NextGen Solutions Corporation is CBE Certified and Teir 1 / Prime vendor for District of Columbia for IT Staff Augmentation
Please note that this position is with our direct client Office of Chief Technology Officer (OCTO)”. Position / Requisition # 678384
We are looking for OCTO DCNet – Data Center Network Engineer (Min 16 years of Exp) (In-Person interviews ONLY)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
DIRECT CLIENT Position
Number of positions: 1
Length: 5-17 Months +
Location: 655 15th, St, NW, Washington, DC 20003
Immediate interviews – In-Person interviews ONLY
Please note that this position is HYBRID, 1 to 3 days onsite and rest REMOTE per week.
DCNet is looking for an Master Level Data Center network engineer with experience with CISCO ACI products in implementing a software dependent designed data center.
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer seeks a Cisco Data Center Network Engineer to provide subject matter expertise, engineering services, and operational support as part of designing, implementing, migration and daily operational tasks.
CISCO ACI
Advanced knowledge and experience of core routing, switching and security design, configuration, and troubleshooting
The candidate must be able to articulate the following networking elements:
- Strong communication skills, attention to detail
- Ability to demonstrate technical knowledge and consultative skills
- Ability to perform tasks with no or minor supervision
- Strong expertise in Cisco Data Center, Routing and Switching Technologies.
- Expertise in data centers design and implementation based on Cisco Nexus 9K, ACI Leaf & Spine switch fabric.
- Expert in multi-site ACI Data Center, data center Interconnectivity, Multi-pod and Multi-site design methodology and implementation.
- Expertise in planning, designing and execution of Legacy Nexus 9K integration and workload migration to ACI platform.
- Expert level knowledge of ACI IP fabric endpoint classification, categorization, naming and associated policies constructs for various scenarios
- High availability site and multi-site ACI platform configurations and integration with data center firewalls, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Extranet, Wireless, Provider Edge (MPLS) and Out-of-Band (OOB) data center network segments.
- Expertise in designing, implementing APIC, MSO and automating operations and management
- Expert level knowledge of design considerations based on requirements which may include:
- Tenant constructs; Application Network Profiles; End Point Groups (EPGs); Contracts (Subjects and Filters); Fabric Access Policies
- Functional level knowledge of implementing Rest API, Ansible, Python, Curl and other relevant ACI automation tools
- Solid VMWare Hypervisor knowledge and integration of VMware ESXi, ACI and VMM Integration
- Experience in configuring, troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 9k, 7K, 5K in NX-OS and ACI deployments.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities:
- Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
- Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirements specifications.
- Provides consultation on complex projects and is considered to be the top level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements :
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience; or a current Project Management
CCIE or CCDP Data Center Certification
Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience
Candidates must have ALL the “Required” skills in order to be considered for the position. “Desired” or “Highly Desired” skills are a PLUS but may NOT be required.
Skill Matrix (Please fill the last two columns of this matrix)
Experience with Business workflow processes | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience | Years of Experience | Last Used |
Experience with networking technologies and core Internet protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, MPLS-VPN, VXLAN/EVPN, DMVPN, vPC,) | Required | 7 | Years | | |
Hands-on experience with designing and implementing data center fabric solutions using Cisco ACI technology. | Required | 3 | Years | | |
Good knowledge and hands-on experience with VXLAN/EVPN | Required | 16 | Years | | |
Hands on experience with Cisco Data Center Nexus 5k,7k,and 9k Switches | Required | 5 | Years | | |
16+ yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty | Required | 16 | Years | | |
16+ yrs. preparing complex technical documentation | Required | 16 | Years | | |
Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience | Required | 0 | | | |
CCIE | Highly desired | 0 | | | |
CCDP - Data Center | Required | 0 | | | |
Please also answer below Standard and Job Specific questions. Thank you.
Question | Your response |
Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by Client management in advance, and contact information must be provided to Client so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement? | |
What is your US Work Authorization? Ex: US Citizen, GC, Canadian Citizen, H1-B, EAD-GC, EAD-H4, EDA-OPT etc | |
Please list candidate's email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR. | |
Does your candidate's experience match or exceed the “Required” skills listed above and the number of years of experience with each sklll? | |
How soon after an offer can your candidate start? | |
In what city and state does this candidate reside? | |
There are no reimbursable expenses. Do you accept this requirement? | |
The selected resource must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Do you agree that you will only submit candidates who are fully vaccinated and that you can produce proof of vaccination, if so asked by the District? | |