Network Architect - CCIE Required
Insight•Remote, OR
•Remote
About The Position
The Network Architect serves as a subject matter expert responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise and data center network solutions, primarily within Cisco environments. This role is a mix of approximately 60–70% architecture, design, and consulting work, and 30–40% operational support and escalations.
Requirements
- Current Cisco CCIE (Routing and Switching or equivalent) required
- 3–5+ years of post-CCIE experience in network architecture and design required
- Prior consulting or professional services experience
- Strong communication and client-facing skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Routing and switching (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, QoS, VPNs)
- Network services (DNS, DHCP, NTP, Syslog, etc.)
- Cisco technologies including SD-WAN, ACI, Nexus, Catalyst, ASR
- Data center networking, high availability design, and disaster recovery
- Load balancing (F5), firewalls, and network security design
- Wireless technologies (Cisco, Aruba) and network access control (ISE)
Nice To Haves
- Pre-sales support including solution design, scoping, and pricing
- Experience with multi-vendor environments and enterprise-scale deployments
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise network architectures, including core, distribution, access, WAN, and data center environments
- Act as an SME for routing and switching, SD-WAN, wireless, load balancing, telephony, and network security technologies
- Develop and document customer requirements and implementation plans
- Lead network assessments, provide recommendations, and support solution delivery
- Participate in client-facing engagements, including workshops, solution design, and pre-sales activities (RFPs, SOWs)
- Provide Tier 3 support for complex network issues and perform troubleshooting, upgrades, and optimizations
- Support lifecycle management, capacity planning, and documentation handoff
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute as a technical lead when needed
Benefits
- 10% bonus structure
- Full benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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