Senior Network Architect
Company Description
Effulgent Inc is a technology consulting and services firm that helps businesses compete in a digital-first world. The company provides custom software development, cloud services, and data and analytics solutions tailored to modern enterprise needs. Effulgent Inc combines strategic IT guidance with scalable cloud integration to support innovation and operational efficiency. Team members collaborate with clients across industries to drive performance and deliver measurable business value. The organization values forward-thinking professionals who can translate complex technology into practical outcomes. Role Description The Senior Network Architect is a remote, contract role responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing secure, scalable network architectures for client environments. This role involves assessing current infrastructure, defining network standards, and creating detailed design documents and diagrams. The Senior Network Architect collaborates with engineering and security teams to ensure reliability, performance, and compliance across on-premises and cloud networks. Daily tasks include network capacity planning, technology evaluation, troubleshooting complex issues, and providing guidance on best practices and migrations. The role also includes mentoring technical staff, participating in architecture reviews, and supporting project delivery timelines.
Qualifications
Candidates should possess strong skills in Network Architecture and Network Design for complex enterprise and cloud environments. Candidates should possess skills in Network Engineering and Network Administration to implement, configure, and support network solutions. Candidates should possess skills in Network Security to design secure topologies, enforce policies, and mitigate risks. Hands-on experience with routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN, and load balancing in multi-vendor environments. Experience integrating networks with major cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and hybrid architectures. Ability to develop technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and standards, and to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Typically requires several years of senior-level network architecture experience and relevant certifications (such as CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent) are preferred. Required Skills: Discover the network estate: circuits and carriers, sites, firewalls, wireless and IP space Designs and delivers the move of each acquired company's WAN, edge, campus and site connectivity, including jobsites, yards and remote locations, onto the parent's Cisco SD-WAN standard. Design the target network, the interim VPN interconnect and the plan for fixing overlapping IP space Define segmentation and hardening with the parent company's security architects Plan the cutover sequence across sites, carriers and hardware lead times, including the impact on applications and voice Move off inherited Palo Alto, Fortinet and Meraki equipment, and deliver Azure network connectivity as workloads move Hands-on: Cisco configuration, staging and cutover, directing field crews on site Prior M&A integration experience and work in field-heavy industries (construction, energy, utilities) are strong pluses for all three. Must have: [8+] years of network engineering, with design ownership on live migrations; deep Cisco IOS/IOS-XE and SD-WAN design; BGP/OSPF; 802.1X/ISE; Azure networking; Python/Ansible; experience leading field resources. Nice to have: CCNP, AWS networking, enterprise wireless site surveys.