JOB DESCRIPTION:
Technology Requirements:
Expert level knowledge of Routing/Switching protocols: IP/MPLS, BGP/MP-BGP, VRFs, OSPF, QoS, PBR, VPC LACP, PAGP, Spanning tree
Should have good hands-on experience in software code and hardware refresh on below hardware platforms:
- Hands-Experience with Cisco routing/switching including Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, XR, and NX-OS
- Hands-on Experience on Arista EOS – 7010, 7050, 7280 Series switches
- Hands-on Experience with Cisco catalyst – 3560, 3850, 4500, 6500, and 9500 Series switches
- Hands-on Experience on Cisco Nexus – 5000, 9000 Series switches
- Hands-on Experience on Cisco ISR – 2900, 3900, 3925, 4000, 4400 Series switches
- Hands-on Experience on Cisco ASR – 1000 Series switches
- Hands-on Experience on Cisco Viptela vEdge – 1000, 2000 & 5000
- Should have strong knowledge of performing bug scrub on Arista and Cisco-based operating systems.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on Experience with WAN products and protocols
- Strong troubleshooting skills to resolve high-severity, business-impacting outages and incidents
- Experience with operation tools, firewalls (Palo Alto), F5 Load balancers, etc. will be an advantage.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills: ability to communicate technology strategy and architecture approach to engineers, executives
Certifications: CCIE preferred, CCNP/equivalent is a must. - Able to handle escalations and customer communication
- Communication skills to include conflict management, presentation/demonstration, written communication-cultural sensitivity learning agility, and virtual/remote training.
- Ability to work in high-pressure environments
- Flexibility to work in night shift when needed
- Expert-level experience with F5 Load Balancing iRules, HTTP profiles, SSL configurations, and TCP profiles.
- Expert-level knowledge in packet capture analysis.
- Expert level experience with Load Balancing vendor products like F5, AVI, etc.
- Experience in Virtualization system administration like VMware (ESXi) and Cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, etc. is preferred.
- Works as Load-balancing architecture consultant to ensure Infrastructure configuration aligns with business and IT strategy.
- Partners with the Client’s Technology Application/Hosting teams in determining the best practical solution following enterprise standards.
- Ensures accurate asset information is recorded/documented for the platform/application supported.
