Role & Responsibilities:
- Build, configure, and maintain Cisco ACI Fabric networks in co-location DC facilities.
- Collaborate with Compute & Storage teams to integrate devices into ACI Fabric.
- Plan and execute application migration workloads from legacy L3 architecture to ACI Fabric.
- Support ongoing maintenance, troubleshooting, and solution delivery of ACI Fabric networks.
- Implement WAN technologies to connect ACI Fabric with internal and external networks.
- Configure and maintain Cisco FTD firewalls, routing, and DMZ access.
- Manage A10 Load Balancers for applications.
- Provide proactive progress updates and timely execution of tasks.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
- Proven experience in managing large and complex Cisco ACI deployments.
- Hands-on knowledge of APIC, NXOS, IOS, NDFC, and Cisco Nexus switches.
- Experience with VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, L2/L3 fabrics, and Data Center network segmentation.
- Knowledge of hypervisor network components (VMware, Nutanix, OpenStack) and their interaction with physical DC infrastructure.
- FTD firewall configuration, Load Balancer setup (A10, Citrix) experience.
- Experience with MACSEC-enabled network interconnects, RoCEv2 QoS monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of storage (NAS/SAN) and compute (ESXi/UCS) integration with ACI.
