Senior Network Solutions Architect
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Job Description
Pre-sales network architect designing secure Cisco and Juniper solutions for enterprise clients. Translating infrastructure challenges into architectures, proposals, and technical recommendations.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the technical lead during pre-sales engagements across data center, campus, and WAN environments
- Design and present Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ISR/ASR and Juniper MX, EX, SRX solutions
- Lead whiteboarding sessions, technical workshops, and customer discovery meetings
- Define use cases, success criteria, and architectural recommendations
- Collaborate with account managers, delivery teams, and OEM partners
- Develop proposals, bills of materials (BOMs), and statements of work (SOWs)
- Translate business needs into scalable, secure network architectures using routing, switching, VPN, and firewall technologies
- Develop HLDs, solution briefs, architecture documentation, and client-ready presentations
- Communicate the value of SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, and automation technologies
- Participate in RFP responses, competitive analyses, and technical validation
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise clients and build long-term relationships
- Complete ongoing security awareness training and comply with company policies
- Identify and escalate security risks and contribute to remediation efforts
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Must be based in the United States
- 7+ years of experience in enterprise networking roles, including at least 2 years in a customer-facing pre-sales or solution architect capacity
- Deep technical expertise in Cisco and Juniper network infrastructure, including routing, switching, and firewalls
- Strong understanding of Layer 2/3 protocols: BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, VRFs, QoS, NAT, and ACLs
- Experience designing or consulting on data center, WAN, or secure remote access solutions
- Skilled at creating architecture diagrams, proposal documentation, and technical presentations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- CCNP/CCIE or JNCIP/JNCIE certifications strongly preferred
- Familiarity with SD-WAN, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, or cloud networking (AWS/Azure) preferred
- Experience with network automation, such as Ansible or Python, is a plus
- Exposure to 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, candid culture with 1:1 coaching, performance reviews, and a consistent feedback loop
- Quirky, diverse, respectful, high-performing coworkers
- Accessible and engaged executive team
- Inclusive work environment

















