Sr. Cisco Network Engineer / Cloud Network Admin

Sr. Cisco Network Engineer / Cloud Network Admin FTE/Fulltime 3 Round of Discussion and 2nd is In- person. Location (fully onsite in one of the below locations) Columbus, Ohio Merrillville, *na Hammond, *na Focus area would be Cisco technology and Cisco products Technical Skills which are being evaluated. Strong hands-on experience in Routing & Switching Protocols: OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, static routing Technologies: VLAN, STP, VTP, HSRP/VRRP Expertise in Data Center Networking Cisco Nexus (5K/7K/9K), VPC, VDC Spine-Leaf architecture, ACI, VXLAN Data Center Interconnect (Client) Good knowledge of Wireless Technologies Cisco WLC, Access Points WLAN design, deployment, troubleshooting Strong understanding of: LAN/WAN architecture Network security (ACLs, NAT, VPNs) SD-WAN (preferred) Roles and Responsibilities: Manage the product implementation of existing clients adding new business or modifying current business. Responsible for client outreach to "kick off" the product implementation/migration process. Set client expectations and define scope of product migration activities. Responsible to educate client on best practices and guide them through the product migration phase. Must be responsible for the coordination, communication and accurate reporting of all migration related activities under the supervision of Service deliver Manager. Ability to manage multiple BAU deliverables concurrently with aggressive timeframes. Complete projects within set timelines while mitigating risks that could cause the project to delay. Responsible for tracking and managing client product migration deliverables. Collaborate with internal departments to resolve client questions and issues during product migration. Responsible for developing resolutions working with the team and management, to meet productivity, quality and client-satisfaction goal. Design, implement, and manage Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Panorama and related security infrastructure. Perform policy configuration, rule base optimization, and ensure adherence to security best practices. Lead the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management of F5 BIG-IP platforms including LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM (WAF), and APM modules. Define and implement application security strategies, leveraging F5 WAF, SSL offloading, and traffic management policies. Must have hands on experience in core Cisco data network infrastructure. Routing Protocols: BGP, OSFP, Eigrp, Static Route. Switching Technologies: VLAN, STP, Ether Channel, Port Security. Apt in configuration and troubleshooting of VLANs, VTP on Cisco switches, PVST, RSTP, STP, HSRP. Knowledge on configuring Inter VLAN routing. Switch Configurations like Trunk/Access. Nexus VPC/VDC. Hands on Experience in Cisco Wireless. Experience in F5 load balancer & Client. Experience in Cisco ACI and SDWAN. Upgrade of Cisco switches, routers, Nexus devices, Cisco WLC. Pam/Infoblox. Hardware : Cisco Catalyst Switch, Cisco ISR/ASR router, Cisco Wireless Controller, Cisco Nexus 9k/7k/3k. Experience in Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Panorama, and Prisma Access/Cloud solutions. Deep proficiency in F5 BIG-IP platforms, including LTM (Load Balancing), GTM/DNS (Global Traffic Management), ASM (Web Application Firewall) and APM (Access Policy Manager). Strong understanding of application delivery, SSL/TLS offloading, traffic management and WAF policy design to secure enterprise and cloud-based applications.