Job Responsibilities : Architect, design and deploy scalable and reliable network services based on business, strategic, or technical requirements. This includes areas such as infrastructure readiness for IT applications deployment, commercialization of network / infrastructure as a service(NaaS), SD-WAN / SDN, NFV, analytics, orchestration and automation Design and deploy proof of concept solutions and eventually transition support to Operations teams. Hands-on experience to provide guidance and / or level 2 escalation to infrastructure support teams. Identify, recommend and lead continuous network infrastructure improvement tasks. Qualifications : Experience with design, deploy and support of SD-WAN / SDN, NFV, Orchestration and automation in the infrastructure Advanced level experience in infrastructure trending patterns including capacity planning, QoS, and intelligent / optimal path selection methodologies. Experienced in security touchpoints including remote access Anyconnect VPN, Site2Site VPN, DMVPN, MPLS and Internet based connectivity Hands on experience using network simulation, automation and scripting tools such as VIRL, Puppet, Orion NCM. Experienced in network monitoring tools such as HP OV, Solarwinds Orion, Panorama, Cisco Prime, Wireshark (or similar network packet capture tools) Requirements : Minimum 5 years of industry experience as a Network engineer working on LAN, WAN, Wireless, SDN / NFV technologies. Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) applications (e.g. OpenStack, vSphere, etc) Industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIS-SP, JNCIP-SP, JNCIE-SP In depth understanding of network protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IPSEC, HSRP, VDC, SNMP Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication / IT Engineering or related field