Cisco Network Engineer

• Deploy, operate, and maintain front-side, backend, and management networks within on-prem data centers
• Perform on-site visits to oversee and support new network buildouts executed by operations teams
• Architect and optimize network designs to reduce latency, packet loss, and jitter while increasing scale and performance
• Deploy and support new software releases, system upgrades, and security patches for network infrastructure
• Maintain deep knowledge of vendor technologies and platforms, including Cisco, Palo Alto and Arista
• Design for redundancy, resiliency, and future capacity growth
• Develop and maintain network inventory documentation, including network diagrams, cabling schedules, and DCIM
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis, coordinating with external vendors and internal stakeholders as needed
• Ensure network architecture meets high availability and performance requirements for mission-critical platforms
• Monitor network health across global sites. Train and enable on-site L1 support teams
• Participate in on-call L2 incident response on an as-needed basis.

Technical skills:

• Hands-on experience required in the following technologies:
• Cisco ACI, Nexus Dashboard, leaf-spine architecture
• Routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR
• LAN Switching - VLAN, VTP, STP, HSRP, GLBP,
• Nexus Switches - VDC, VPC, FEX, VXLAN/EVPN
• Arista Switches-MLAG, CVP.
• Palo Alto Firewall

Product Knowledge:

• Cisco Catalyst Series switches

• Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K Series of switches
• Cisco Routers 3800, 3900, 4300, 4400, 7600 Series
• Arista 7200,7800 series switches

• - Cisco IOS Software, NX OS Software and ACI, Arista EOS
• - Palo Alto Firewall

• Network Monitoring -Solarwinds

Certification: CCNP in R&S/Data center, Arista ACE Level 3