Network Architect (Cisco / SD-WAN / Azure)
Job Description
The OperAxis team is hiring a senior, hands-on Network Architect for a financial services organization in Chicago, IL. This is a hybrid role, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. You'll own data center routing and switching, enterprise WAN and SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity, designing, deploying, migrating and supporting complex enterprise networks. Requirements - 10+ years deploying, migrating, managing and supporting complex enterprise and data center networks - Expert, hands-on Cisco Nexus and Catalyst experience, including BGP, OSPF and L2/L3 switching - Strong SD-WAN experience (Prisma SD-WAN preferred) - Hybrid cloud connectivity with Azure ExpressRoute and/or AWS Direct Connect - Experience with network automation - CCNP-level knowledge; Cisco certifications strongly preferred - Bachelor's degree Nice to have - Palo Alto, Infoblox and F5 - Terraform, Ansible, Python and GitHub Responsibilities - Design, build and support data center routing and switching - Lead enterprise WAN and SD-WAN deployments and migrations - Engineer and maintain hybrid cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS - Automate network configuration and operations - Troubleshoot complex network issues and keep the network reliable and secure