Job Description

ITShield is hiring a Network / SDN solution architect opportunity for one of the biggest Telecom companies in KSA.

DC Networking:
* Candidate must have a solid understanding of Various DC Networking technologies like VXLAN, BGP-EVPN, MC-LAG, STP and Virtual chassis.
* Different IP Fabric Designs and how the spine and lead architecture is working.
* Solid understanding of BGP, ISIS and OSPF and IP/MPLS technologies like L3VPNs, L2VPN.
* Candidate must have Experience working with different vendor hardware like Juniper QFX switches, Juniper MX routers, Cisco Nexus Switches and Cisco ASR9K routers.
* Candidate must have a solid understanding of different SDN Controller solutions like Juniper Contrail, Nokia Nuage and VMware NSX.
* Candidate must have a solid understanding of Integrating SDN Controllers with 3rd party domains like NVFO, VNFM and VIM.
* Good understanding of the different SDN uses cases and domains like SDN for Data Center, WAN SDN and SD-WAN.
* Good knowledge of Open Source SDN Controllers like Open Daylight and ONOS is a plus.

Virtualization:
* Good understanding of Different Virtualization technologies and Hypervisors like KVM and ESXi.
* Good Experience working with different Linux OS Like Ubuntu and Redhat.
* Candidate must have solid Experience working with OpenStack and different OpenStack flavours (Redhat Open stack).
* Solid understanding and hands-on working with Linux Networking like Linux bridges and OVS.
* Knowledge of Containers and hands-on with Docker, Docker Swarm and Kubernetes is a plus

Skills Required