Support Infrastructure Services through maintaining a high level of technical expertise in Advanced Cisco Routing and Switching and SD-WAN
Support delivery teams and engineers in the deployment of Services
Serve as an escalation point for delivery engineers
Assist with the introduction of new services, including development and documentation of deployment methodologies
Work with delivery teams to develop those capabilities in the field
Responsible for the development of network planning, design, and implementation services
Pre/Post sales consultant to Enterprise clients
Create Low Level and High-Level design of Campus and Wide Area networks utilizing industry best practices
Translate business outcomes to technical solutions
Provide technical guidance and support to delivery engineers throughout all phases of a project including Project Launch Workshops, Kickoff calls, lessons learned, etc. as needed
Review client deliverables to identify opportunities to improve quality through training, mentoring, product offering improvement, and talent acquisition
Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed
Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry
Access the technical effort required to deliver solutions
Serve as an escalation point for troubleshooting of customer networks
Requirements
Fluent in English
7+ years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing LAN/WAN networks in accordance with industry best practices
Extensive large scale WAN experience required
Extensive campus networking experience required
Highly skilled in consulting with customers at all levels of the organization in both pre and post-sales
Highly Skilled in SD-WAN Cisco Viptela
Highly Skilled in at least one (1) other of the following is desired: SD-WAN (VMware Velocloud, Aruba/SilverPeak Edgeconnect, Fortinet, Versa)
Experience integrating SD-WAN into SASE/SSE and cloud deployments (Umbrella SIG, Zscaler, Prisma)
Strong knowledge of IP communication and routing is required (ISIS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP)
Experience with inter-company routing is preferred
Experience with Hybrid Cloud network deployments including AWS, Azure, GCP is a plus
Working technical knowledge of network and security protocols (IPSEC VPN, SGT, SSL VPN, AAA, Dot1x, TustSec, NAT, QoS etc)
Implementation experience with Cisco DNA Center and Software Defined Access
General working knowledge of Cisco (fabric) wireless and Cisco ISE
Configuration management of networking devices using PnP/ZTP, automation tools (Cisco DNA-Center, vManage, Cisco Prime, ISE) and API scripting with Python
Knowledge of templating languages (Velocity, Jinja2)
Experience with network automation using Ansible, Terraform or other orchestration tools
Knowledge or experience with Meraki is a plus
Working knowledge of middle-mile, cloud interconnectivity or multicloud technologies (Equinix, Megaport, Aviatrix etc) is a plus
Certifications in industry leading network products: Cisco (CCIE, CCNP), Arista, Aruba, VMware, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Zscaler, AWS, GCP, Azure
Multi-vendor experience is required
Cisco partner post sales consulting experience strongly preferred
Related degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or seven to ten years equivalent network engineering experience.