LAN ACI Engineer

Veriipro; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a highly skilled LAN ACI Engineer in Plano, Texas, to design, deploy, and manage Cisco ACI, SDA, and DNAC environments. This role requires hands-on experience with LAN fabrics, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. Responsibilities include configuring and monitoring network environments, managing Cisco objects, and collaborating with vendors.

Candidates should possess a CCNP certification or higher and have expertise in IP networking, automation, and troubleshooting. Join us to enhance network operations across North America.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of LAN switching technologies including Tenant, VRFs, BDs, EPGs.
• Expertise in Cisco ACI, SDA, DNAC, APIC controllers, and multi-tenancy in data centers.
• Experience with load balancing, QoS, MPLS, and Hub & Spoke architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide operations support for LAN, Data Center, and Campus networks.
• Install, configure, and support LAN switches, routers, and controllers.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot to maximize uptime.

Skills

LAN Switching Technologies

Cisco Nexus and Catalyst experience

Cisco ACI, SDA, DNAC

IP Networking skills

Load balancing and QoS

Monitoring tools experience

Hands-on troubleshooting

Automation and orchestration understanding

Education

CCNP or higher certification

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled LAN ACI Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Cisco ACI, SDA, and DNAC environments across enterprise and data center networks. The role involves hands‑on configuration, troubleshooting, automation, and monitoring of LAN and data center fabrics, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

Required Technical / Functional Skills

• Strong knowledge of LAN switching technologies: Tenant, VRFs, BDs, EPGs, VXLAN, STP, Trunking, EtherChannel, HSRP, VRRP, LACP, PaGP.
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco Nexus (2K, 5K, 7K, 9K) and Catalyst (3K, 4K, 6K, 6800) switches, VSS, VPC, FEX, VDC, OTV, and FabricPath.
• Expertise in Cisco ACI, SDA, DNAC, APIC controllers, and multi‑tenancy in data center environments.
• Strong IP networking skills: IPv4, IPv6, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLSM, DHCP, DNS (Infoblox).
• Experience in load balancing, QoS, CoS, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, and Hub & Spoke architectures.
• Monitoring and alerting tools: APIC/ACI, Nexus Dashboard, DNAC, ISE, PagerDuty, Nagios, ThousandEyes.
• CCNP or higher with strong Layer 2/3 networking expertise.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting for connectivity, routing, contracts, endpoints, and network hardware issues.
• Understanding of automation and orchestration within ACI, SDA, and DNAC environments.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide operations support for Enterprise LAN, Data Center, Campus, and Security networks across North America.
• Install, configure, and support switches, routers, and APIC/DNAC controllers.
• Configure and manage Cisco ACI objects: tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, contracts, and L3Outs.
• Resolve connectivity, routing, and application integration issues.
• Plan, schedule, and perform firmware upgrades and network maintenance with minimal downtime.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot faults to maximize uptime and efficiency.
• Implement micro‑segmentation and security policies for ACI workloads.
• Support automation, orchestration, and integration with ISE, DNAC, and APIC-EM.
• Manage procurement of network equipment and supervise subcontractor activities.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors (Cisco), and internal infrastructure teams.
• Report network status, incidents, and service improvements to stakeholders.
• Act as escalation point for complex operational issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP or higher certification (Routing & Switching / Data Center).
• Proven experience in large‑scale Cisco ACI, SDA, and DNAC deployments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise network design, multi‑tenant fabrics, and high‑availability architectures.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and enforce best practices in network operations.