Senior Network Engineers Roles and Responsibilities The Senior network engineer acts as an expert in network Planning, Design, Implementation and Support across delivery lifecycle for projects. Should be Certified in relevant Technologies (CCNP(R&S), CCNP(Security)) Should have necessary knowledge and skills on Switching, Routing, Firewall, Wireless, Data Center Network (Unified), Storage Network, SDN Experienced in network administration, designing, planning, implementation, installation, configuration, maintenance, security policies and troubleshooting Expertise in Switching, Routing, Wireless and Firewalls is key Experienced in Cisco SD Access design, implementation and troubleshooting Well versed and Experienced in Zero Trust network principle, micro-segmentations etc. Well versed/Experienced in Zscaler Private Access and Zscaler Internet Access Concepts Well versed/Experienced in Cloud networking concepts specially for Azure Hands-on experienced in troubleshooting on Cisco Nexus and Catalyst platforms, Cisco Firepower Series Firewalls, Aruba (Wireless AP and Controllers), Juniper Firewalls, Cyberoam Firewalls, Cisco unified computing platforms, Dell unified switches, Virtualization platform related network, VMware NSX Good communication skills and customer-oriented approach. Well versed with ITIL V3/V4 approach. (Incident, Service Request and Change Management processes) Technical skills Switching protocol : VLAN, VTP, STP, FHRP,LACP,VDC,VPC, Fabric Path Routing protocols : BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP V1/V2, ISIS Campus Switches : Cisco Catalyst 2300/2900/3500/3700/4500/6500 series. Data Center Switches : Cisco Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2K series, Dell unified switches like S5000, S4148 Storage Director : Cisco MDS 9148, 9396S Security : VPN,IPSEC, GRE,DMVPN, AAA, DOT1Q, 802.1x, Cisco ISE, VXLAN, EVPN Security Platforms : Cisco Firepower Series firewalls, Cisco ASA, Juniper (SSG and SRX series), FortiGate and Cyberoam firewalls, Zscaler ZIA, ZPA, Zscaler Cloud and Branch Connectors Cisco Routers : 800/1800/1900/2800/3800/3900 series Routers WAN Optimizer : Riverbed Steelhead Tools : NetQos, CiscoPrime, Solarwind, Unified Computing : Cisco UCS, Dell Unified computing platform SDN : VMware NSX, Cisco SDA, Cisco ACI Load Balancer : F5 BigIP, Radware Alteon Communication skills Business fluency.