WAN LAN Engineer SME

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and optimize enterprise WAN, LAN, campus, branch, remote-site, cloud, and hybrid network environments
• Lead WAN modernization initiatives, including bandwidth expansion, circuit optimization, carrier integration, SD-WAN adoption, and network performance improvements
• Develop scalable connectivity solutions supporting AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, SaaS providers, colocation facilities, and hosted service environments
• Engineer secure network connectivity between on-premises environments, cloud providers, partner organizations, and remote locations
• Evaluate network utilization, traffic patterns, latency, throughput, and application performance to identify capacity constraints and support long-term growth planning
• Create and maintain network diagrams, implementation plans, standards, engineering documentation, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks
• Provide senior-level technical leadership, mentoring, architecture reviews, and engineering guidance to network operations and infrastructure teams

Requirements

• Eight or more years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale enterprise WAN and LAN environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related technical field
• Deep expertise in enterprise routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, route redistribution, policy-based routing, and network convergence
• Experience engineering Cisco enterprise networking solutions, including routers, switches, wireless infrastructure, and network security platforms
• Experience supporting enterprise WAN technologies, including MPLS, carrier circuits, Internet transport, VPN services, SD-WAN, and hybrid networking models
• Experience integrating enterprise networks with cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and SaaS environments
• Experience performing WAN capacity planning, traffic engineering, network optimization, performance analysis, and growth forecasting
• Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, IPAM, load balancing, content delivery, application networking, and network resiliency concepts
• Experience supporting geographically distributed organizations with branch offices, remote facilities, and field locations
• Experience troubleshooting complex enterprise networking issues across cloud, carrier, data center, and remote-site environments

Preferred Skills

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing & Switching, Enterprise Infrastructure, or equivalent advanced networking certification
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise certification
• Experience designing and implementing Cisco SD-WAN solutions
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, ACI, Identity Services Engine (ISE), and wireless networking platforms
• Experience supporting large-scale MPLS, carrier, and telecommunications environments
• Experience with cloud networking services, including AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Interconnect, and hybrid cloud architectures
• Experience with F5 load balancing, application delivery controllers, and content delivery technologies
• Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, APIs, or infrastructure-as-code practices
• Experience using SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, NetScout, Cisco DNA Center, or similar network monitoring and observability platforms
• Experience supporting federal agencies, highly distributed enterprise environments, or mission-critical network infrastructures

Benefits

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD/LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance