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Meet the Team

We are the Data Center Network Services team within Cisco IT that supports network services for Cisco Engineering and business functions worldwide. Our mission is simple - build the network of the future that is adaptable and agile on Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), a software-defined networking solution. ACI is deployed, monitored, and managed with a DevOps approach to support rapid application changes.  We invest in transformative technologies that enable us to deliver services in a fast and reliable manner. 

Your Impact:

* You will design, develop, test and deploy DC network SDN capabilities within Data Center Network.

* You are engaging and comfortable collaborating with fellow engineers across multiple disciplines as well as internal clients.

Our minimum qualifications for this role:

* Bachelor of Engineering or Technology with a minimum of 5 years of experience in designing, deploying, operating and managing scalable DC network infrastructure

* Experience on managing and supporting large scale DC networking technologies and experience in technologies like Routing, switching, SDN / ACI, Nexus, VPC, VDC, VLAN, VXLAN, Local load balancer, Global load balancer, application Firewall, etc.

* CCNA certification

Our Preferred qualifications for this role

* Possess strong DC network technology skills with experience with atleast 2 years of experience using Python and Ansible

* High level understanding of private/public cloud.

* Familiarity with DevOps principles, Comfortable with Agile practices

* Basic understanding of Unix/Linux

* Basic knowledge, understanding of Git and REST API.

* Working experience with HW/Platform: Nexus, Cisco IOS, Experience on handling incident, problem and change management

* CCNP or CCIE is a plus

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Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

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