Network Consulting Engineer Datacenter/ ACI (French speaker)
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Cairo, EgyptPosted 5 years ago15People have clicked1 open position
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Main Responsibilities:
- Provide Planning, Designing, Implementation, Operation and Optimization services to Cisco Advanced Services Customers around Cisco’s Data Center products and solutions.
- Actively involved in latest industry SDN (Software Defined Networking) technology and Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) deployments
- Participate in the preparation of proposals and Statements of Work. Establish trusted advisor relationship with customer management and teams on Data Center Infrastructure areas and future technology trends
- Participates in or leads complex Data Center and Cloud infrastructure (network, storage and compute) design/implementation and migration, performance engineering or problem resolution projects.
- Solves complex, cross-functional issues that cross many technologies in network, server, storage, O/S, virtualization, consolidation, middleware, security, applications, operations, content switching, caching and/or content delivery networks, and security.
- Applies good analytic process to help bring any issue to resolution.
- Delivers migration plans, with a thorough understanding on networked applications and related dependencies.
- Ensure compliance to delivery methodology operational structure, roles & responsibilities
- Support the PM in resolution of project issues.
- Track deliverables against the engagement schedule and support the PM track financial, resource and material requirements for the engagements.
- Ensure smooth closure of engagements using relationship with the customer to guide them to the next step i.e. Sampler service to Assessment Service, Assessment Service to Optimization Service.
- Guide other consultants and engineers, resolving challenges and ensuring customer success.
Job Requirements
Minimum qualifications:
- Requires BS/BE/BTech degree or equivalent plus 8+ years of related experience in IT industry.
- Expert level knowledge in the areas of: IP internetworking, LAN Switching Protocols (MLS, CEF, Trunking (802.1Q), STP, HSRP, LACP/PAGP), IP Routing protocols (IGRP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP).
- Hands on experience on Cisco Switches/Routers – 2k, 3k, 4500, Catalyst 6500, ISR 3900, ASR 1k.
- Expert level internetworking troubleshooting in a large-scale network environment. Undertake support as designated Professional Services engineer for large-scale networks.
- Must possess strong technical account management skills. Minimum 1 year of experience in Professional Services or high-level support.
- Large-scale network design skills. Active participant in virtual technology teams within Professional Services.
- In-depth knowledge of network management, network availability capacity planning.
- Fluent English and French language skills
Desired Skills:
- CCIE Preferred
- Nexus 5K/7K platforms product architecture knowledge and hands on experience including Fabric Path, OTV, VDC, VPC technologies, ACI experience is a plus.
- Passionate thought leader capable of quickly establishing executive interest in how to architect, deploy and operate the virtualized datacenter of the future.
- Understands and can articulate the value and business advantage of data center virtualization techniques and cloud architectures. Strong customer-facing skills.
- Excellent understanding of the industry landscape (competitors and partners).
- High-level, out-of-the-box thinking, analytical reasoning, and creative problem solving skills. Ability to shift from high-level thinking to realistic and pragmatic execution is essential.
- Solid understanding of the end-to-end IT process, including architecture, design & engineering, implementation, and operations;
- Communication skills to include conflict management, negotiation, presentation/demonstration, and written communication.