Desired Competencies (Technical Competency)
Must-Have
Experience in Network Support with good knowledge and troubleshooting experience on Routing and Switching.
Must have worked or managed enterprise-grade datacenter networks.
Experience in working with Nexus 5K, Nexus 7K/9K, Nexus 2K, routers, Juniper Switches.
Experience in testing, implementing, and supporting advanced Layer-2/3 switching solutions.
Experience in Cisco or Juniper routing and switching, Cisco ISE, Cisco Meraki, F5 Load balancer.
Good knowledge and experience in working with VRFs, VDCs, AAA, SNMP, and monitoring tools (DHCP/DNS/IPAM).
Experience in management and upgrade of F5 devices - GTM, LTM, WAF, VPN, Firewalls.
Experience with Infoblox DNS & upgrades.
Experience with Juniper switches and Core MX routers.
Experience in using Ansible automation for various activities across network devices, F5 (LTM, GTM, WAF, VPN) upgrades using Ansible.
Experience in SDN, Cisco ACI.
Experience in Checkpoint, FortiGate, or another firewall, Cisco Prime.
Experience in configuration and troubleshooting knowledge in Layer 2 protocols, such as VLAN, Private VLANs, VTP, STP, DTP, Trunking, Stacking, High Availability Protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP), EtherChannel, DOT1Q, ISL, SVI.
Experience in configuring/troubleshooting of Layer 3 protocols such as BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, Static Routing, Floating Static Routing, Failover.
Good-to-Have
Good to have knowledge with network management tools such as configuration management, network health check tools, and log collectors.
Good to have knowledge in monitoring networks with tools like Cacti, Netcool, Nagios, PRTG, NetFlow, etc.
Good to have knowledge of using Spectrum, E-Health, Cisco Prime, NCM, and IPAM.
Should have knowledge of Infovista tool.
Good to understand Internet Lease Lines, SDWAN, MPLS.
Responsibilities / Expectations from the Role
Designs and configures network implementations/upgrades.
Participates as a Subject Matter Expert in architectural design reviews.
Support for LAN/WAN networking technologies, including F5 LB support.
Perform analysis of various projects and effort estimations.
Perform upgrades and implementations across multiple network devices – manual and using Ansible automation.
Develop configuration management capabilities and documentation practices.
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