Required Skills / Hands-on Experience:
1. Network Hardware (Physical Devices):
Cisco Routers:Cisco Catalyst 8300/8500
Cisco ISR 4000 Series
Cisco ASR 1000 Series
Cisco Cloud Services Router (CSR 1000V)
Cisco NCS 5000/5500 Series
Cisco Switches:Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series (9200, 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600)
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series (9300, 9500, 9800)
Cisco Meraki MS Series
Firewalls:Palo Alto: PA Series, VM Series, Prisma Access, CN Series
Cisco: Cisco Firepower, Cisco ASA
2. Routing Protocols & Technologies:
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)
MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
3. Network Virtualization & Control:
Cisco SD WAN (Software Defined WAN)
Cisco SDN (Software Defined Networking)
Cisco SDA (Software Defined Access) / Cisco DNAC / Cisco DNA
4. Traffic Management & Load Balancing:
F5 Load Balancer
QoS (Quality of Service)
5. Scripting and Automation Tools:
Python
Bash/Shell Scripting
Ansible
6. Monitoring Tools:
Nagios
LogicMonitor
SolarWinds
Wireshark
PRTG Network Monitor
Any Graduate