Senior Consultant - Cisco/Firewall

Key Responsibilities :

- Define ACI-based data center architecture strategy aligned to enterprise roadmap

- Lead greenfield / brownfield DC transformation initiatives (VXLAN EVPN ? ACI)

- Establish design principles, standards, and reusable architecture patterns

- Drive adoption of policy-driven networking and intent-based networking models

- Own and approve :

i. HLD / LLD for ACI deployments

ii. Multi-site / multi-pod architectures

iii. Integration with hybrid/cloud environments

- Conduct architecture reviews, design authority governance, and approvals

- Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards

- Lead end-to-end delivery from requirement gathering ? design ? implementation ? migration ? hypercare

- Drive adherence to SLAs, timelines, and quality outcomes

- Architect and oversee :

i. ACI Fabric (Leaf-Spine, APIC clusters)

ii. Tenant/VRF/BD/EPG design and segmentation strategy

iii. L3Out, external connectivity and DC interconnects

- Integrate ACI with :

i. Firewalls, load balancers, and security ecosystems

ii. VMware / Kubernetes platforms

iii. Legacy DC environments

- Define and drive automation strategy using APIs, Ansible, Terraform

- Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for ACI provisioning

- Lead innovation initiatives (self-service networking, CI/CD integration)

- Drive operational efficiency and cost optimization