Senior Routing Specialist

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Routing Specialist based in United States.

This is a senior, customer-facing networking role focused on designing and delivering complex routing and infrastructure solutions.

You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to service providers, enterprise customers, and strategic technology partners.

The role combines deep expertise in WAN routing, transport networking, data center connectivity, and network automation.

You will lead technical discussions, customer workshops, proof-of-concepts, solution design sessions, and strategic architecture engagements.

Working across Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Professional Services, and partners, you will translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures.

The position offers an opportunity to influence the adoption of modern, resilient, automated networking technologies across large-scale environments.

This remote role is well suited to a technically curious architect who enjoys solving complex problems and communicating with audiences from engineers to executives.

Accountabilities:

• Serve as a subject-matter expert for routing and network infrastructure solutions, providing technical leadership throughout complex customer engagements.
• Design and validate scalable WAN, enterprise edge, and data center interconnect architectures aligned with customer requirements and business outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership during customer briefings, workshops, proof-of-concepts, architecture discussions, and solution validation activities.
• Develop reference architectures, solution designs, deployment guidance, and networking best practices for complex environments.
• Partner with account teams to understand customer needs and translate business objectives into effective technical solutions.
• Support partner and field enablement through technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, training, and other knowledge-sharing activities.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Professional Services, Sales, and strategic partners to influence product direction and improve customer outcomes.
• Support competitive positioning by articulating technical differentiation and demonstrating the value of networking solutions.
• Guide large-scale networking opportunities from initial discovery through technical validation and deployment planning.
• Translate complex networking concepts into clear recommendations for technical teams, decision-makers, and executive stakeholders.
• Apply expertise across WAN routing, carrier Ethernet, optical transport, data center interconnect, access networking, and network automation.
• Support the adoption of automation and programmable networking through technologies such as Python, REST APIs, NETCONF/YANG, Ansible, Git, and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in networking architecture, systems engineering, consulting, or a related technical discipline.
• Deep hands-on experience with Juniper MX, PTX, and ACX platforms and strong knowledge of service provider WAN and enterprise edge architectures.
• Expert-level knowledge of BGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, RSVP-TE, Segment Routing concepts, L2VPN/L3VPN, and EVPN services.
• Experience with data center interconnect, DWDM optical transport, metro and long-haul transport architectures, and Layer 1 transport or wavelength services.
• Working knowledge of Passive Optical Networking (PON), fiber access, broadband access, and enterprise access technologies.
• Experience with network automation frameworks and operational tooling, including familiarity with Python, REST APIs, NETCONF/YANG, Ansible, Git-based workflows, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with EVPN/VXLAN data center fabrics, modern data center networking, cloud connectivity, network telemetry, observability, and network assurance is highly valuable.
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure networking, high-performance data center architectures, security integration, network segmentation, and policy-based networking is a plus.
• Experience working with service providers, telecommunications organizations, large enterprises, or strategic technology partners.
• Proven ability to engage directly with customer architects, network engineering teams, technical decision-makers, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, problem-solving, presentation, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical discussions, influence architectural decisions, and work effectively across functions.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, resilient, and practical technical architectures.
• Relevant certifications such as JNCIP-SP, JNCIE-SP, JNCIP-ENT, CCNP/CCIE Service Provider, CCNP/CCIE Enterprise, MEF Carrier Ethernet, or relevant cloud/network automation certifications are preferred; equivalent technical experience may be considered.

Benefits

• Compensation: $175,000-$411,500 USD annually in Illinois, representing combined base and target-level sales compensation at 100% of sales plan.
• Compensation mix: Target compensation is structured as 75% base salary and 25% target-level sales compensation.
• Actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, experience, education, training, and skill level.
• Remote/teleworker work model, with flexibility designed to support both professional responsibilities and personal needs.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellness.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development through career programs, learning resources, and pathways to expand expertise or explore other areas of the organization.
• Inclusive work environment that values diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and individual contributions.
• Opportunities to collaborate with global teams and work on strategic networking initiatives involving routing, automation, optical transport, data center, and enterprise technologies.
• Additional employee benefits are available as part of the overall total rewards program.