Sr Consultant - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Black Box

Description

Education / Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Information Technology or related, preferred; or relevant experience.
• 10+ years' experience as a deployment Engineer.
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Preferred. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), JNCIE, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or related certifications a plus.
• Excellent Layer 2 & 3 networking skills including strong knowledge and proficiency in industry-standard networking technologies and infrastructures including cabling, LAN, WAN, and various telecommunication access methods, DNS based Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) theory as well as legacy networking technologies and system interdependencies. Cloud & Virtualization technologies preferred.
• Automation/orchestration experience using any of the following: Chef, Ansible, Python, YAML, Saltstack, Puppet, Terraform and others.
• End-to-end process thinker, with proven experience in business processes and workflow design.
• Service awareness of all organization's key product and service offerings for which support is being provided.
• Ability to listen to and understand client requirements and individual preferences with successful track record of ability to develop creative and innovative solutions.
• Excellent problem solving skills with demonstrated success in root cause analysis.
• Demonstrated experience of continuously expanding and leveraging knowledge of technology, market and industry trends with success in identifying, recommending and implementing best practices and methodologies.