What you need to have Meticulous documentation & task/time management skills Practical knowledge of Industry standard Network/Security best practices & solutions Excellent diagnostic skills in troubleshooting complex Networking technologies throughout all layers of the OSI model Experience with Multi-Tenant & Multi-Data-Center deployments Experience in deploying & maintaining large scale L & L Data Center Networks Data Center Fabric deployment types (Classic Ethernet, FabricPath, VxLAN, EVPN) Layer & Protocols (Spanning-Tree modes and modifications, Trunking, MLAG/VPC) Layer Routing Protocols and Network Routing techniques (BGP, OSPF) Expert in tuning and diagnosing dynamic routing protocols and associated attributes for complex route manipulation Experience in designing/deploying/maintaining highly available Underlay & Overlay Networking & Security constructs (VxLAN, eVPN, VRF's) Experience in provisioning/protecting/maintaining Internet peering points, Public IP Management and DDOS services Data Center Fabric (switching/routing) Migration experience Experience with Carrier based MPLS and related WAN deployments Experience with Cisco (IOS/XE/XR & NXOS) Data Center router/switch platforms Experience with Arista (EOS) Data Center switch platforms Functional understanding of PCI/DSS controls, protections & best practices Must be a US Citizen living in the US (Continental) to qualify for government related security clearances (C EFTPS) What would be great for you to have Experience with VMWare platforms and Networking (VMotion, HCX, FXRails, VxRails) Experience with Automation Toolsets, Scripting & Config Templating (GitLab, Python, Jinja, Netbox, Vendor API's