Senior Network Engineer – Cisco ACI & Data Center

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Network Engineer to lead the design, implementation and operation of our Cisco‑based data‑center network. The role focuses on Cisco ACI, leaf‑spine fabrics and advanced automation to ensure high‑performance, secure connectivity for critical applications.

Key responsibilities

• Design and size leaf‑spine fabrics using Cisco Nexus 9000 series and ACI policy model.
• Configure and manage APIC controllers, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, contracts, L3Outs and service graphs with PBR.
• Implement L3 routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and data‑center security policies.
• Integrate and manage F5 LTM/APM load balancers and enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point).
• Develop and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code using REST APIs, Terraform and Ansible.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with Git‑based workflows for network automation.
• Monitor network health using Prometheus, Grafana and ELK, and perform proactive troubleshooting.

Required profile

• 8+ years of hands‑on experience with Cisco data‑center networking and ACI.
• Strong knowledge of L3 routing (BGP, OSPF) and data‑center security concepts.
• Proven experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible and REST APIs.
• Solid Linux command‑line skills and familiarity with TCP/IP, DNS and load‑balancing technologies.

Required skills

• Cisco ACI
• Cisco Nexus 9000 series
• Leaf‑spine fabric design
• APIC operations
• BGP
• OSPF
• F5 LTM
• F5 APM
• Palo Alto firewalls
• Fortinet firewalls
• Check Point firewalls
• REST APIs
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Linux CLI
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• Load balancing
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK stack