WAN Networking Architect

Job Description: WAN Networking Architect

Role

The WAN Networking Architect is responsible for designing, deploying, and governing a global high-bandwidth, low-latency WAN backbone connecting large-scale data centers and AI/HPC sites. This role focuses on advanced routing architectures (BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, Segment Routing), optical networking (DWDM, OTN), and high-performance Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solutions to support distributed AI training, synchronous storage replication, and cloud connectivity. The architect will lead peering strategy, capacity planning, provider negotiations, and security designs to protect the WAN edge against volumetric attacks.

Core Responsibilities

Architect a resilient, high-bandwidth WAN backbone using a mix of Dark Fiber, DWDM, and MPLS to connect geographically dispersed sites.

Design and optimize massive-scale BGP configurations, includ...