Job Title: Sr. Network Engineer Location: Hybrid to Philadelphia, PA
Top Skills: Cisco Edge Network Sec Sol Core Network/Core Network - Wireless Mobility R&D
We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Architect to conduct an end-to-end assessment of a mission-critical enterprise network environment.
Key Responsibilities & Skills: • 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. • Must be capable of translating technical findings into business risk and operational impact. • Strong stakeholder management, documentation, presentation and consulting skills required.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.The pay rate for this position is $53.00/hr.
