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Title: Cloud Networking Consultant
Location: Mc Lean, VA
Rate: $ 50/hr on C2C
Term: Contract
Skills:
Data Mgt_Administration
Google Cloud Platform
Data Science Administration
Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform Cogn Services
IaaS:x86:Windows & Services
Azure
IIOT (Industrial IOT)
AWS
Digital Network Architecture (DNA)
Job Description: Senior Network Modernization Consultant Enterprise WAN Modernization
8+ years in enterprise network architecture with hands on strategy and design for WAN transformation (MPLS SD WAN/NaaS, cloud optimized backbones
Expertise across multi cloud networking (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), Internet egress patterns, and voice workload evolution (on prem cloud).
Review data centers, HQ, remote offices; remote worker access (Global Protect, Ping MFA), backbone/MPLS topology, Internet egress, cloud connectivity (AWS East 1 & East 2), and the security stack (Palo Alto firewalls, Cloudflare services).
Demonstrate ability to produce financial models (TCO/ROM) and to communicate complex trade offs to executive audiences.
Comfort engaging vendors and leading architecture reviews with network/security leadership.
Deliver the written strategy, final diagrams, risk register, TCO model, 12 month modernization roadmap, and a concise executive slide deck. Present to leadership; secure acceptance.
Build a risk register with severity scoring; identify architectural/compliance/operational risks; articulate resiliency patterns across underlay diversity, on ramp redundancy, DC posture, remote failover, and SaaS/Internet access.
Produce baseline topology, application flow mapping, security policy mapping, and MPLS dependency report
Expertise across multi cloud networking (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), Internet egress patterns, and voice workload evolution (on prem cloud).
Review data centers, HQ, remote offices; remote worker access (Global Protect, Ping MFA), backbone/MPLS topology, Internet egress, cloud connectivity (AWS East 1 & East 2), and the security stack (Palo Alto firewalls, Cloudflare services).