ATI of America

Job Description: Looking for Senior Data Center Cisco ACI & Nexus Dashboard NDFC/ VxLAN Fabric solution architect & engineers with proven CLOS architecture experience in a single pod, multi-pod, and multi-site deployment topologies, in greenfield/ brownfield environments specializing in network centric mode, application centric mode deployments, migration expertise from three tier to two-tier spine and leaf architecture.

Must Have Skills:

· 10-15 year of legacy Nexus 7k, 5k, and FEX architecture

· 5-8 years of experience specifically in spine & leaf architecture in either ACI and/or Nexus Dashboard/VxLAN Fabric deployments

· Designing and implementing Nexus Dashboard physical and virtual solutions

· Proven experience in supporting virtual & physical PBR L4-L7 services deployments across multi-site datacenter topologies

· MSO to NDO migration experience

· Full understanding and experience of when and how to use L3 out vs. L2 out, Common tenant vs. traditional tenant, stretched vs. non-stretched Bridge Domains, and Vmm Domain integration capabilities

· Proven experience in ACI contract-related features and their behavior/benefits and applying Consume & Provide Contract:filter direction

· Fundamental ACI knowledge and configuration experience:

o ACI Fabric Discovery (pools, switch profiles, AEEPs)

o Configuring ACI Policies and Pools

o Configuring Forwarding Constructs

o Configuring Application Network Profile

o Configuring ANP via Postman

o Configuring VMM Integration

o Configuring ACI connectivity policies with forwarding objects (Bridge Domain, EPG, Contracts)

o Configuring Layer 3 External

o Configuring Layer 4-7 Services (Firewall)

o Configuring Layer 4-7 Services (ADC)

o Operational knowledge in troubleshooting fabric operation and forwarding (packet walk, policy enforcement, forwarding decision, e.g.)

· Migration three tier tradition network topology to fabric-based architecture with micro and macro-segmentation services design for north to south and east to west flows

· Planning, execution, and migration of Nexus 7k-5k-2k infrastructure and connected devices to a pure single or multi-site spine/leaf Nexus Dashboard/VXLAN or ACI Fabric architecture

Bonus Skills:

· Nexus Dashboard services

o Data Broker

o Orchestrator

o Insights

o Fabric Discovery

o Fabric Controller

o San Controller

o Third-party connectors – Algosec

· Algosec, Secure Workload & App Dynamics Application flow & Auto discovery integrations for application centric mode deployments

· Hashicorp Terraform (IAC) & Ansible CLI/Tower

Duration: Part-time/Remote

Location: Remote

Rate: 90-110/hour DOE

Hours: Work around schedules

Certification a Plus: CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center, Devnet Professional

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $90.00 - $110.00 per hour

Work Location: Remote