Senior Resident Engineer – Data Center & IP Fabric SDN

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:

• Bachelor's 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).

 

Experience Level

Senior Level