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Senior Technical Consultant – Enterprise Networking
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$170K - $200K / year
Bachelor Degree7.5 yrs expEnglishI OS
Job Description
• Design and engineer enterprise and service provider routing architectures (BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, MPLS, EVPN).
• Support MPLS L2/L3 VPN services, VPLS/EVPN, and carrier-grade transport.
• Deploy and troubleshoot core/edge routers, transit/peering links, and high-scale BGP environments.
• Lead network upgrades, migrations, and new service turn-ups.
• Resolve advanced routing, performance, and stability issues.
• Implement routing security (prefix lists, RPKI, Max‑Prefix, CoPP).
• Participate in client-facing discovery sessions, design workshops, and architecture reviews to define enterprise networking project and design requirements.
• Participate in creation of High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents, network diagrams, implementation runbooks, and as-built documentation.
• Develop migration and cutover plans with rollback procedures, change management workflows, and conduct knowledge transfer sessions.
• Manage project workstreams, track milestones and deliverables, and escalate risks proactively to project and account leadership.
Job Requirements
- 7–10+ years in service provider, ISP, carrier, or large-scale enterprise networking.
- Expert-level knowledge of BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, MPLS (LDP/RSVP‑TE/SR), EVPN.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco ASR/IOS-XR, Juniper MX/Junos, Nokia SR OS, or Arista platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting skills, packet analysis, and protocol debugging.
- Experience with QoS (DiffServ, HQoS) and traffic engineering.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE SP, JNCIP/JNCIE-SP, ARISTA ACE.
- DWDM/optical networking familiarity is a plus.
- Prior consulting, professional services, or managed services background with experience scoping engagements, writing SOWs, and managing client delivery timelines.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid company holidays
- Paid time off
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.