• Lead the strategic architecture and design of enterprise network infrastructure.
• Design, deploy, and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networks, SD-WAN, load balancing, VoIP, video, and related infrastructure.
• Develop network architecture standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Participate in the design of new offices, data centers, server rooms, and network facilities.
• Design and implement secure network architectures incorporating firewalls, VPNs, network segmentation, NAC, IDS/IPS, DMZs, and related security technologies.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network architecture and configuration documentation.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and application teams on enterprise technology initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership on major infrastructure projects from architecture and planning through implementation and testing.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking.
• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and managing complex LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, and security environments.
• Strong experience with Cisco networking technologies, including enterprise routers, switches, data center networking, and firewalls.
• Strong understanding of routing and switching protocols, including BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, STP, VRRP/HSRP, LACP, QoS,
• Experience with SD-WAN, SDN, network virtualization, VXLAN, network segmentation, and modern enterprise networking architectures.
• Experience with F5 or similar load balancing and application delivery technologies.
• Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, IP address management, traffic management, and network services.
• CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA, CCSP are nice to have
• Experience with Azure cloud networking environments 

•       $200,000-220,000 
•       Bonus

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