Job Title
Network Data Engineer - L3
Primary Skill (Technical Skill)
Cisco ACI, Nexus Dashboard, Routing & Switching, Arista Switches, Palo Alto Firewall,
Secondary Skill (optional)
SolarWinds
Experience Level
6 - 10 Years
Duration
Long-term
Location of Posting
On-site in Rockdale, TX
Roles & Responsibilities
- Deploy, operate, and maintain front-side, backend, and management networks within on-prem data centers
- Perform on-site visits to oversee and support new network buildouts executed by operations teams
- Architect and optimize network designs to reduce latency, packet loss, and jitter while increasing scale and performance
- Deploy and support new software releases, system upgrades, and security patches for network infrastructure
- Maintain deep knowledge of vendor technologies and platforms, including Cisco, Palo Alto and Arista
- Design for redundancy, resiliency, and future capacity growth
- Develop and maintain network inventory documentation, including network diagrams, cabling schedules, and DCIM
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis, coordinating with external vendors and internal stakeholders as needed
- Ensure network architecture meets high availability and performance requirements for mission-critical platforms
- Monitor network health across global sites. Train and enable on-site L1 support teams
- Participate in on-call L2 incident response on an as-needed basis.
Skills
Primary Skill (Must to Have)
Secondary Skill (Nice to have)
Technical Skills
Technical skills:
- Hands-on experience required in the following technologies:
- Cisco ACI, Nexus Dashboard, leaf-spine architecture
- Routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR
- LAN Switching - VLAN, VTP, STP, HSRP, GLBP,
- Nexus Switches - VDC, VPC, FEX, VXLAN/EVPN
- Arista Switches-MLAG, CVP.
- SolarWinds
- DDI -MAAS\Infoblox
- Python and/or Ansible
- RDMA network tuning
- Cloud Network
Product Knowledge
- Cisco Catalyst Series switches
- Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K Series of switches
- Cisco Routers 3800, 3900, 4300, 4400, 7600 Series
- Arista 7200,7800 series switches
- Cisco IOS Software, NX OS Software and ACI, Arista EOS
- Palo Alto Firewall
- Network Monitoring -SolarWinds
Behavioral Skill
- Fair Written & Verbal Communication Skills
- Experience of handling global customers
- Commitment
- Organized
- Proactive
Certification
- CCNP in R&S/Data center, Arista ACE Level 3
Best Regards,
Srinivas
Email: srinivas@smartfolksinc.com