Cisco ACI Professional

Job description

**Educational Requirements** - Bachelor of Engineering,BTech,Master Of Engineering **Service Line** - Cloud & Infrastructure Services **Responsibilities** **Key Responsibilities** - Lead design and delivery of Cisco ACI (Spine-Leaf) and Viptela SD-WAN solutions - Act as SME for: o ACI (APIC, Spine/Leaf, Tenants, VRF, BD, EPG, Contracts)o SD-WAN components (vManage, vSmart, vBond, cEdge/vEdge) - Own HLD/LLD, solution architecture, rollout, and optimization activities - Drive MPLS to SD-WAN transformation programs - Design and manage: o ACI L3Out integration with WAN/SD-WANo SD-WAN overlay, policies, segmentation, and application-aware routing - Implement: o Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)o VRF segmentation across DC and WANo QoS and traffic engineering policies - Ensure seamless DC-WAN integration between ACI fabric and SD-WAN edge - Troubleshoot complex issues across: o ACI fabric (EPG, contracts, endpoint learning)o SD-WAN (tunnels, control plane, policies) - Integrate network with: o Security solutions (firewalls, Zscaler/SASE)o Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) - Collaborate with architects, ISPs, and cross-functional teams - Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to engineers - Maintain documentation, standards, and best practicesSkills & Experience - 4+ years in enterprise networking - Strong hands-on experience in: o Cisco ACI (mandatory)o Cisco Viptela SD-WAN (mandatory) - SME-level expertise in: o SD-WAN controllers (vManage, vSmart, vBond)o ACI fabric architecture and policy model - Strong knowledge of: o BGP, OSPF, MPLSo VXLAN/EVPN fundamentalso IPSec, GRE tunnels - Experience with: o Hybrid WAN (MPLS, DIA, LTE)o Data center-WAN interconnect design - Strong troubleshooting across DC and WAN domains **Preferred Skills:** - Domain-> Network-> Data networking network management - Technology-> Network-LAN/WAN-Switches/Routers-> Alcatel-Network-LAN/WAN - Technology-> Network-LAN-Switches-> Cisco-LAN-Switches - Technology-> Network-> SD LAN-> cisco sd access