| # | Item | Expected value | Criteria |
| 1 | Certifications in Network Area | CCNP, CCIE Routing Switching | Must |
| 2 | Experience in Network area | Candidate to provide total 15 years of experience in Network domain. | Must |
| 3 | Roles played (Operations support, Engineering, Architecture, Consultant) | 5+ years of experience in leading network operations for large size enterprise network with minimum 3000+ devices Setup should include Data Center Network. Large Campus Wired + Wireless, WAN | Must |
| 4 | Team Size handled | leading team of 10+ Network engineers | Must |
| 5 | Number of maximum device supported in operations | 3000+ | Little flexible |
| 6 | Immigration status | Valid work permit for US | Must |
| 7 | Current location and willingness to relocate to St. Louis (if not ready, drop it) | | Must |
| 8 | SME Level skills in areas | 1. Cisco Nexus switches 2. Cisco Cat Switches 3. ISR / ASR Routers 4. Check Point / ASA firewalls 5. Netscaler Load Balancers 6. MPLS, VPNs 7. Tools such as Solarwinds, Cisco Prime / DNA and NetScout | Should meet 90% criteria |
| 9 | Operational exposure | 8. Strong experience in managing Network operations for large enterprise network 9. Must have contributed improvements and operational excellence 10. Ensure high customer satisfaction, someone that is capable of recognizing support gaps, anticipating blockers to service improvements, and is focuses on organizing our resources to be more efficient in the way that we see the data and respond to the data when we are troubleshooting (and before troubleshooting is needed). 11. Strong understanding of ITIL framework 12. Major incident handling 13. Escalation management | Must |
| 10 | Level of interaction | 14. Candidate should be comfortable in interactions with senior director / CIO level leadership | |