Senior SDA & DNAC Network Engineer | LAN, ISE, ACI

Tata Consultancy Services

Plano (TX)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 110,000

Full time

26 hours ago

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Discretionary Annual Incentive

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Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks an experienced network engineer with 8–10 years of professional experience to design, implement, and support Cisco SDA/DNAC based LAN/WAN/WLAN solutions. The role emphasizes leadership, cross-team collaboration, and the ability to present concepts to management.

Candidates should have strong IP/VLSM knowledge, proficiency with Python and automation tools, and experience with monitoring/alerting platforms.

Qualifications

8 to 10 years of professional experience.
High-level teaming and communication skills to influence and persuade others.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to management.
Deep understanding of Internet Protocol (IP) addressing and Variable Length Subnet Mask (VLSM).
Extensive experience on designing and implementing Cisco SDA (Software-Defined Access), DNAC with Data Center Networking Technologies and Cloud Solutions.
Strong experience with Monitoring and Alerting Tools: Cisco Catalyst Center (DNAC), Cisco ISE, PagerDuty, Nagios, Thousand Eyes, CloudWatch, Grafana, Zabbix & Site24x7
Deep understanding of Local Area Network (LAN) switching technologies including; SDA, DNAC, ISE, VXLAN, ACI, fabric path, Spanning Tree, Virtual LAN (VLAN), and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) concepts
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or higher certification
Proficient with scripting technologies, including but not limited to Python, Ansible, Perl, and Terraform.
Cisco ACI, SDA, DNAC & ISE.

Responsibilities

Must have excellent communication and leadership skills. Needs to be confortable leading other Contingent Worker, Partners and site resources to the successful completion of network refreshes
Plan, configure, implement and document solutions in a complex network environment in support of new and existing cloud technology architectures.
Measurement, optimization, and tuning of network performance and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available.
Support a Cisco centric LAN, WAN and WLAN environment. This includes Switches routers, firewalls, security, wireless & ISE.
Deep understanding of network orchestration and automation using Cisco ACI, SDA & DNAC with ISE integration, Phyton & Ansible.
Build BOM, coordinate resources, track execution, and validate deployment/upgraded equipment/site.
Work with various teams to gather requirements, create specifications, and design solution for network LAN projects.
Supervise and or performing site installs, maintenance, upgrades or software enhancements to support the network infrastructure needs.
Function as a point of escalation for operational entities regarding regular or complex issues.
Monitor system for trouble areas and proactively resolve and document root cause.