Network Engineer

Natsoft is seeking a Network Engineer to assess an enterprise network environment and identify architectural, operational, and resiliency risks. The role will define a target architecture, recommend practical improvements, and deliver a prioritized transformation roadmap and findings to technical and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Assess current-state enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Center and hybrid/cloud connectivity
• Review core, distribution and access-layer architecture, topology and segmentation
• Assess routing, switching, redundancy, convergence and failover design
• Evaluate MPLS, Internet, VPN, SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity architecture
• Review wireless architecture for coverage, capacity, resiliency and scalability
• Assess network security architecture, including segmentation, trust boundaries, firewalls and IDS/IPS integration
• Review DNS, DHCP and IPAM services and dependencies
• Identify physical and logical single points of failure across devices, circuits, power and network paths
• Evaluate overall network availability, resiliency and disaster recovery readiness
• Assess network performance, capacity and future scalability
• Evaluate operational maturity covering monitoring, logging, alerting and observability
• Assess alert fatigue, incident response readiness and troubleshooting processes
• Review configuration management, change control and network documentation practices
• Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, operational risks and constraints
• Develop current-state and conceptual future-state architecture diagrams
• Define target design principles around resiliency, simplicity, security, automation and scalability
• Recommend practical improvements based on business impact, risk, complexity and dependencies
• Develop a prioritized network transformation/remediation roadmap with high-level implementation phases
• Conduct technical discovery and architecture workshops with customer stakeholders
• Produce an Enterprise Network Assessment Report and Gap Analysis
• Prepare and deliver an executive-level presentation of key findings, risks and recommendations

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on architecture experience with Cisco enterprise switches and wireless Access Points
• Strong knowledge of VeloCloud SD-WAN architecture and design
• Must be capable of translating technical findings into business risk and operational impact
• Strong stakeholder management, documentation, presentation and consulting skills required
• 7+ years of enterprise networking experience preferred, with significant network architecture/assessment experience
• CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or equivalent expertise preferred