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Cisco is seeking an extraordinary self-motivated individual for the role of Network Engineer to work as part of a dedicated team responsible for the operations of the Webex Infrastructure.

Roles and Responsibilities:

You will play a major role helping to ensure a reliable, optimally designed and provisioned network that delivers the performance and quality of service consistent with our internal and external customers’ provisioned services and corporate objectives, including:

• Network optimization and capacity planning to ensure reliable service delivery to our customers.

• Network operations and monitoring.

• Configuration of network elements in preparation for new deployments or service upgrades.

• Engineering and design to support continued network growth.

• Escalation support and network support.

• Documentation to support audits, MOP definition, and knowledge transfer.

• Vulnerability remediation.

• Hardware Lifecycle Replacement

• Alerting and Monitoring Tool Design/Administration (i.e. SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, PRTG, etc)

• Continual Process improvement.

• Deep understanding of Networking fundamentals and knowledge of platforms such high-end ASR routing platforms and Nexus switching platforms (ACI)

• Develop automation for redundant tasks to optimize Operations and Implementations

• Develop and provide services to better monitor, measure, root-cause analysis, and debug Cisco networks at service provider scale.

• Responsible for the long-term health and therefore help in the definition and prediction pipelines for network health - availability and service-level objectives.

• Work independently, receive minimal guidance and direction from manager then identify the best approach to accomplish work.

Proactively identify network trends and performance issues by monitoring of SLAs, KPIs, and critical metrics and drive corrective action when performance does not exceed industry benchmarks. Drive operational efficiency by continually evaluating, improving and automating processes, procedures and systems.

Skills and Experience:

Certifications: You will need at least a Cisco CCNP, Routing & Switching or equivalent experience.

Background in Networking, including:

• Demonstrated experience engineering or supporting high performance, redundant, secure network.

• Using Networking tools including packet analyzers, Thousand Eyes, and SolarWinds.

• Skills in: Switches, Routers, Firewalls, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ISIS, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, LACP, MPLS, dual-stack (IPv4 & IPv6) IP addressing and IP network design, Ethernet, Fiber, 802.1Q, VRF, IPSEC, ACI, and VxLAN.

• Proficiency in automation skills: Ansible, AWX Tower, Bash and Python.

• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.

• Team contributor, with an ability to work well under pressure and cooperate with other internal organizations and external customers.

• Proactive mindset focusing on continuous improvement.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Self-motivator and eager to learn new things.

• Possess strong ability and drive to tackle sophisticated problems.

• Possess excellent verbal and writing skills.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

• 6+ years of relevant experience in a network environment

• 1-3 years of software development experience

• Practical experience with AWS and other cloud environments

• On call availability for network escalations.

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an expansive future for all.

We adopt digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re "old" (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns, and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can’t put us in a box!

But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.