Senior Technical Consultant – Enterprise Networking

Thinkahead Consultant Psychologist Pty Ltd

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

iOS

About the role

  • Design and engineer enterprise and service provider routing architectures (BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, MPLS, EVPN).
  • Support MPLS L2/L3 VPN services, VPLS/EVPN, and carrier-grade transport.
  • Deploy and troubleshoot core/edge routers, transit/peering links, and high-scale BGP environments.
  • Lead network upgrades, migrations, and new service turn-ups.
  • Resolve advanced routing, performance, and stability issues.
  • Implement routing security (prefix lists, RPKI, Max‑Prefix, CoPP).
  • Participate in client-facing discovery sessions, design workshops, and architecture reviews to define enterprise networking project and design requirements.
  • Participate in creation of High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents, network diagrams, implementation runbooks, and as-built documentation.
  • Develop migration and cutover plans with rollback procedures, change management workflows, and conduct knowledge transfer sessions.
  • Manage project workstreams, track milestones and deliverables, and escalate risks proactively to project and account leadership.

Requirements

  • 7–10+ years in service provider, ISP, carrier, or large-scale enterprise networking.
  • Expert-level knowledge of BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, MPLS (LDP/RSVP‑TE/SR), EVPN.
  • Hands-on experience with Cisco ASR/IOS-XR, Juniper MX/Junos, Nokia SR OS, or Arista platforms.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills, packet analysis, and protocol debugging.
  • Experience with QoS (DiffServ, HQoS) and traffic engineering.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.
  • Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE SP, JNCIP/JNCIE-SP, ARISTA ACE.
  • DWDM/optical networking familiarity is a plus.
  • Prior consulting, professional services, or managed services background with experience scoping engagements, writing SOWs, and managing client delivery timelines.
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
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Hard Skills & Tools
BGPOSPFIS-ISMPLSEVPNQoSpacket analysisprotocol debuggingtraffic engineeringrouting security
Soft Skills
troubleshootingcommunicationdocumentationproject managementknowledge transferclient engagementleadershiprisk managementchange managementcollaboration
Certifications
CCNPCCIE SPJNCIPJNCIE-SPARISTA ACE