Network Systems Engineer - Data Center AI Network Engineer

Cisco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Data Center AI Network Engineer to design, develop, and deploy network capabilities within the Data Center Network. With a collaborative team culture, the role requires engaging with engineers across disciplines to deliver innovative high-quality client experiences.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor of Engineering or Technology and at least 10 years of experience in managing scalable DC network infrastructure, alongside competencies in technologies like Routing, Switching, and DevOps principles.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in designing and managing DC network infrastructure.
• Experience with SONiC NoS and network troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with QoS monitoring and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy DC network capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineers and internal clients.
• Create innovative capabilities for client experience.

Skills

Designing scalable DC network infrastructure

Routing

Switching

Nexus, VPC, VDC, VLAN, VXLAN

BGP

DevOps principles

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor of Engineering or Technology

Tools

Python

Splunk

Grafana

Cisco Firepower firewalls

Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

Job description

Data Center AI Network Engineer

We are the Data Center Network Services team within Cisco IT that supports network services for Cisco Engineering and business functions worldwide. Our mission is simple – build the network of the future that is adaptable and agile on Cisco’s networking solutions. Cisco IT networks are deployed, monitored, and managed with a DevOps approach to support rapid application changes. We invest in transformative technologies that enable us to deliver services in a fast and reliable manner.

Our team culture is collaborative and fun, where thinking creatively and tinkering on new ideas are encouraged.

Your Impact

You will design, develop, test and deploy DC network capabilities within Data Center Network. You are engaging and comfortable collaborating with fellow engineers across multiple disciplines as well as internal clients. You will create innovative, high-quality capabilities enabling our clients to have the best possible experience.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering or Technology with a minimum of 10 years of experience in designing, deploying, operating and managing scalable DC network infrastructure (using Nexus OS)
• Experience in technologies like Routing, Switching, Nexus, VPC, VDC, VLAN, VXLAN, BGP
• Experience on handling incident, problem and change management
• Familiarity with DevOps principles, comfortable with Agile practices

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP or CCIE/DE
• Experience with SONiC NoS including: Basic configuration (both CLI and config_db.json)
• Network troubleshooting with SONiC
• QoS monitoring and troubleshooting, particularly for RoCEv2
• Experience with BGP routing
• Desirable to have experience with L3 Fabrics
• Desirable to have familiarity with Nvidia and Linux networking
• Desirable to have experience with Python, Prometheus, Splunk and Grafana
• Desirable to have experience with Cisco Firepower firewalls (FTD/FMC)
• Experience with Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller for building and troubleshooting Networks
• Experience with VXLan based networks and troubleshooting