CCIE VXLAN Project Engineer - Data Center Fabric

OpticoreIT Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 89,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Opticore IT is seeking a VXLAN Project Engineer at CCIE level to join our team on a six-month contract (IR35) with on-site work in Central London three days per week. You will design and deploy VXLAN/EVPN fabrics for a quantitative research fund, focusing on spine-leaf architectures and underlay/overlay integration.

You will build with Arista EOS and our orchestration platform, lead technical delivery, coordinate with stakeholders, and produce as-built documentation and handover to operations.

Qualifications

• CCIE level or equivalent experience required.
• VXLAN/EVPN design and deployment expertise required.
• Data centre spine-leaf architectures experience essential.
• On-site in Central London: 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Produce low-level designs for VXLAN/EVPN spine-leaf fabrics, including underlay routing, overlay segmentation, multi-tenancy and border/service leaf placement.
• Build and configure fabrics using Arista EOS platforms and client’s orchestration and management platforms.
• Configure underlay (OSPF/IS-IS/eBGP) and overlay (MP-BGP EVPN) as well as anycast gateways.
• Act as technical lead on assigned projects, reporting progress, risks and issues to the project manager.
• Engage with client stakeholders, vendors and third-party suppliers; present designs at design authority or CAB.
• Produce as-built documentation and handover to operations/support teams.

Skills

VXLAN/EVPN design

Data centre spine and leaf design

Data centre spine and leaf deployment

Client and stakeholder engagement

CCIE-level (or CCNP)

Education

CCIE or CCNP certification

Tools

Arista EOS

Job description

Opticore IT is seeking a VXLAN Project Engineer at CCIE level to join our team on a six-month contract (IR35) with on-site work in Central London three days per week. You will design and deploy VXLAN/EVPN fabrics for a quantitative research fund, focusing on spine-leaf architectures and underlay/overlay integration.

You will build with Arista EOS and our orchestration platform, lead technical delivery, coordinate with stakeholders, and produce as-built documentation and handover to operations.