Senior Network Engineer - Cisco ACI, Palo Alto, Routing & Switching

Req : 371447

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Network Engineer - Cisco ACI, Palo Alto, Routing & Switching to join our team in Plano, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).

This is a hybrid role based in Plano, TX and requires onsite attendance 2–3 days per week. Candidates should be local to the area or able to commute consistently. Remote-only candidates will not be considered.

• Good experience on Routing & Switching & Wireless and Firewalls
• Responsible for the Cisco ACI network architecture component(s)
• 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
• Good understanding of Inter and Intra Tenant traffic flows, contracts
• Experience in L2 outs, L3 outs, VMM integration
• 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
• Strong knowledge of SDWAN (Hands-on) and Wireless
• Team 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 Service Now
• 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, performing network system analysis and reporting
• Willing to work in 24X7 environment

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

• 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

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