L3 ACI Cisco Consulting Engineer - Routing & Switching

L3 ACI Cisco Consulting Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver expert-level support for

  Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)

  infrastructure, including in-depth troubleshooting, configuration, and optimization.
• Engage in proactive monitoring and maintenance of

  ACI environments

  to ensure optimal performance, high availability, and reliability.
• Install, configure, and support

  Cisco Routers and Switches

  in complex enterprise environments.
• Update Network equipment to the latest firmware releases, ensuring security and feature enhancements.
• Replace faulting network hardware components when required, minimizing downtime.
• Report network status, performance, and issues to key stakeholders effectively.
• Possess and apply

  Good Knowledge of Cisco ACI

  (mandatory for L3).
• Lead in-depth troubleshooting of connectivity issues across firewall/Load Balancer or proxy devices.
• Apply excellent problem analysis and solving skills, utilizing creativity, innovation, and an out-of-the-box approach when dealing with challenges.
• Able to work effectively under high pressure in a challenging environment.
• Collaborate and coordinate excellently within the technology community.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Experience:

Cisco ACI Expertise:

• Good Knowledge of ACI is required for L3.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco ACI infrastructure support, troubleshooting, configuration, and optimization.

Routing & Switching Technology:

• Strong knowledge in Routing and Switching technology such as

  BGP, OSPF, vPC (Virtual Port Channel), Multicast, RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol), MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol), NAT (Network Address Translation), PBR (Policy-Based Routing), FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocol)

  .

• In-depth exposure on Cisco Nexus 9K family from installation, commissioning, and configuration (Mandatory).

• Good understanding of

  MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)

  works.

WAN Technology:

• Knowledge in WAN technology such as

  MPLS, IPSEC (IP Security), GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation), VPN (Virtual Private Network), DMVPN (Dynamic Multipoint VPN)

  .
• Working level understanding of IPSEC, GRE, GETVPN.

Troubleshooting:

• Significant practical experience in troubleshooting connectivity issues across firewall/Load Balancer or proxy.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication and co-ordination skills within the technology community.
• Excellent problem analysis and solving skill applying creativity, innovation and thinking out of the box approach when dealing with challenges.
• Able to work under high pressure in a challenging environment.

Good to Have Skills:

• Knowledge in

  Cisco SDWAN solution (Viptela)

  .