Ahead
Senior Technical Consultant - Enterprise Networking
United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$170k-$200kDetected 145 days ago
iOSCloud PlatformsVPNCiscoBGP/OSPFWiresharkAR/VRLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.
- We're hiring a Senior Technical Consultant with deep expertise in advanced routing, switching, and service provider technologies.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Lead network upgrades, migrations, and new service turn-ups.
- 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.
- Experience with QoS (DiffServ, HQoS) and traffic engineering.
Nice to have
- DWDM/optical networking familiarity is a plus
Skills
- AHEAD builds platforms for digital business.
- Ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex routing challenges and working in large-scale environments.
- Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
Compensation
- The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid parental and caregiver leave
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
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