Routing and Switching - Networking Senior Specialist Advisor

Job Description – Tier 3

Role Responsibilities:

• Must have great experience on Routing & Switching & Wireless and Firewalls.
• Responsible for the Cisco ACI network architecture component(s)
• Must have Palo Alto Experience.
• Understand and support Data Centre Networks utilizing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Nexus 9k platforms.
•  Contribute to the development and performance of a migration plan from traditional data centre network designs to Cisco ACI.
•  Integrate service appliances to Cisco ACI deployments to include Application Delivery Controllers and Firewalls.
•  G0od understanding of Inter and Intra Tenant traffic flows, contracts
•  Experience in L2 outs, L3 outs, VMM integration
• Must be expert of routing, switching, wireless, LAN and WAN, i.e. L2 (Wireless IEEE 802.11 a, Ethernet, IEEE 802.1x std. STP, MSTP, RSTP, Dynamic VLAN, HSRP/VRRP.) / L3 (Routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.), NEXUS, SD-WAN
• Ensuring all configurations are in compliance with network standards, reviewing log files, SD-WAN, LAN, WAN, NMS
• Participate in the setup, deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting and documentation of enterprise-level, mission-critical, network infrastructure components
• Looking to have strong knowledge of  SDWAN (Hands-on) and Wireless
• Teaming with project managers, cross-functional technology and business teams to ensure successful projects
• Owning and documenting escalated support tickets and service requests through resolution via ServiceNow
• Adaptive, communication, presentation and leadership skills 
• Full understanding of WAN/LAN internetworking, protocol interoperability, network architecture development and requirements for testing / proof of concept
• Knowledge of Wireless, Nexus, SD-WAN
• Working knowledge of Networking products from Cisco, Dell & Extreme Networks
• Skills and knowledge and adherence to ITIL & Change Management processes
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong customer service skills; interfaces with customers, end users, partners and associates
• Additionally, the candidate must work well within a team, adapt easily to change, and possess the flexibility to travel. Candidate should have a history of working unsupervised while achieving required goals
• Rotating on-call, support queue management, preforming network system analysis and reporting
• Willing to work in 24X7 environment

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience on managing LAN & WAN Infrastructures
• 10+ years’ experience on Routing & Switching, Riverbed & Wireless
• 10+ years of experience on Palo Alto
• 5+ years on experience on Cisco ACI

Highly Preferred Skills:

• Preferred knowledge of VELO Cloud (Hands-on) and Wireless
• Adaptive, communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Project experience for SDN Infra & Networking
• Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent work experience