Hiring: Enterprise Architect Company: PlanIT Group, LLC Location: Reston, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 12:03:14 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : BGP, Embedded Systems, Encryption, MPLS, Root Cause Analysis, SSE, VPN, Visio, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •14+ years of progressive experience in WAN/transport engineering, network architecture, or telecommunications, including designing and delivering deployable implementation/job packages. Required Skills: •WAN Architecture & Design Engineering •" Provide WAN/transport design recommendations for mission networks, including site connectivity, segmentation, resiliency, and performance engineering across classified and unclassified enclaves. •" Provide optimized WAN transport design recommendations and options utilizing Optical Transport Network (OTN) and ITU-T standards such as G.709, G.798, and G.872. MPLS/IP, Ethernet, VPN/IPsec, SDWAN, and modern secure access patterns (SASE/SSE) where applicable. •" Assist Chief Engineer in the development of Methods of Procedure (MOPs), implementation plans, cutover schedules, rollback procedures, and test/validation plans; support technical reviews, change control, and risk identification/mitigation for the assigned tasks within each package. •" Recommend optimized WAN solutions to Chief Engineer in support of current and long-range planning; collaborate with technical leads to select, recommend, and obtain approvals for tools and technologies that improve efficiency, reduce cost, and increase customer satisfaction. •" As requested, participate in ongoing operational projects and maintenance windows; support implementation teams during turn-ups, migrations, and service transitions. •" Provide recommendations for automation and standardization of repeatable engineering tasks (e.g., configuration generation, validation checks, and documentation workflows) consistent with program approvals. •" When requested, troubleshoot complex hardware/software/network issues; document problems, root causes, and resolutions, and feed lessons learned back into package templates and standards. Qualifications: •" Bachelors (BA/BS) and fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) years or more of related experience; master's and thirteen (13) years or more experience; PhD or JD and ten (10) years or more experience. •" 14+ years of progressive experience in WAN/transport engineering, network architecture, or telecommunications, including designing and delivering deployable implementation/job packages. •Deep Expertise In " Optical Network (OTN) and ITU-T standards such as G.709, G.798, and G.872 •" MPLS/IP, Ethernet, VPN/IPsec overlays, and enterprise/carrier WAN design patterns •" Advanced routing and traffic engineering (BGP, OSPF/ISIS), path control, and convergence considerations SDWAN and secure connectivity patterns (SASE/SSE where applicable), including segmentation and policy design, QoS design (marking, queuing and shaping), performance engineering (latency/jitter/loss), and capacity planning. •" Network security technologies, boundary protections, and Zero Trust networking principles Demonstrated ability to create field-ready engineering packages: diagrams (logical/physical), IP plans, BOMs, configuration templates, implementation steps, cutover/rollback procedures, and test/validation plans. •" Excellent technical writing and communication skills, including producing clear engineering documentation and briefing technical and non-technical stakeholders. •" Demonstrated consultative skills: establish rapport, fact-find, define requirements, present options/recommend solutions, follow through, and maintain customer-focused behavior in a dynamic environment with competing priorities. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!