Cisco SDA Network Engineer

Job Summary

Fixed Term Employment | Geek Soft Consulting | Netherlands

• Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.
• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.
• Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products.
• Be a productive member of the team.

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience in enterprise networking, including 3–5 years focused on Cisco SDA and Cisco DNA Center.
• Lead the design, implementation, and escalation support for complex Software‑Defined Access (SDA) and Intent‑Based Networking (IBN) infrastructures.
• Act as a subject matter expert, bridging enterprise routing and switching, wireless networking, and network security.
• Design, deploy, and operate Cisco SDA architectures for wired and wireless networks.
• Design multi‑site deployments, including Fabric Domains, Control Plane Nodes, Border Nodes, and Edge Nodes.
• Lead greenfield and brownfield implementations, including migration from traditional Over‑the‑Top (OTT) networks to SDA Fabric.
• Configure and integrate Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for dynamic policy enforcement, 802.1X, Trust Sec, Scalable Group Tags (SGTs), and endpoint profiling.
• Resolve Tier 3 and escalated incidents related to LISP registration, VXLAN encapsulation, multicast, and endpoint mobility.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical outages.
• Leverage Cisco DNA Center (Catalyst Center) APIs and programmability to automate network provisioning, device upgrades (SWIM), and workflows.
• Create High‑Level Designs (HLDs), Low‑Level Designs (LLDs), and migration playbooks.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to L1 and L2 network engineers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding of underlay technologies (OSPF, IS‑IS, BGP) and overlay technologies (VXLAN, LISP, EVPN).
• Expertise with Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series switches and Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers.
• Strong expertise in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), including Policy Sets, TACACS+/RADIUS, and Scalable Group Tags (SGTs).
• Basic to advanced programming skills in Python and REST APIs for network automation and orchestration.
• A challenging, innovating environment.
• Opportunities for learning where needed.