Responsibilities & Qualifications

Technology Knowledge

Experience with "Extreme" Network Product

Experience with implementation and maintenance of the Extreme Campus Fabric solution
Experience with implementation and maintenance of BOSS (ERS series) switching OS,VSP's & ERS switches
Must have strong skills in troubleshooting and problem resolution in a network environment
Routing Protocols (RIPv2/v3, OSPFv2/v3, VRRP, MPLS, BGP, PIM, ISIS etc)
Layer2 Switching ( 802.1Q , 802.1 D, 801.x)
Switching technologies including I-sid for VLANS MLT SMLT VLACP
Routing Protocols (RIPv2/v3, OSPFv2/v3, VRRP, MPLS, BGP, PIM, etc)
Thorough understanding of TACAS, RADIUS, and Active Directory Services used for AAA within NAC solutions.

Router - Cisco, Avaya (Extreme), Juniper

ii.Switch Cisco and Avaya (Extreme), Juniper

iii.WLAN Access Points Cisco and Aruba

iv.Firewalls Cisco, Juniper and Fortinet

v.WLAN Appliance Cisco and Aruba

vi.IPAM Infoblox /others

vii.WAN Optimizer - Riverbed / others

viii.Packet Shaper - Bluecoat

ix.Terminal Server - Ion systems /others

x.Load Balancer - F5

Responsibilities

i. Adhering to SLAs

ii.Mentoring / Training Team Members

iii.Handling tickets / requests

iv.Perform root cause analysis

v.Troubleshooting technical issues

vi.Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to

vii.Oversees and is responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration and migration

viii.Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA

ix.Understanding of Multi-geo support environment

x.Responsible for building / maintaining a test environment

xi.Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction

xii.Suggests new technologies and design changes

xiii.Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members

xiv.Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time

xv.Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating

Qualifications

i.Min 10+ years of Network administration experience in large enterprise environment

ii.Should have Cisco and other industry standard networking certifications

iii.Extensive experience in System Fault Tolerance, Networking Designing, Business continuity and Disaster recovery

iv.Expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.

v.Excellent communication skills (Verbal and Written)

vi.Experience in representation in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings

vii.In depth understand and troubleshooting skills for data centers Technologies (vPC, VDC, OTV, FEX)

viii.Expert level knowledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problem

ix.Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco, Juniper & Extreme devices (Routers, Switches L2/L3, Firewalls etc)

xii.Excellent hands-on in Cisco & Aruba WLC/Access point

xiv.Handling escalated troubleshooting calls related with Routing, Switching, Wireless, Firewalls & VPN

xv.Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco Nexus Series of switches, Juniper SRX series & Fortigate.

xvi.Excellent hands-on experience on Wireless LAN technologies Cisco and Aruba

xvii.Excellent hands-on experience on WAN Acceleration/optimization Riverbed

xviii.Network Management tools Solar Winds, HPNNMi or Splunk etc

xix.Application Load balancers F5 Big IP LTM/GTM or Citrix NetScaler

xx.Hands-on experience of implementing & Troubleshoot of Infoblox solutions such as IPAM/DHCP/DNS/vDiscovery

xxi.Hands on Experience on DHCP scope creation, DHCP option management understanding about servers, and windows platform

xxii.Should have Experience in designing POA for complex Change/Project. knowledge in preparing RFO, RCA's, documentation, Knowledge Bank.

xxiii.Experience in AWS or AZURE or any cloud technologies will be an added advantage

Certifications

ITIL v3 /v4

CCIE -R&S or equivalent associate

CISSP, CISM, CCSP

OEM specific Expert level certifications(Cisco,Juniper,Fortinet)