Sr. Network Engineer- ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)-W2

Our client is looking for Sr. Network Engineer- ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)-W2

Location: Houston Downtown - Must work onsite 5 days a week.
Industry: Oil and Gas. 
Long term Contract - 1 year. 

W2 only.

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Engineer plays a crucial role in providing world class “solution support” to customers/partners/account teams to solve their problems. ACI is a revolutionary technology that allows application requirements to define the network.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide third level technical support for ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) and integrated components
• Work across multiple facets within the Data Center environment including 3rd party products to resolving product and software problems through a process of analysis and sophisticated lab simulations
• Develop and maintain relationships across functional groups as well as mentor other engineers.
• Acts as a technical expert to provide technology/product training, developing documentation and automation
• Interact across support teams, 3rd party vendors, Cisco Sales, Professional Services, Development teams to solve customer issues and improve processes
• Lead and participate in business and innovation initiatives with a focus on automation

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of customer support experience, including strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, proven crisis management skills and ability to handle sophisticated customer issues
• Experience with Virtualization (OpenStack / VMware vSphere / Microsoft Hyper V / Red Hat KVM / Linux Containers etc)
• Working knowledge of Data Center, Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) and Virtualization industry, products and protocols
• An energetic team player with a passion for technology and a demonstrated ability to work in a support environment

Desired Skills

• Cisco certification is a plus (CCIE DC / R&S)
• Strong Routing & Switching
• Good Practical knowledge of ACI, Nexus Switches, UCS and HX products
• Python or other programming languages
• Experience with API's (JSON, XML) load balancing, firewalls, etc
• Knowledge of Linux. Experience with multiple distributions (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc), networking, virtualization, and server software (Apache, open iSCSI, NFS, MySQL and/or Galera, MongoDB, etc)

 In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document