Sr Network Architect

TekWissen•Philadelphia, PA

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

TekWissen is recruiting a senior architect for a six-month temporary assignment with its client in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The role will independently assess a complex Cisco and VeloCloud network environment, identify material risks and gaps, define target architecture, and develop an actionable transformation roadmap for engineering and executive stakeholders. The position covers enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, data center, and hybrid/cloud connectivity, with a focus on translating technical findings into business risks and operational impacts.

Requirements

14 years of experience.
Strong hands-on architecture experience with Cisco enterprise switches and wireless access points.
Strong knowledge of VeloCloud SD-WAN architecture and design.
Ability to independently assess complex network environments and communicate findings to engineering and executive stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

CCNP or CCIE Enterprise certification, or equivalent expertise (preferred).
Experience or expertise in Mobility R&D, Cisco Meraki, SD-WAN, Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco ACI, Cisco Edge Network Security Solutions, or Cisco ACI SDN.

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, 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 network availability, resiliency, disaster recovery readiness, performance, capacity, and future scalability.
Evaluate operational maturity, including monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, 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 and 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.
Translate technical findings into business risk and operational impact.