Cisco Network Engineer

Senior Network Architect Location: Boston, MA Duration: 12 Months Employment Type: Contract

The Opportunity We are seeking a visionary Senior Network Architect to lead the transformation of a large-scale, statewide infrastructure supporting over 250 locations across Massachusetts from small community offices to major corporate hubs. This role is critical in driving a hybrid-cloud evolution , migrating on-prem applications to AWS, and modernizing a complex routing and security environment into a resilient, scalable, cloud-first architecture.

Core Responsibilities

• Architectural Strategy Design and maintain large-scale hub-and-spoke and mesh network architectures
• Support connectivity across ~250 distributed sites
• Ensure high availability, resiliency, and scalability
• Hybrid Cloud Integration Architect secure, high-speed connectivity between on-prem infrastructure and AWS
• Lead implementation of AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPC architecture, and cloud routing strategies
• Optimize hybrid-cloud performance and failover designs
• Routing & Switching Serve as technical authority for complex routing environments
• Expert management of: EIGRP (primary IGP) BGP (external/cloud peering) Targeted OSPF deployments Deep expertise in Cisco IOS/XE/NX-OS platforms
• Security & Traffic Management Oversee perimeter security using Fortigate (FortiOS) firewalls
• Manage VPN technologies and secure inter-site communication
• Lead application delivery strategy using: F5 LTM/GTM or Citrix NetScaler Enterprise load balancing solutions
• Observability & Performance Utilize SolarWinds (NPM/NCM) for enterprise monitoring
• Implement proactive capacity planning Drive advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Modernization & SDN Lead transition from hardware-centric infrastructure to: Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Cloud-native networking models Define future-state network roadmap

Technical Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior-level Cisco expert with strong AWS networking architecture experience and proven success managing large distributed environments.

Required Expertise

• Cisco IOS/XE/NX-OS (expert-level)
• Deep mastery of EIGRP and BGP
• AWS Networking (VPC, Security Groups, Route 53, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway)
• Fortigate (FortiOS) firewalls
• VPN technologies
• F5 LTM/GTM or Citrix NetScaler
• SolarWinds enterprise monitoring

Qualifications

• 10+ years in network engineering
• Minimum 4 years in a Lead Architect / Principal-level role
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience
• CCNP (Enterprise or Data Center) Required
• CCIE or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Preferred
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical strategy to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven leadership in cross-functional enterprise initiatives

For applications and inquiries, contact: hirings@openkyber.com