8+ years of experience required, extensive experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and code/ feature certification/validation.
Experience with testing design and certification of products in LAB environments a MUST
CCNP level experience.
Strong Knowledge of working with protocols such as , IOSPF, BGP, QoSPSec, PIM
Strong Experience with Cisco Platforms such as Catalyst, Nexus, Dell Mi/o, HP 6120/ 6125/ Moonshot family
Experience with MAB/ Port Security/ NAC/ 802.1x
Strong Knowledge of Certification of new code, and bug Scrubs on IOS/XE/NXOS/ and limited XR
Experience with Arista Platforms such as 7280, 7504 etx .
Experience developing strategies with multiple vendors
Experienced with creating design documents for each certification which includes engineering guidelines. -Experience with Tools such as IXIA to test and certify various designs and troubleshoot networks issues.
Good knowledge IP Routing BGP, MP-BGP, OSPF, RIP, MPLS, L2-VPNs, Spanning-tree protocol,
Understanding of network protocols, network platforms such as Cisco/Juniper/Arista to design and troubleshoot new implementation. Wireshark Multicast: IGMPv2/3, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, AutoRP , BSR, Static RP, RP-Anycast, MSDP
IP Routing Platforms ISRg2, ASR1K, Catalyst, Juniper MX a plus L2 and L3 QoS
Cisco Switching Platforms Cat3K, 4K, 6K, SUP6e/6le/7e/7le/8e SUP32, SUP720. Extensive knowledge of Switching and Switching mechanisms like CEF, TCAM
Knowledge on Arista and/ or Juniper switch/ routing platforms are a plus
Understanding of new protocols being deployed intra and inter Data Center( LISP,VXLAN , NV-GRE, eVPN )
AWS (or Azure cloud equivalent)... Cloud Computing direct connect/Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Simple DB, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon DNS and other se
Data Center power and cooling, cabling 10/ 25G/40G/50G/100G desired
Cloud computing, Virtualization industry standard and trends, server technologies a plus