Cisco ACI Professional

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering,BTech,Master Of Engineering

Service Line

• Cloud & Infrastructure Services

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of Cisco ACI (Spine-Leaf) and Viptela SD-WAN solutions
• Act as SME for: o ACI (APIC, Spine/Leaf, Tenants, VRF, BD, EPG, Contracts)o SD-WAN components (vManage, vSmart, vBond, cEdge/vEdge)
• Own HLD/LLD, solution architecture, rollout, and optimization activities
• Drive MPLS to SD-WAN transformation programs
• Design and manage: o ACI L3Out integration with WAN/SD-WANo SD-WAN overlay, policies, segmentation, and application-aware routing
• Implement: o Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)o VRF segmentation across DC and WANo QoS and traffic engineering policies
• Ensure seamless DC-WAN integration between ACI fabric and SD-WAN edge
• Troubleshoot complex issues across: o ACI fabric (EPG, contracts, endpoint learning)o SD-WAN (tunnels, control plane, policies)
• Integrate network with: o Security solutions (firewalls, Zscaler/SASE)o Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)
• Collaborate with architects, ISPs, and cross-functional teams
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to engineers
• Maintain documentation, standards, and best practicesSkills & Experience
• 4+ years in enterprise networking
• Strong hands-on experience in: o Cisco ACI (mandatory)o Cisco Viptela SD-WAN (mandatory)
• SME-level expertise in: o SD-WAN controllers (vManage, vSmart, vBond)o ACI fabric architecture and policy model
• Strong knowledge of: o BGP, OSPF, MPLSo VXLAN/EVPN fundamentalso IPSec, GRE tunnels
• Experience with: o Hybrid WAN (MPLS, DIA, LTE)o Data center-WAN interconnect design
• Strong troubleshooting across DC and WAN domains

Preferred Skills:

• Domain-> Network-> Data networking network management
• Technology-> Network-LAN/WAN-Switches/Routers-> Alcatel-Network-LAN/WAN
• Technology-> Network-LAN-Switches-> Cisco-LAN-Switches
• Technology-> Network-> SD LAN-> cisco sd access