- Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or 3+ years related experience
- Working knowledge of layer 2 / layer 3 protocols and technologies, including:
- VPC
- Fabric Path
- Routing Protocols (OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS)
- Multicast
- Spanning Tree
- OTV
- QoS
- Etherchannel
- SPAN / RSPAN
- Experience troubleshooting network or application performance issues
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Software scripting (Python, Perl, JavaScript)
- Hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus Switches (Nexus 9000, 7000, 6000, 5000, 3000)
- Hands on experience using network sniffers and troubleshooting tools such as traffic generators (Ixia, Spirent, Colasoft),
- Customer Support experience is preferred
- Cisco Certifications: CCNA, CCNP
- Why Cisco
Technical Consulting Engineer - Richardson, United States - Cisco
Description
What You'll Do
Do you have what it takes? The Customer Experience Center at Cisco is a team of world-class technical experts whose primary focus is to help customers deploy and operate their networks effectively while delivering the best possible customer experience. Cisco's Technical Services team is aligned to multiple geographic regions that together form one global, borderless support organization. Our #1 focus is to help customers deploy and operate their networks effectively, while delivering the best possible customer experience. Revered by many as the "best networking school" in the world, roles in the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) have a technology runway that never ends. The breadth and diversity of technology exposure is second to none
Who You'll Work With
The Data Center Routing & Switching team provides third level technical support on a global basis via phone, email, web, and remote access for Data Center products to Cisco customers, partners, and other TAC teams. In this role you will gain insight on the detailed functionality of Cisco Nexus products and partner with all distributed elements of engineering and the service chain. With a technology runway that never ends, opportunities to develop your depth, breadth and diversity of technology expertise are second to none The ideal candidate demonstrates an aptitude and appetite for learning complex network technologies in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
Who You Are
Should your background include any of the following experiences, or if you possess a subset of them, we encourage you to apply for this exciting role.
Role & Responsibilities
Provide level 3 technical support for Cisco Nexus Switching products
Analyze, configure, and troubleshoot layer-2 / layer-3 Data Center networks
Build moderate-to-complex lab setups to duplicate and resolve customer problems
Develop and deliver technical training's partners and other TAC teams
Work with software engineering to improve product quality by filing software defects and testing fixes
Desired Skills
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