Role & responsibilities

Position: Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer with strong expertise in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela), routing, security, and enterprise WAN transformation projects. The candidate will be responsible for design, deployment, troubleshooting, optimization, and operational support of large-scale SD-WAN environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide L3 support for Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure and enterprise WAN environments.
- Design, implement, and manage Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solutions including: vManage
- vSmart
- vBond
- WAN Edge routers
- Perform troubleshooting for: Overlay and underlay connectivity
- Control connections
- OMP routing
- IPsec tunnels
- BFD sessions
- Application-aware routing
- DIA and VPN segmentation
- Configure and troubleshoot: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and static routing
- NAT, QoS, ACLs, and security policies
- MPLS, Internet, and LTE transports
- Manage SD-WAN templates, policies, software upgrades, and certificate management.
- Work on migration activities from traditional WAN to SD-WAN architecture.
- Handle critical incidents, RCA preparation, and proactive performance optimization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for security, wireless, cloud, and datacenter integrations.
- Coordinate with OEM TAC teams during major outages and escalations.
- Create HLD/LLD, SOPs, implementation plans, and operational documentation.
- Participate in change management, maintenance activities, and customer review meetings.

Required Skills

- Strong hands-on expertise in:



Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN / Viptela
- Cisco ISR/ASR platforms
- Routing & Switching technologies
- WAN and VPN technologies
- Excellent knowledge of: OMP, BFD, TLOCs, Control Policies, Data Policies
- IPsec and segmentation
- QoS and Application-aware routing
- TCP/IP and packet analysis
- Experience with: SD-WAN onboarding and ZTP
- Multi-site enterprise WAN deployments
- High availability and failover design
- Good understanding of automation and APIs is an added advantage: Python
- REST APIs
- Ansible

Cisco SD-WAN architecture primarily consists of management, orchestration, control, and data planes using components such as vManage, vBond, and vSmart.

Preferred Certifications

Cisco Systems Certified: CCNP Enterprise

ENSDWI (Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions)

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (preferred)

Experience

- 6- 12 years of overall networking experience.
- Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Cisco SD-WAN deployments and operations.

Good to Have

- Experience in managed services or large enterprise environments.
- Exposure to cloud connectivity (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Knowledge of Cisco Umbrella, Secure Access, or SASE solutions.
- Experience with multivendor SD-WAN environments.

Soft Skills

- Robust troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to handle customer-facing discussions and escalations.
- Good communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to mentor L1/L2 engineers and drive operational excellence.

Interested candidates please reach on [email protected]

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