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# Senior L4 Network Engineer / Architect

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), Data Centers, Failover, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Local Area Networks, Routing, SAP Sales and Distribution, Wide Area Networks, Cloud Platform System, Firewalls (Computer Science), Cisco Switches, Cisco
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.kforce.com/find-work/search-jobs/#/detail/MTY5Nn5FUUd-MjE4MTY2OVQxfjk5/

## About the Role

* 10+ years of enterprise or service provider network engineering experience, with significant hands-on responsibility for WAN, routing, and production network environments
 * Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting Cisco SD-WAN solutions
 * Strong understanding of Cisco SD-WAN architecture, including overlay/underlay design, vManage, vBond, vSmart, WAN edge routing, templates, policies, and centralized management
 * Brings a strong combination of Cisco SD-WAN expertise, routing depth, WAN architecture experience, fiber/handoff awareness, troubleshooting discipline, documentation rigor, and senior-level communication skills
 * Able to define how SD-WAN overlays are built across MPLS and Internet transports, how routing and segmentation should work, how applications should be steered across available paths, how failover should behave, and how the WAN edge connects into the broader LAN, firewall, and data center environment

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Active or previous CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, CCIE Service Provider, CCNP Enterprise, or equivalent senior-level certification
 * Advanced experience with Cisco SD-WAN templates, centralized policies, localized policies, segmentation, application-aware routing, and large-scale deployment models

## Description

A client with Kforce is seeking Senior L4 Network Engineer/Architect to join their team onsite in Los Angeles CA. The ideal candidate is someone who can lead the Cisco SD-WAN design conversation while still having enough WAN, MPLS, fiber, and LAN integration knowledge to ensure the solution works end to end. Key Responsibilities: Cisco SD-WAN Deployment and Operations:

 * Configure, deploy, troubleshoot, and support Cisco SD-WAN environments using centralized templates, policies, and device-level configurations
 * Support Cisco SD-WAN edge platforms, including Cisco Catalyst 8000/8500, ISR, ASR, and other IOS-XE SD-WAN-capable platforms

Cisco SD-WAN Architecture and Solution Definition:

 * Lead the design and definition of Cisco SD-WAN solutions for enterprise and mission-critical environments
 * Develop SD-WAN architectures using MPLS, Internet, broadband, LTE/5G, private-line, and hybrid WAN transport models
 * Define how Cisco SD-WAN overlays will operate across existing and future WAN underlays
 * Design SD-WAN control, data, and management plane architecture using Cisco SD-WAN components such as vManage, vBond, vSmart, and Cisco WAN Edge routers
 * Build and validate SD-WAN policies for application-aware routing, traffic steering, segmentation, path preference, SLA-based forwarding, failover, and resiliency
 * Define transport-side and service-side VPN designs, including how WAN edge devices connect into LAN, firewall, data center, and cloud environments
 * Lead SD-WAN migration planning from legacy WAN or MPLS-centric environments to modern Cisco SD-WAN architectures
 * Establish SD-WAN design standards, implementation templates, validation methods, and operational handoff documentation


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