Senior Network Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical leader during pre-sales activities, ensuring alignment of network architectures with client objectives across data center, campus, and WAN settings.

• Create and present solutions utilizing Cisco (Catalyst, Nexus, ISR/ASR) and Juniper (MX, EX, SRX) platforms.

• Facilitate whiteboarding sessions, technical workshops, and customer discovery discussions.

• Establish use cases, success benchmarks, and architectural suggestions.

• Collaborate with account managers, delivery teams, and OEM partners to formulate proposals, BOMs, and SOWs.

• Convert business requirements into scalable, secure network architectures by leveraging routing, switching, VPNs, and firewall technologies.

• Develop high-level designs (HLDs), solution briefs, and presentations suitable for clients.

• Keep abreast of SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, and automation technologies, effectively communicating their benefits to clients.

• Engage in RFP responses, competitive assessments, and technical validation of proposed architectures.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, fostering long-term technical relationships.

• Complete regular security awareness training and adhere to company policies.

• Identify and escalate security vulnerabilities and assist in remediation efforts.

• Undertake additional tasks as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be located in the United States.

• Over 7 years of experience in enterprise networking roles, with a minimum of 2 years in a customer-facing pre-sales or solution architect position.

• Extensive technical knowledge of Cisco and Juniper network infrastructure (routing, switching, firewalls).

• Strong comprehension of Layer 2/3 protocols (BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, VRFs), QoS, NAT, and ACLs.

• Capability to lead technical conversations with both engineers and executives.

• Experience in designing or consulting on data center, WAN, or secure remote access solutions.

• Proficient in creating architecture diagrams, proposal documents, and technical presentations.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.

• CCNP/CCIE (Enterprise/Data Center), JNCIP/JNCIE highly preferred.

• Familiarity with SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, or cloud networking (AWS/Azure).

• Experience with network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Python) is advantageous.

• Knowledge of NAC, 802.1X, RADIUS, and hybrid networking environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Incentive compensation plans for all employees.

• Company-funded 401k contributions.

• Zero-cost employer-covered health insurance.

• Annual BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) reimbursement up to $500.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Transparent and candid culture with 1:1 coaching, performance evaluations, and a consistent feedback loop.

• Unique, diverse, respectful, and high-performing colleagues.