Senior Network Architect

StarTekk
Chicago, IL
Job Description
Role Overview

The Senior Network Architect will help the organization identify and bridge the gap in the business by analyzing data, scale, and support digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience implementing, migrating, managing, and troubleshooting complex enterprise network infrastructures.

What You Will Do

Key responsibilities include implementing, migrating, optimizing, and troubleshooting Cisco Nexus and Catalyst network environments, designing and supporting enterprise routing, switching, WAN, and SD-WAN infrastructure, and implementing and troubleshooting hybrid cloud connectivity using Azure ExpressRoute and AWS Direct Connect.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in enterprise data center networking, Cisco routing and switching, SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity, and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise and data center networking
  • Expert-level experience with Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches
  • Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, Layer 2/Layer 3 networking, routing, switching, segmentation, and high availability
  • Strong experience in enterprise WAN and SD-WAN design, deployment, migration, and troubleshooting
  • Hands-on experience with Azure ExpressRoute and/or AWS Direct Connect
  • Experience with data center networking and colocation environments
  • Network automation knowledge and familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Python, GitHub, and GitOps
  • Strong troubleshooting, packet analysis, monitoring, and network observability skills
  • Experience leading complex network migrations, production cutovers, rollback planning, and validation
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