Senior Cisco ACI Network Specialist

Project Description: Seeking a Cisco ACI Network Specialist to provide subject matter expertise, engineering services, and operational support as part of designing, implementing, migration and daily operational tasks. The ideal candidate will have 16+ years of preparing complex technical documentation and a Cisco Certified Network Professional - Data Center Certification. Responsibilities: • Provide subject matter expertise, engineering services, and operational support as part of designing, implementing, migration and daily operational tasks • Demonstrate strong communication skills and attention to detail • Demonstrate technical knowledge and consultative skills • Perform tasks with no or minor supervision • Demonstrate knowledge in data centers design and implementation based on Cisco Nexus 9K, ACI Leaf & Spine switch fabric • Plan, design and execute Legacy Nexus 9K integration and workload migration to ACI platform • Design, implement APIC, MSO and automating operations and management • Be familiar with Solid VMWare Hypervisor and integration of VMware ESXi, ACI and VMM Integration • Formulate and define systems scope and objectives based on user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements • Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results • Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications • Provide consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment Mandatory Skills Description: • Demonstrate strong expertise in Cisco Data Center, Routing and Switching Technologies • Showcase knowledge in multi-site ACI Data Center, data center Interconnectivity, Multi-pod and Multi-site design methodology and implementation • Show knowledge of ACI IP fabric endpoint classification, categorization, naming and associated policies constructs for various scenarios • Be knowledgeable about high availability site and multi-site ACI platform configurations and integration with data center firewalls, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Extranet, Wireless, Provider Edge (MPLS) and Out-of-Band (OOB) data center network segments • Be knowledgeable about design considerations based on requirements which may include: Tenant constructs; Application Network Profiles; End Point Groups (EPGs); Contracts (Subjects and Filters); Fabric Access Policies • Implement Rest API, Ansible, Python, Curl and other relevant ACI automation tools • Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 9k, 7K, 5K in NX-OS and ACI deployments Nice-to-Have Skills: • Healthcare Languages: English: C2 Proficient