Network Lead Job Schaumburg area,Illinois USA,IT/Tech

Preferred Qualifications:
Network Lead Engineer (Cisco ACI, CCIE)

Bachelor's or master's degree in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field of study or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience in Networking technology with 4+ years of experience in a lead role.
4+ years of architecture/design experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

Predict emerging customer needs and develop innovative solutions to meet them.
Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.
Participate in the development of business strategy.
Develop and manage business plans to achieve objectives.
Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives.
Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences.
Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches.
May have segment-wide impact.
Direct cross-functional and/or cross-segment teams.
Drive the adoption of reference architectures for existing, new and emerging technologies.
Drive the adoption of creative solutions to address complex, global enterprise problems utilizing automation as well as Dev Ops principles.
Assist customer organizations with planning and implementing complex architecture solutions.
Participate in enterprise governance processes and drive standards adoption.
Develop effective architecture solutions that not only satisfy immediate project requirements but also deliver a coherent, reusable, reliable and phased architecture to help the business grow and change while aligning to strategic vision.
Deliver technical architecture expertise in implementing cross-organizational information sharing.
Develop solutions and recommendations for issues caused by process challenges, emerging threats and technology changes.

Required Skills:

Strong understanding on software defined network Cisco ACI Technology.
Understanding on Tenant, EPG, Bridge domain, AEP, Policy group, interface profile, L3

Out etc.
Strong design knowledge on existing SDN (ACI infra) DC.
Deploy new ACI fabric.
Configure ACI using GUI and automation.
Create Json code for Automation using API inspector especially for repetitive tasks.
Modify existing Json as per the requirement.
Understanding different PRM types for PRM automation.
Coordinate with PRM team for new PRM automation requirement.
Understanding on Github.
Attend kick off meeting with the stakeholders to understand the scope of the project.
Sound knowledge on fabric upgrade process.
Good understanding on NSX Tier 0 connectivity with ACI infra.
Coordinate with different tenant owners for any project requirement and during critical risk changes.
Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience.
Past project experience with network architecture, technical design, or implementation.
Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce architectural principles and designs.