Data Center AI Network Engineer
Meet the Team
We are the Data Center Network Services team within Cisco IT that supports network services for Cisco Engineering and business functions worldwide. Our mission is simple – build the network of the future that is adaptable and agile on Cisco’s networking solutions. Cisco IT networks are deployed, monitored, and managed with a DevOps approach to support rapid application changes. We invest in transformative technologies that enable us to deliver services in a rapid and reliable manner.
The team culture is collaborative and fun, where thinking creatively and tinkering on new ideas are encouraged.
Your Impact
You will design, develop, test and deploy DC network capabilities within Data Center Network. You are engaging and comfortable collaborating with fellow engineers across multiple disciplines as well as internal clients. You will create innovative, high-quality capabilities enabling our clients to have the best possible experience.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor of Engineering or Technology with a minimum of 10 years of experience in designing,



deploying, operating and managing scalable DC network infrastructure (using Nexus OS)
Experience in technologies like Routing, Switching, Nexus, VPC, VDC, VLAN, VXLAN, BGP
Experience on handling incident, problem and change management
Familiarity with DevOps principles, comfortable with Agile practices
Preferred Qualifications
CCNP or CCIE/DE
Experience with SONiC NoS including:
Basic configuration (both CLI and config_db.json)
Network troubleshooting with SONiC
QoS monitoring and troubleshooting, particularly for RoCEv2
Experience with BGP routing
Desirable to have experience with L3 Fabrics
Desirable to have familiarity with Nvidia and Linux networking
Desirable to have experience with Python, Prometheus, Splunk and Grafana
Desirable to have experience with Cisco Firepower firewalls (FTD/FMC)
Experience with Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller for building and troubleshooting Networ

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