Job Requirements |
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS: 5 + years of experience with each skill
• Minimum 5-10 years of industry experience required in Data Centre/Enterprise networking, switching and routing.
• Minimum Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification or CCIE preferred on routing and switching, Data Center/Enterprise or equivalent experience
• Strong Data Centre/Enterprise routing and switching skills (OSPF, BGP, Fabric Path, VPC, VLAN Trunking/Dot1q) using Cisco platforms (Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K family, Catalyst 3K/4K/6K, ISR2/ASR-X, etc).
• Proven history and experience working with various WAN technologies and their providers including: MPLS, T1/T3, Metro Ethernet, VPLS
• Experience and/or working knowledge of Cisco NAC Network Admission Control considered a plus.
• Experience or strong knowledge of authentication integration technology of Windows Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, Kerberos.
• Strong Knowledge of Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) as part of the Cisco NAC infrastructure.
• Expertise on networking standards and technologies including VLANs, STP, ARP, Routing, DHCP, DNS, Wireshark, and others.
• Working knowledge of data center and branch cabling: UTP & Fiber Optics
• Working knowledge of network appliances hardware and software methodologies to RMA and upgrading/downgrading their operating system minimizing down time.
• Strong authoring of technical documentation skills (Microsoft Office: Words, Excel & Visio)
• Effective project planning and time management skills to ensure multiple tasks and project streams are delivered on time
• Automation and/or scripting skills to be used for rapid, efficient deployment of large number of services or network elements is considered an asset
• Working knowledge of server operating systems such as Windows Server family, UNIX/Linux or AIX, considered a nice to have
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