Routing Switching Networking - Expert(
Job Number:
00069906381)
Min 6 Max 10
Primary Location
India Region-India-Tamil Nadu-Chennai
Shift
Day Job
Job Level
Professional
Employee Status
Contractor
Description
Network Engineer (Routing, Switching, ACI & Load Balancing)
Job Summary
We are looking for a skilled Senior Associate – Networking with strong experience in Routing, Switching, Cisco ACI, VXLAN/EVPN, and Load Balancing technologies. The ideal candidate should possess hands-on troubleshooting expertise, operational support experience, and the ability to manage enterprise network infrastructure in a large-scale environment.
Key Responsibilities
Routing & Network Fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with OSPF and BGP routing protocols.
- Strong understanding of:
- Static and Dynamic Routing
- Route Redistribution
- Routing Tables, Metrics, and Convergence Behavior
- Valuable knowledge of IPv4/IPv6 addressing, including:
- Subnetting
- VLSM
- CIDR
High Availability Technologies
- Experience with network redundancy and failover solutions:
- HSRP
- VRRP
Switching
- Strong understanding of:
- VLANs and 802.1Q Trunking
- Spanning Tree Protocols (STP/RSTP/MST)
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switching
- EtherChannel and LACP
Cisco ACI, VXLAN & EVPN
- Hands-on experience or strong exposure to:
- VXLAN Architecture
- EVPN Control Plane
- Cisco ACI Fabric
- Spine-Leaf Architecture
- APIC Controller
- Knowledge of:
- vPC
- FabricPath (Good to Have)
Load Balancing (F5 BIG-IP / Citrix NetScaler)
- Experience with:
- Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
- Virtual Servers, Pools, and Nodes
- SSL Offloading (Good to Have)
- Understanding of:
- Load Balancing Algorithms (Round Robin, Least Connections, Ratio-Based)
- Session Persistence / Stickiness
- Health Checks and Monitoring
- Layer 4 and Layer 7 Load Balancing
- SNAT/NAT Configuration
- High Availability and Clustering (Active-Standby)