Preferred qualifications
• A Bachelor’s degree and 8 -14 years of experience in core Network technologies including Cisco ACI ,Checkpoint & Palo Alto Firewalls ,F5 Load balancer & WAF .
• Demonstrated experience in leading and managing complex network for Datacenter or Public cloud migration projects.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and oversee large-scale network deployments.
• One or more of the following Certifications - CCIE ,CCNP , PCNSE , CCSE , AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty or equivalents
• Strong fundamental knowledge in LAN, WAN and Network Security technologies and products.
• Excellent project and vendor management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence and communicate effectively with non-technical audiences and senior management. Mandatory Skillsets
• Expertise in Cisco ACI Multi Pod / Multi Site deployments .
• Expertise in Application Delivery Network products – F5 Load balancers & WAF
• Expertise in managing Checkpoint & Palo Alto Firewalls & IPS Good to have Skillsets
• Experience in Application Delivery Network products –Bluecoat Proxy & Akamai CDN.
• Experience in managing Infoblox IPAM , DNS, DHCP solutions.
• Experience in managing Micro segmentation products like Illumio and Guardicore.
• Experience in managing Voice Infrastructure with Cisco CUCM and Verint Recorders .
• Experience in managing network management systems like Solarwinds , Riverbed & Thousand Eyes.
• Experience in performing Deep packet capture analysis using Wireshark or Similar products.
• Experience in Network Automation using Ansible & Terraform.
• Experience in managing Network Security Products like NAC , ISE & Algosec