This position will involve both software and hardware administration, so the right candidate will need to have the flexibility required to make the shift back and forth.
Hardware administration will involve introducing new equipment to the network; ground-up network design experience not required.
Experiences in the following will be very useful: Routing and switching.
Data center architectures WAN Accelerators SDWAN.
Cisco Arista Aruba switches, Data center equipment
Aruba wireless Silver peak SDWAN
Riverbed WAN Accelerators
Certifications such as CCNA / CCNP / CCIE or equivalent will be very helpful also