Network LAN SDA Engineer (9+ Years exp)
Plano TX
Contract
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Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
8 to 10 years of professional experience.
High-level teaming and communication skills to influence and persuade others.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to management.
Deep understanding of Internet Protocol (IP) addressing and Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM).
Extensive experience on designing and implementing Cisco SDA (Software-Defined Access), Catalyst Center with Data Center Networking Technologies and Cloud Solutions.
Strong experience with Monitoring and Alerting Tools: Cisco DNAC/Catalyst Center, Cisco ISE, PagerDuty, Nagios, Data Dog, Thousand Eyes, CloudWatch, Grafana, Zabbix & Site24x7
Deep understanding of Local Area Network (LAN) switching technologies including SDA, DNAC, ISE, VXLAN, ACI, fabric path, Spanning Tree (STP), Virtual LAN (VLAN), and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) concepts.
Cisco SDA Certified or higher certification
Proficient with scripting technologies, including but not limited to Python, Ansible, Perl, and Terraform.
Roles & Responsibilities
Must have excellent communication and troubleshooting skills.
Support a Cisco centric LAN, WAN and WLAN environment. This includes Switches routers, firewalls, security, wireless & ISE.
Plan, configure, and implement Cisco SDA fabric solutions using Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNA Center).
Manage fabric roles including control plane, border, and edge node configurations.
Perform fabric monitoring, assurance, and policy management.
Provide operational technical support for Cisco Catalyst 9300, 9500, 9600 series, and Cisco IE industrial switches.
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