Senior Network Architect Network Assessment Engineer – Cisco SD-WAN & ACI

Our Client an IT Services and Consultant company is looking for a Sr. Network Architect / Network Assessment Engineer Cisco SD-WAN & ACI for their Philadelphia PA/Hybrid location.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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.

• Mobility R&D
• Cisco Meraki SDWAN
• Cisco SD WAN
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco Edge Network Sec Sol
• Cisco ACI SDN
• Must be capable of translating technical findings into business risk and operational impact.
• CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or equivalent expertise preferred
• Years of Experience: 14.00 Years of Experience

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities