Data Center Network Engineer (Min 16 years of Exp) (In-Person interviews ONLY)

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:

1. Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
2. 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.
3. 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)

Please also answer below Standard and Job Specific questions. Thank you.