Senior Data Center Connectivity Engineer – Cisco ACI (ID: 4092)

Senior Data Center Connectivity Engineer – Cisco ACI (ID: 4092)

As a Senior Data Center Connectivity Engineer, you will:

• Develop, design, and improve enterprise-grade data center connectivity products and solutions based on customer requirements and the infrastructure architecture roadmap.

• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and standardised connectivity architectures for complex enterprise data center environments.

• Design, implement, and validate connectivity solutions using Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, data center routing and switching, F5 load balancing, and application-centric firewalling.

• Design and implement network security capabilities, including micro-segmentation and application-aware security controls, to protect data center workloads.

• Align connectivity requirements with customers, solution architects, domain architects, security teams, operations, and other infrastructure domains such as compute and storage.

• Design, develop, and pilot new connectivity products and solutions, validating functionality, performance, scalability, and deployment efficiency before production adoption.

• Collaborate with operations teams to ensure that connectivity products can be deployed, monitored, maintained, and supported efficiently.

• Contribute to the product roadmap by assessing future customer requirements, technology lifecycle developments, market trends, innovations, and opportunities for automation.

• Develop solution designs for complex infrastructure deployments, balancing specific customer requirements with enterprise architecture standards and reusable product capabilities.

• Ensure the quality, consistency, and reliability of complex data center network deployments.

• Support root cause analysis of recurring or high-impact connectivity issues and identify improvements to prevent future incidents.

• Promote automation and standardisation using APIs, cURL, Git, and other relevant tools to improve deployment efficiency and operational consistency.

What You Bring to the Table:

• 10 years of experience in designing and deploying connectivity solutions in complex environments, particularly enterprise data centers, as specified in the role description.

• Expert knowledge of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Cisco Nexus, data center routing and switching, and enterprise connectivity architecture.

• Strong experience with F5 load balancing technologies, including GTM and LTM.

• Experience with network-centric and application-centric firewalling, including micro-segmentation and workload-level security controls.

• Ability to translate business and customer requirements into robust technical architectures and detailed solution designs.

• Experience designing, deploying, testing, and validating infrastructure connectivity products and solutions in complex enterprise environments.

• Knowledge of adjacent infrastructure domains, including LAN, SD-WAN, WAN, compute, databases, and storage.

• Experience with infrastructure automation and integration using APIs, cURL, Git, and related tools.

• Understanding of ITIL processes, operational support requirements, incident management, and service delivery.

• Familiarity with Scrum, SAFe, or other Agile methodologies for product development and infrastructure delivery.

• Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and ArchiMate.

• Cisco CCIE Data Center certification is highly preferred.

• Experience with AI technologies and their application to infrastructure products or network automation is an added advantage.

You Should Possess the Ability to:

• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and standardised connectivity architectures for enterprise data center environments.

• Evaluate customer requirements and determine appropriate Cisco ACI, Nexus, routing, switching, load balancing, and firewalling solutions.

• Balance customer-specific requirements with enterprise architecture principles, standard products, and long-term infrastructure strategy.

• Assess new connectivity products through proof-of-concept (PoC) exercises, pilots, and technical validation before deployment.

• Collaborate effectively with solution architects, domain architects, security specialists, infrastructure teams, and operations stakeholders.

• Ensure that infrastructure solutions are practical to deploy, operate, monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain.

• Investigate complex network incidents, perform root cause analysis, and recommend sustainable technical improvements.

• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive infrastructure tasks, improve deployment processes, and increase operational efficiency.

What We Bring to the Table:

• The opportunity to develop and improve enterprise-grade data center connectivity products and solutions.

• Exposure to complex infrastructure architecture, modern data center networking, and enterprise connectivity technologies.

• Opportunities to work with Cisco ACI, Nexus, F5 load balancing, micro-segmentation, and data center routing and switching.

• Collaboration with solution architects, domain architects, security teams, customers, and infrastructure operations specialists.

• Involvement in product roadmap development, technology evaluations, proof-of-concept exercises, and infrastructure innovation.

• Opportunities to improve network automation, deployment standardisation, service reliability, and operational efficiency.

• Exposure to enterprise architecture principles, Agile delivery practices, and IT service management processes.

• The opportunity to influence technical design decisions and contribute to reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure solutions.