Domain Architect – Advanced Routing & Security (Cisco and Palo Alto)

QUALIFICATIONS: 

 

• Must have at least 10 years of experience designing, deploying, and implementing LAN/WAN networks in accordance with industry best practices 

• Extensive large-scale LAN/WAN/DC experience required 

• Extensive networking experience required 

• Highly skilled in consulting with customers at all levels in both pre and post-sales  

• Highly Skilled in Cisco Routing & Switching at the Data Center level (VxLAN EVPN, MSDC, NDFC)  

• Highly Skilled in Palo Alto SASE and NextGen Firewalls  

• Certifications in industry leading network products: Cisco (CCIE, CCNP), Arista (ACE L6 or L7), VMware NSX, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Zscaler, AWS, GCP, Azure 

• Multi-vendor experience is required 

• Experience integrating SD-WAN into SASE/SSE and cloud deployments (Umbrella SIG, Zscaler, Prisma) 

• Strong knowledge of IP communication and routing is required (ISIS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP). 

• Experience with inter-company routing is preferred.  

• Experience with Hybrid Cloud network deployments including AWS, Azure, GCP is a plus 

• Experienced with logical design models (VXLAN-EVPN, VXLAN-LISP, Advanced segmentation, Inter-segmentation routing, multi-tenancy, Device Contexts, L2/L3, VPC, VSS, Stackwise Virtual, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VRFs, VLANs) 

• Working technical knowledge of network and security protocols (IPSEC VPN, SGT, SSL VPN, AAA, Dot1x, TustSec, NAT, QoS etc) 

• Configuration management of networking devices using PnP/ZTP, automation tools (Cisco DNA-Center, NDFC, vManage, Cisco Prime, Prisma, Strata, Panorama) and API scripting with Python 

• Knowledge of templating languages (Velocity, Jinja2) 

• Experience with network automation using Ansible, Terraform or other orchestration tools 

• Cisco partner post sales consulting experience strongly preferred. 

• Palo Alto partner post sales consulting experience strongly preferred. 

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.  

• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as required. 

• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail. 

• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment. 

• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities. 

• Related degree in computer science or electrical engineering and/or seven to ten years equivalent network engineering experience.