Maania Consultancy Services
Senior SD-WAN Network Architect
Jersey City, NJ - Full Time
Required Qualifications:
- Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise network architectures
- Strong hands-on SD-WAN design and deployment experience
- Experience working with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Juniper Mist WAN Assurance & Session Smart Router, and Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
- Advanced expertise in BGP routing and policy design, OSPF, IPSec, Traffic engineering, and Enterprise routing and switching
- Proven success leading WAN modernization and migration projects
- Experience supporting production environments and collaborating with Network Operations teams
- Provide architecture, design, and implementation expertise across Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Juniper Mist WAN Assurance & Session Smart Router, and Arista VeloCloud SD-WAN
- Lead SD-WAN transformation initiatives from design through deployment and operational handoff
- Design and implement enterprise routing and switching solutions utilizing BGP, OSPF, IPSec, and Quality of Service (QoS)
- Develop network segmentation strategies, policy frameworks, and multi-VRF architectures
- Create and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), and architectural decision documentation
- Develop test plans, validation procedures, and perform solution verification activities
- Produce operational documentation, deployment records, and Day-2 support runbooks
- Lead migrations from traditional WAN architectures including MPLS and DMVPN to modern SD-WAN platforms
- Integrate SD-WAN solutions with next-generation firewall technologies and security architectures such as SASE and SSE
