Key Responsibilities

- SDA &
- Fabric Management: Design, deploy, and operate Cisco SDA architectures for wired and wireless networks. Design multi-site deployments including Fabric Domains, Control Plane Nodes, Border Nodes, and Edge Nodes.

- Fabric Operations &

- Migration: Lead both greenfield and brownfield implementations, including the migration from traditional Over-The-Top (OTT) networks to SDA Fabric.

- Policy &

- Security Integration: Configure and integrate Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for dynamic policy enforcement, 802.1x, TrustSec, Scalable Group Tags (SGT), and endpoint profiling.

- L3 Escalation &

- Troubleshooting: Resolve Tier 3/escalated incidents related to LISP registration, VXLAN encapsulation, multicast, and endpoint mobility.

Provide Root Cause

Analysis (RCA) for critical outages.

- Automation &

- Orchestration: Leverage Cisco DNA Center (Catalyst Center) APIs and programmability to automate network provisioning, device upgrades (SWIM), and workflows.

- Mentorship &





- Documentation: Create High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD), and migration playbooks. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to L1/L2 network engineers.

Qualifications &

- Requirements

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise networking, with at least 3-5 years explicitly focusing on Cisco SDA and DNA Center.

- Core Technologies: Deep understanding of Underlay (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP) and Overlay networks (VXLAN, LISP, EVPN). Expertise in Cisco Catalyst switches (9000 series) and Catalyst 9800 wireless controllers.

- Security &
- AAA: Robust expertise in Cisco ISE, including Policy Sets, TACACS+/RADIUS, and SGTs.

- Network Programmability: Basic to advanced coding skills (Python, REST APIs) for network automation and orchestration.

- Certifications: Active CCNP Enterprise (minimum)

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