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Position: Senior Resident Engineer - Data Center & IP Fabric SDN
Location: Hyderabad About the Position:
The Resident Engineer to develop and maintain Data Center architecture & solutions expertise and apply network automation through Fabric SDN controllers such as Juniper Apstra to ease their implementations and operations.
This role is a full-time post-sales position on-site , working as part of a wider Juniper Advance Services team. This role do not require travel.
What is Juniper Apstra?
Apstra is Juniper s newest acquisition, bringing state-of-the-art Data Center automation to its customers. It provides integrated design, deployment, and management of VXLAN / EVPN Clos fabric networks in a vendor-agnostic way through a single pane of glass. Using advanced automation technology, manual, bespoke design, and operational tasks have become a thing of the past.
Responsibilities:
- Handle network level activities in deploying & maintaining Juniper DC fabric
- Automation & troubleshooting of Juniper DC fabric with Apstra
- Provide guidance for new software / feature update related to DC fabric & Apstra to improve operation environment.
- Implement best practices for DC fabric & Apstra
- Provide assistance with implementation, integration , migration planning and changes such as preparation and validation of SOP/MOP
- Onsite presence during all business days and on call support post business hours
- Work closely with TAC to provide on time RCA.
- Informal training to customer & partner team (Operational aspect)
- Validation testing
- Regular update of HLD & LLD
Must have skills
- Expert communication and interpersonal skills.
- Effective consultancy, planning & communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work on multiple projects and manage customers appropriately.
- The mature customer first focus
- Excellent and deep hands-on and planning capabilities in advanced Data Center technologies - VxLAN, EVPN, MCLAG, IP Fabric, Apstra.
- Strong knowledge of IP-related protocols, including IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, RSVP, LDP, QOS solutions, and IPv6 standards/protocols
- Familiar with any DC fabric SDN/manager/orchestration tool ( Apstra).
- Hands-on experience with Linux servers and network services (DHCP, SNMP, FTP, TFTP, DNS, NTP).
- Basic knowledge of data structures, algorithms, HTTP/REST APIs
- Familiar with Linux, Python, and version control systems such as Git
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
Certification - Min JNCIP - Data Center, preferred - JNCIE
Desirable Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree (BE/ Btech - E&TC and similar) with overall 10+ Yrs exp & 5+ yr experience with Data Center/ Enterprise.
Desirable Skills:
- JUNOS skills and strong hands-on capabilities with QFX, EX, SRX , PTX and MX Series products (troubleshooting).