Strong knowledge in Switching & Routing technologies: To support a Cisco centric LAN, WAN and WLAN environment. This includes Switches, routers, wireless & ISE. Expert level understanding and implementation of commonly deployed WAN technologies and concepts - MPLS, Viptela SDWAN, P2P, VRF, Wave, SONET, DWDM, WAN Optimization - is a requirement. Protocols include BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRF, HSRP, PIM, QoS, Intelligent WAN, GRE Tunnel, IPSEC VPNs, SSL & DMVPN. Deep understanding of LAN switching technologies including ACI, SDA, DNAC(Catalyst Center), ISE, VXLAN, fabric path, VSS, VPC, Spanning Tree, Virtual LAN (VLAN), and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) concepts. Zscaler (ZIA & ZPA), Blue Coat/McAfee Proxy, Multifactor Authentication, IPS, IDS & Pulse Secure. Strong understanding with hands on F5 Load balancers with GTM & LTM. Deep and strong understanding of firewalls, Internet proxy, DNS, SSL & IPSec VPN, multi-factor authentication and IPS technologies. Good knowledge in Firewalls like Palo Alto with Panorama, Cisco ASA, Juniper, Checkpoint, & Fortinet. Hand on experience handling Infoblox for IPAM and DNS. Expert knowledge of Traffic prioritization technologies and techniques including - QoS, TOS, COS, LLQ, CBWFQ, WFQ, Shaping, Policing, MPLS-VPN QoS. Strong Skills on Multi-Tenant Cloud Technologies like AWS, Azure. Strong skillset in Log & Packet Analysis using Splunk, Sentinel, Wireshark etc. Strong experience with Monitoring and Alerting Tools: Cisco DNAC, Cisco ISE, PagerDuty, Data Dog, Thousand Eyes, Nagios, VManage, Netscout, Vital Net, Grafana, Zabbix & Site24x7 Strong verbal and written skills. Can maintain calm under pressure. Strong leader that can lead a team to successful resolution of technical problems. Strong Experience on handling issues with broader exposure across multiple technologies. CCNP Routing & Switching and above. SDWAN or F5 certified. Palo Alto or any Security Certified Base Salary Range: $80,000 / Annum - $120,000 / Annum #LI-SV2