Network Architect - LAN/WAN/Wireless/ACI/SDWAN

Cloudxtreme; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudxtreme in Hyderabad, India seeks an experienced senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize complex SD‑WAN and data center networks. You will work with Cisco Nexus switches, ASA/NGFWs, and F5 BIG-IP appliances to deliver secure, scalable connectivity across multiple sites.

Candidate should have hands-on expertise in MPLS/BGP WAN design, IPv4/IPv6 addressing, QoS, and advanced routing protocols, plus strong troubleshooting skills to maintain high availability and performance.

Qualifications

• Deep SD-WAN design, implementation, and troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to develop scalable, resilient WAN architectures.
• Experience with Cisco SD-WAN appliances and controllers.

Skills

SD-WAN design

Network troubleshooting

QoS & traffic engineering

MPLS/BGP WAN design

IPv4/IPv6 addressing

BGP/EIGRP/OSPF

DataCenter networking (Nexus)

Tools

Cisco Nexus

BIG-IP F5

Riverbed Steelhead

Cisco ASA/NGFW

Nexus 7000

OTV

Job description

Mandatory skills

• Design, deploy, and manage ACI fabrics.
• Automate network provisioning and policy enforcement.
• Troubleshoot and optimize ACI environments effectively
• Understanding of OSI Model, IP Protocol suites and Quality of Service.
• Understanding of IPv4 & IPv6 IP address planning and implementations.
• Product experience in Cisco,Juniper,F5,Riverbed,Cisco Nexus.
• Network WAN/LAN/WLAN/MAN/MPLS/VPN and data communications technologies.
• Expertise in Routing and switching protocols BGP, EIGRP, OSPF,HSRP,VRRP,LDP,RSVP, STP, RSTP, MSTP,Multicast,Policy based routing
• TCP/IP packet analysis
• Experience in complex MPLS/BGP WAN design and implementation
• DataCenterVirtualization-Architecture and Design Capabilities,Product Expertise in CISCO NEXUS 7000, 1000V, OTV,Consolidated I/O,Fibre Channel
• Understanding on Managing Switches/Routers/Load blanacers/WAN Optimizers.
• Advanced Knowledge of Routing, Switching,WAN Optimization and Load balalncing
• Understanding of advanced network technologies and solutions including IPv6, MPLs, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, HSRP, multicast, policy-based routing, ether-channel, QoS, traffic-shaping, Load balancing, VPN tunnels, WAN Optimization.
• Clear understanding of 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi standards and related components
• Excellent Knowledge onWirelessController and Access Points implementation and troubleshooting including setup/configurewirelessnetwork (controller / Access points)
• Design, plan, establish, and optimize wireless networks.
• Develop wireless network infrastructures and make recommendations on systems enhancements for optimization.
• Knowledge of Cisco Nexus 5k,7k and 9k and Riverbed steelhead CX,DX and EX series.
• Experties in BIGIP F5 (LTM and GTM)
• Load Balancing, including priority group activation and connection limits. Persistence concepts
• BIG-IP GTM: Global Traffic Manager - Installation and Licensing, Accelerated and Intellegent DNS Resolutions, LDNS Probes and Metrics, DNSSEC, iRules, Synchronization, DNS Integration, iHealth
• BIG-IP LTM: Local Traffic Manager - licensing, provisioning, network configuration, local traffic configuration, Dynamic load balancing methods, Traffic processing through virtual servers/ SNATs, Configuring high availability, Traffic behavior modifications with profiles
• Advanced BIG-IP LTM configurations - VLAN tagging and trunking, SNMP features and packet filters
• Configure Cisco Nexus 7k 5k series
• Configure ASA firewalls, Cisco Next-Gen firewalls experience, MPLS, F5 expertise.

Mandatory skills :

• Deep understanding SDWAN technology,involving design, implementation and troubleshooting Experience.
• Develop scalable and resilient SD-WAN architectures to optimize network performance.
• Lead the deployment and configuration of Cisco SD-WAN appliances and controllers.
• Implement routing policies, quality of service (QoS), and security measures within the SD-WAN infrastructure.
• Better understanding of TLOC configuration and DIA traffic flow.