Role & responsibilities
Design, deploy, and manage Cisco ACI fabric (Spine-Leaf architecture, APIC controllers, Nexus 9000 series switches).
Configure and manage Tenants, VRFs, Bridge Domains, EPGs, Application Profiles, and Contracts within the ACI fabric.
Plan and execute data center migrations to ACI (legacy to ACI, or version upgrades) with minimal business impact, including Multi-Pod, Multi-Site, and Remote Leaf deployments.
Integrate ACI with virtualization platforms (VMware vCenter/vDS), orchestration tools, firewalls, and load balancers (F5, Palo Alto, Check Point) via service graphs/PBR.
Configure and troubleshoot Layer 2/Layer 3 connectivity, VXLAN, OSPF, BGP, and fabric-related issues using APIC, CLI, and Nexus Dashboard.
Perform firmware upgrades, lifecycle management, and maintain network documentation, architecture diagrams, and SOPs.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support audits/compliance,



and act as an L3 escalation point for critical ACI incidents

Preferred candidate profile
710 years in data center networking with robust hands-on expertise in Cisco ACI.
Solid experience with Cisco Nexus 9000 switches (NX-OS and ACI fabric mode).
In-depth knowledge of ACI components: APIC, Spine/Leaf, Tenants, VRFs, EPGs, Contracts.
Hands-on experience with Multi-Pod/Multi-Site ACI deployments.
Solid understanding of VXLAN, BGP EVPN, OSPF, and routing/switching fundamentals.
Experience integrating ACI with VMware and orchestration tools.
Experience with service graph/PBR integration for firewalls and load balancers.
Solid troubleshooting skills using APIC GUI/CLI and Nexus Dashboard.
Experience in data center migration or ACI version upgrade projects.

📌 Aci Engineer Mumbai
🏢 Syndrome NewEdge
📍 Mumbai