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CDW

Network Architect

CDW, Rochester, Michigan, us, 48308

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Senior Network Engineer (Hybrid – Primarily Remote, Occasional Onsite in Rochester, MI) This role is ideal for a senior-level engineer who can operate independently, own Tier 3 escalations, and contribute to long-term network design decisions in a large Cisco‑centric enterprise. We’re expanding our network engineering team to support major growth across nine hospital campuses and 300+ ambulatory sites.

Base Pay Range $70.00/hr - $80.00/hr

Work Model Primarily remote, with occasional onsite visits in Rochester, MI

Terms 6 months, contract to hire

Critical Requirement Deep, Demonstrated Mastery of OSPF and BGP. Candidates must have hands‑on, design-level expertise with both protocols — including redistribution strategies, route filtering, path control, convergence behavior, failure scenarios, and optimizing multi‑area/multi‑peer topologies. If OSPF/BGP are not your strongest skills, this role will not be a match.

What You’ll Do

Serve as Tier 3 escalation for complex routing/switching and data center issues

Interpret business requirements and translate them into scalable network designs

Develop and maintain network standards, roadmaps, and architectural frameworks

Provide technical leadership and consultation during major initiatives and incidents

Evaluate emerging technologies and align them with strategic direction

Support technology selection, scoping, and costing activities

Work closely with server, application, and enterprise architecture teams

Contribute to high-availability, redundancy, and resiliency designs across LAN/WAN

Must-Have Experience

Expert-level OSPF and BGP—design, troubleshooting, optimization, redistribution, multi-area/multi-AS topologies

Cisco LAN/WAN and Data Center routing/switching (Catalyst, Nexus)

Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs

Nice to Have

SD‑WAN (Viptela)

Meraki (MX, Z4)

Catalyst Center

Bachelor’s degree in IT or 10+ years equivalent experience

8+ years designing and implementing enterprise network solutions

Cisco or Juniper certifications (CCNP-level or above strongly preferred)

Experience with routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, packet analysis tools, and WAN technologies

Strong design, documentation, and architecture fundamentals

Seniority Level Mid-Senior level

Employment Type Contract

Job Function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries IT Services and IT Consulting and Hospitals and Health Care

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