CCIE Certified Network Engineer

Tanqeeb; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb in Doha, Qatar is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Cisco ACI fabric across enterprise data centers. The role requires hands-on experience with Nexus switches, UCS infrastructure, and data center virtualization integrations.

The candidate will lead leaf-spine implementations, define ACI policies, perform migrations, and collaborate with security, server, and storage teams. Strong troubleshooting and automation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in Cisco data centre networking.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on Cisco ACI implementation experience.
• Proven experience deploying Cisco UCS infrastructure.
• Experience working in enterprise or service provider data centres.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and implement Cisco ACI fabric in enterprise data center environments.
• Install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus switches (9000, 7000, and 5000 series).
• Deploy and administer Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, including UCS Manager.
• Configure and manage Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects, Service Profiles, VLANs, VSANs, and firmware upgrades.
• Implement Leaf-Spine architecture using Cisco ACI.
• Configure ACI policies including Tenants, VRFs, Bridge Domains, EPGs, Contracts, L3Out, and Application Profiles.
• Perform migration from traditional network architecture to Cisco ACI.
• Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware vCenter, Hyper‑V, or other virtualization platforms.
• Configure VXLAN EVPN, vPC, OSPF, BGP, and static routing within the data center.
• Perform software upgrades, patching, health checks, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to Cisco ACI, Nexus, UCS, and data center networking.
• Work with security, server, virtualization, and storage teams during implementation and migration activities.
• Prepare implementation documentation, Low-Level Design (LLD), High-Level Design (HLD), Method of Procedure (MOP), and As-Built documentation.
• Provide technical support during maintenance windows and major implementation activities.

Skills

Cisco ACI

Nexus switches

UCS Manager

Leaf-Spine design

VXLAN EVPN

Automation (Ansible/Python/Terraform)

VMware vCenter integration

Troubleshooting

OSPF/BGP

Fibre Channel/VSAN

Tools

UCS Manager

Fabric Interconnects

UCS servers deployment

VMware vCenter

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and implement Cisco ACI fabric in enterprise data center environments.
• Install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus switches (9000, 7000, and 5000 series).
• Deploy and administer Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, including UCS Manager.
• Configure and manage Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects, Service Profiles, VLANs, VSANs, and firmware upgrades.
• Implement Leaf-Spine architecture using Cisco ACI.
• Configure ACI policies including Tenants, VRFs, Bridge Domains, EPGs, Contracts, L3Out, and Application Profiles.
• Perform migration from traditional network architecture to Cisco ACI.
• Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware vCenter, Hyper‑V, or other virtualization platforms.
• Configure VXLAN EVPN, vPC, OSPF, BGP, and static routing within the data center.
• Perform software upgrades, patching, health checks, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to Cisco ACI, Nexus, UCS, and data center networking.
• Work with security, server, virtualization, and storage teams during implementation and migration activities.
• Prepare implementation documentation, Low-Level Design (LLD), High-Level Design (HLD), Method of Procedure (MOP), and As-Built documentation.
• Provide technical support during maintenance windows and major implementation activities.

Required Skills

• Hands‑on experience implementing Cisco ACI in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Cisco Nexus switches (Nexus 9000, 7000, and 5000).
• Experience with Cisco UCS Manager, Fabric Interconnects, and UCS server deployment.
• Knowledge of Cisco data centre architecture and leaf‑spine design.
• Experience with VXLAN, EVPN, vPC, VLAN, STP, HSRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Experience integrating Cisco ACI with VMware vCenter and virtualization environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Experience with firmware upgrades and migration activities.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Python, or Terraform is an advantage.
• Knowledge of storage networking (SAN), Fibre Channel, and VSAN is desirable.

Required Experience

• 5 10+ years of experience in Cisco data centre networking.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands‑on Cisco ACI implementation experience.
• Proven experience deploying Cisco UCS infrastructure.
• Experience working in enterprise or service provider data centres.
• Experience with data centre migration and transformation projects.

Certifications

• Mandatory: Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Data Center preferred, or CCIE Routing and Switching.
• Cisco Certified Specialist ACI Implementation.
• VMware VCP preferred.