IT - Technology Architect | SDN-NFV | Software Defined WAN( SDWAN)

Bravens Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ampcus Inc., is an information technology consulting and services company. Bravens is a leader in providing tailored staffing solutions across both IT and non-IT industries. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented team and contribute to our ongoing success.

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Location(s): Ashburn ,VA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Build, deploy, and maintain Versa SD-WAN certification lab environments.
• Perform certification of Versa software releases, upgrades, patches, and hotfixes.
• Validate upgrade, rollback, high availability (HA), failover, resiliency, and disaster recovery scenarios.
• Execute platform, virtual CPE, and physical CPE certification testing.
• Verify interoperability across SD-WAN, cloud, routing, security, and transport domains.
• Troubleshoot platform, network, and infrastructure issues and drive root-cause analysis.
• Work closely with Versa TAC and Telco internal engineering teams to resolve defects.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, certification reports, and deployment recommendations.
• Support production readiness reviews and release signoff activities.
 
REQUIRED SKILLS:
• Versa Director, Controller, and Analytics • Versa Concerto / Arbiter • SD-WAN overlay architecture • Multi-tenancy and segmentation • High availability and resiliency
 
Cloud Technologies:
• AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Virtual networking • Cloud infrastructure and networking
 
Networking & Infrastructure:
• Strong understanding of routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VRF, Layer 2/Layer 3 networking, and WAN/Data Center architectures.
• Experience with WAN technologies, network security, IPSec VPNs, QoS, traffic engineering, and application-aware routing.
• Hands-on experience with Linux/Ubuntu and network troubleshooting tools such as Wireshark, TCPDump, and Postman.

Detailed Job Description:
Seeking a highly skilled Versa SD-WAN Platform Certification Engineer to support SD-WAN platform engineering and release certification activities. The engineer will be responsible for building and managing certification labs, validating Versa software releases, performing platform and CPE certification testing, and ensuring production readiness of new releases in a carrier-grade environment. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Versa SD-WAN, cloud technologies, routing and switching, and network troubleshooting.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.