Lead Architect – Versa SD-WAN Platform Certification & Engineering

Job Description: Lead Architect – Versa SD-WAN Platform Certification & Engineering

Location

Ashburn, VA

Experience

12+ Years

<.>Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Lead Architect to lead the engineering, testing, and certification of the Versa SD-WAN platform in a large-scale service provider environment. The candidate will be responsible for platform architecture, cloud networking, release validation, lab strategy, defect management, and production readiness.

<.>Key Responsibilities

• Lead Versa SD-WAN platform certification and release validation.
• Define testing strategies, lab architecture, test scope, and release acceptance criteria.
• Provide technical leadership for platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and CPE certification.
• Review architecture and components, including Versa Director, Controller, Analytics, Concerto/Arbiter, and FlexVNF.
• Validate upgrades, migrations, rollback, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
• Coordinate with Versa Product Engineering, TAC, and customer engineering teams.
• Review test results, defects, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Guide engineers in lab setup, test automation, and certification activities.
• Provide technical signoff for production readiness and deployment recommendations.

<.>Required Skills

• 12+ years of experience in network engineering, architecture, or platform engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Versa SD-WAN.
• Strong knowledge of Versa Director, Controller, Analytics, Concerto/Arbiter, and FlexVNF.
• Expertise in SD-WAN architecture, segmentation, multi-tenancy, security, and service chaining.
• Experience with SD-WAN upgrades, migrations, and platform lifecycle management.
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP networking and cloud-hosted SD-WAN platforms.
• Strong understanding of virtual networking, compute, storage, and security architectures.
• Experience with Linux/Ubuntu administration.
• Strong networking knowledge, including routing, switching, WAN technologies, and network security.
• Hands-on experience with BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF, IPSec VPNs, QoS, traffic engineering, and application-aware routing.

<.>Preferred Candidate Profile The ideal candidate should have strong technical leadership skills and experience managing engineering, lab, and certification teams in a service provider environment.