SR NETWORK ARCHITECT

TechDigital Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in Philadelphia is seeking a senior network architect to independently assess a complex Cisco and VeloCloud environment, identify material risks and gaps, define the target architecture, and deliver an actionable transformation roadmap to engineering and executives.

The role requires hands-on experience with Cisco enterprise switches, wireless APs, and strong knowledge of SD-WAN architectures, with the ability to translate technical findings into business risk and operational

Qualifications

• Senior network architect with proven Cisco enterprise experience.
• Strong hands-on design of LAN/WAN/WLAN, data center, and hybrid/cloud connectivity.
• Ability to translate architectural findings into business risk and ROI.
• Experience presenting to executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assess current-state enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Center and hybrid/cloud connectivity.
• Review core, distribution and access-layer architecture, topology and segmentation.
• Assess routing, switching, redundancy, convergence and failover design.
• Evaluate MPLS, Internet, VPN, SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity architecture.
• Review wireless architecture for coverage, capacity, resiliency and scalability.
• Assess network security architecture, including segmentation, firewalls and IDS/IPS integration.
• Identify architectural gaps, single points of failure across devices, circuits, power and paths.
• Develop current-state and conceptual future-state architecture diagrams; define target design principles.
• Prepare Enterprise Network Assessment Report and Gap Analysis.
• Deliver executive-level presentation of findings, risks and recommendations.

Skills

Mobility R&D

Cisco Meraki SDWAN

Cisco SD WAN

Cisco ACI

Cisco Edge Network Sec Sol

Cisco ACI SDN

Education

CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or equivalent expertise

Job description

Top Skills

• Mobility R&D
• Cisco Meraki SDWAN
• Cisco SD WAN
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco Edge Network Sec Sol
• Cisco ACI SDN

Job Summary

A senior architect who can independently assess a complex Cisco/VeloCloud environment, identify material risks and gaps, define the target architecture, and provide an actionable transformation roadmap to both engineering and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assess current-state enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Center and hybrid/cloud connectivity.
• Strong hands-on architecture experience with Cisco enterprise switches and wireless Access Points.
• Strong knowledge of VeloCloud SD-WAN architecture and design.
• Review core, distribution and access-layer architecture, topology and segmentation.
• Assess routing, switching, redundancy, convergence and failover design.
• Evaluate MPLS, Internet, VPN, SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity architecture.
• Review wireless architecture for coverage, capacity, resiliency and scalability.
• Assess network security architecture, including segmentation, trust boundaries, firewalls and IDS/IPS integration. Review DNS, DHCP and IPAM services and dependencies.
• Identify physical and logical single points of failure across devices, circuits, power and network paths.
• Evaluate overall network availability, resiliency and disaster recovery readiness.
• Assess network performance, capacity and future scalability.
• Evaluate operational maturity covering monitoring, logging, alerting and observability.
• Assess alert fatigue, incident response readiness and troubleshooting processes.
• Review configuration management, change control and network documentation practices.
• Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, operational risks and constraints.
• Develop current-state and conceptual future-state architecture diagrams.
• Define target design principles around resiliency, simplicity, security, automation and scalability.
• Recommend practical improvements based on business impact, risk, complexity and dependencies.
• Develop a prioritized network transformation/remediation roadmap with high-level implementation phases. Conduct technical discovery and architecture workshops with customer stakeholders.
• Produce an Enterprise Network Assessment Report and Gap Analysis.
• Prepare and deliver an executive-level presentation of key findings, risks and recommendations.
• Must be capable of translating technical findings into business risk and operational impact.

Certifications Required

CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or equivalent expertise preferred