Job Description: Project Scope & Deliverables: - Build and maintain ACI Fabric network In Cisco’s new DC Co-Location Facility - Work in conjunction with Compute & Storage team to turn up their devices into the ACI Fabric - Understand and deliver application migration workloads from sources into the co-location DC facilities ACI fabric network. - Through distributed cases, support the maintenance and solution delivery of the ACI Fabric network - Understand and implement WAN technologies to implement and maintain the ACI Fabric network to the rest of the Cisco internal network and beyond - Maintain Cisco FTD FW technology devices and routing for DMZ and Internal application - Configure and maintain A10 Load Balancing configurations for applications - Work within team structure proactively providing timely task progress update communications and execution of work Prerequisites: · Thorough knowledge of Cisco ACI Fabric network · Whatever knowledge to deploy port turn ups configuring ACI application profiles, networking policy and access policy for new host connectivity · NXOS/IOS knowledge for OOB + Cisco tools like NDFC · Application migration experience · LB experience DC Skill Sets · ACI fabric network configuration knowledge - Understanding of ACI components: APICSs spines, leaves, faults, GUI, CLI, fabric discovery, etc. · NXOS and IOS configuration experience · NDFC platform experience is a plus · Basic understanding of Storage NAS/SAN to turn up network access in ACI · Basic understanding of Compute ESXi/UCS to turn up network access in ACI · FTD FW configuration preferred · Comprehensive troubleshooting skills ACI Fabric Network Infra build · Configure and build ACI Fabric infrastructure - configuration and troubleshooting knowledge of ACI features and Technologies: access policies, VPC, EPGs, BDs, L3outs, multi-pod, routing/switching, networking protocols (VXLAN, BGP, STP, OSPF) · Expand access leafs builds to support Compute and Storage network access · Build and configure NXOS and IOS Out of Band network to provide console and management access Application workload Migrations · Migration of application from legacy L3 architecture to ACI Fabric network · Learn and understand applications and their migrations needs and process · Build migration solutions · Support the move from one datacenter to new co-location datacenter Key Skills required: · Experience on managing/maintaining large/complex Cisco ACI fabric deployments · Deep working knowledge on Cisco ACI networking and Application micro security policy managements · Building, Operating, and managing large and complex ACI fabric with knowledge of VMWare, Nutanix and OpenStack integrations · Knowledge on different ACI fabric deployment models, Standalone , Stretched , Multi-POD and Multi-Site fabrics, · Understanding of Overlay and Underlay network technologies used in Data Center networks · Knowledge of Hypervisor network components (SVS, DVS, OVS, AHV, etc) and it’s interactions with physical DC network infrastructure · Experience with Data Center network segmentations using Cisco FTD firewall technologies, application micro-segmentation exposures, multi-segment policy management · Experience with Cisco Nexus Dashboard (ND/NDFC) for building and troubleshooting Data Center Networks · Experience with VXLAN based networks deployment and troubleshooting · Experience with configuring/managing/maintaining MACSEC enabled network interconnects · Experience monitoring and troubleshooting QoS for RoCEv2 · Experience with OSPF/BGP routing · Experience with L2/L3 Fabrics · Familiarity with Linux, VMWare, Nutanix, OpenStack networking · Experience with configure, manage/maintain Network Load balancing technologies like A10, Citrix Deeper working experience with following Cisco products: · Cisco ACI/APIC (large deployments with IPN interconnects) · Cisco Nexus switches (different switch models, modular, fixed, entry level to high-end models, 10Gb to 800Gb support) · Cisco Nexus Dashboard clusters (ND/NDFC) · Cisco FirePower / ASA/ FTD / FMC (entry level to high-end FW devices) · Cisco Catalyst switches (IOS-XE, IOS-XR) · A10 Thunder ADC appliances (3rd party product) Warm Regards, Hariharan Technical Recruiter Smart IT Frame LLC hariharan@smartitframe.com