Title: SD-WAN Engineer

Location: Plano, TX (5 Days Onsite)

Type: Contract C2C

Role Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced SD-WAN Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions across a BFSI-grade hybrid enterprise. The role demands deep technical expertise in routing, traffic engineering, cloud integration, and zero-touch provisioning, with a strong focus on resiliency, security, and application performance.

Primary Technical Skills:

• SD-WAN Platforms: Hands-on experience with Cisco Viptela, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, VMware VeloCloud, and Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect.
• Routing Protocols: Advanced configuration and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and route redistribution across underlay and overlay networks.
• Application-Aware Routing: Implementation of dynamic path selection, DSCP-based prioritization, and real-time traffic steering based on SLA metrics.
• WAN Optimization: Deep understanding of deduplication, compression, TCP optimization, and forward error correction (FEC).
• SD-WAN Orchestration: Proficient in zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), template-based policy deployment, and multi-tenant segmentation.
• Cloud Integration: Design and deployment of direct cloud on-ramp to AWS, Azure, and GCP, including ExpressRoute, Transit Gateway, and cloud-native firewalls.
• Overlay Security: Implementation of IPSec tunnels, IKEv2, certificate-based authentication, and role-based access control (RBAC).
• High Availability & Failover: Design of active-active/active-standby topologies, dual CPE, and path resiliency mechanisms.
• QoS & Traffic Engineering: End-to-end QoS policy design, shaping, policing, and per-app SLA enforcement.
• Multicast & Voice Optimization: Support for multicast over SD-WAN, VoIP prioritization, and MOS-based routing decisions.