Lead architecture reviews for campus switching designs – access/distribution/core hierarchy, high-availability topologies, and VLAN/routing segmentation – as well as NAC rollouts covering 802.1X, guest access, and device onboarding.
Translate customer requirements into validated designs and respond to RFPs/RFIs with accurate, defensible technical content.
Partner with Product Management and Engineering, feeding field insight on switching and access-control requirements back into the roadmap.
Validate new features and platforms against real customer environments and provide structured feedback ahead of general availability.
The ideal candidate exemplifies qualities common to senior consultants, in addition to deep, current domain-specific technical knowledge:
10+ years of hands-on enterprise networking experience, with a clear specialization in switching at the LAN edge, distribution, and core layers.
Deep, vendor-agnostic command of switch fundamentals: Layer 3 routing (OSPF/BGP) at the distribution and core, the Spanning Tree family (STP/RSTP/MSTP) and loop-prevention design, multi-chassis link aggregation (MC-LAG/MLAG) and chassis-redundancy architectures, switch stacking/virtual chassis, and 802.1Q VLAN design and trunking.
Desirable: an expert-level networking industry certification
Strong, hands-on Network Access Control (NAC) expertise: 802.1X wired and wireless authentication (EAP-TLS, PEAP), MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) for non-supplicant and IoT devices, RADIUS-based AAA with Change of Authorization (CoA) for dynamic policy enforcement, dynamic VLAN assignment and downloadable ACLs, device profiling/fingerprinting, posture and compliance assessment, guest and BYOD onboarding, and TACACS+ for network device administration.
A plus: familiarity with EVPN-VXLAN campus fabric design – the direction the market is moving for large, segmented campuses beyond classic MC-LAG and stacking architectures.
Proven ability to design, defend, and articulate complex networking and access-control solutions to both technical and executive audiences.
Track record collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and sales.
Highly proactive and self-driven, with the ability to act as a technical mentor to peers.
Bilingual in Portuguese and English (required); Spanish is a strong plus.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
