Senior Administrator - Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

About the Role The Senior Administrator collaborates with Consulting Engineers to plan and optimize Cisco ACI deployments for customer environments. You will own task and project implementations for assigned engagements, contribute to design deliverables, and act as the initial focal point for problem resolution across multiple technologies. What You'll Do

• Collaborate with other Consulting Engineers to plan and deploy Cisco ACI solutions and related services.
• Interface with customers, managers, and Cisco account teams to drive strategy, deployment, and optimization.
• Take ownership of task and project implementations for assigned customer engagements.
• Create and review deliverables such as High Level Design, Low Level Design, and Implementation/Change Management Plans.
• Build or leverage test environments to resolve complex problems and compatibility issues.
• Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Cisco products using software tools; contribute to digital intellectual capital (scripts, signatures).
• Act as the initial focal point for problem resolution and ensure quick resolution of major customer problems across relevant technologies.
• Collaborate with internal/external resources (Cisco account teams, partners) on strategy and deployment of Cisco services and solutions. What We're Looking For
• BE/B.Tech/BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
• CCNA required; CCNP is a plus; CCIE (ENT/DC) preferred
• Strong Nexus 2K/3K/5K/7K/9K platform knowledge and hands-on experience with ACI
• Knowledge/experience in overlay technologies VXLAN, BGP EVPN, OTV, LISP, VPC, VDC, FabricPath, ISSU, DC-Switching
• L2 Switching; HSRP, VRRP, VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, Macsec, PFC
• Experience with virtualization (OpenStack / VMware vSphere / Microsoft Hyper-V / Red Hat KVM / Linux Containers)
• Knowledge of SDA/SDWAN preferred; UCS products and Hyperflex, DCNM, Nexus Dashboard
• Network automation skills preferred (Python/ Ansible/ GoLang/ Splunk) Nice to Have
• SDA/SDWAN knowledge
• Familiarity with UCS products, Hyperflex, DCNM, and Nexus Dashboard
• Additional hands-on experience with network automation tooling and scripting languages