Sr. Cisco Network Engineer / Cloud Network Admin

Sr. Cisco Network Engineer / Cloud Network Admin

FTE/Fulltime

3 Round of Discussion and 2nd is In- person.

Location (fully onsite in one of the below locations)

• Columbus, Ohio
• Merrillville, *na
• Hammond, *na

Focus area would be Cisco technology and Cisco products

Technical Skills which are being evaluated.

• Strong hands-on experience in Routing & Switching

Protocols

OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, static routing

Technologies

VLAN, STP, VTP, HSRP/VRRP

• Expertise in Data Center Networking

Cisco Nexus (5K/7K/9K), VPC, VDC

Spine-Leaf architecture, ACI, VXLAN

Data Center Interconnect (Client)

• Good knowledge of Wireless Technologies

Cisco WLC, Access Points

WLAN design, deployment, troubleshooting

• Strong understanding of:

LAN/WAN architecture

Network security (ACLs, NAT, VPNs)

SD-WAN (preferred)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage the product implementation of existing clients adding new business or modifying current business.
• Responsible for client outreach to "kick off" the product implementation/migration process.
• Set client expectations and define scope of product migration activities.
• Responsible to educate client on best practices and guide them through the product migration phase.
• Must be responsible for the coordination, communication and accurate reporting of all migration related activities under the supervision of Service deliver Manager.
• Ability to manage multiple BAU deliverables concurrently with aggressive timeframes.
• Complete projects within set timelines while mitigating risks that could cause the project to delay.
• Responsible for tracking and managing client product migration deliverables.
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve client questions and issues during product migration.
• Responsible for developing resolutions working with the team and management, to meet productivity, quality and client-satisfaction goal.
• Design, implement, and manage Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Panorama and related security infrastructure.
• Perform policy configuration, rule base optimization, and ensure adherence to security best practices.
• Lead the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management of F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM (WAF), and APM modules.
• Define and implement application security strategies, leveraging F5 WAF, SSL offloading, and traffic management policies.

Must have hands on experience in core Cisco data network infrastructure.

• Routing Protocols: BGP, OSFP, Eigrp, Static Route.
• Switching Technologies: VLAN, STP, Ether Channel, Port Security.
• Apt in configuration and troubleshooting of VLANs, VTP on Cisco switches, PVST, RSTP, STP, HSRP.
• Knowledge on configuring Inter VLAN routing.
• Switch Configurations like Trunk/Access.
• Nexus VPC/VDC.
• Hands on Experience in Cisco Wireless.
• Experience in F5 load balancer & Client.
• Experience in Cisco ACI and SDWAN.
• Upgrade of Cisco switches, routers, Nexus devices, Cisco WLC.
• Pam/Infoblox.
• Hardware : Cisco Catalyst Switch, Cisco ISR/ASR router, Cisco Wireless Controller, Cisco Nexus 9k/7k/3k.
• Experience in Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Panorama, and Prisma Access/Cloud solutions.
• Deep proficiency in F5 BIG-IP platforms, including LTM (Load Balancing), GTM/DNS (Global Traffic Management), ASM (Web Application Firewall) and APM (Access Policy Manager).
• Strong understanding of application delivery, SSL/TLS offloading, traffic management and WAF policy design to secure enterprise and cloud-based applications.