range: $59.00 – $65.00 hourly

Location / Remote

This is a fully remote role and can be performed from an approved location.