Job ID: MI-16465 (90090515)
ACI Network Engineer/Architect/PM with Network Design, Multi-Site, Software Defined Networking, Data Center, automation/tooling and Nexus 9000 switches/APIC experience
Location: 7285 Parsons Drive, Dimondale, MI 48821 (DTMB)
Duration: 12 months
Interview: In-person
1.Cisco ACI is mandatory.
2.Enterprise Network Design.
3.ACI Multi-Site Experience: Should have experience deploying multi-site ACI environments.
4.Software Defined Networking using ACI
5.Client facing consultative experience.
6.Strong understanding of Data Center environments.
7.Strong understanding of ACI environments and ability to plan, design and implement complex deployments.
8.Strong understanding of automation and tooling.
9.Excellent experience designing and implementing Cisco ACI Network Centric based Data Center.
10.Must have hands on experience in Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches and APIC.
11.Experience in leading and managing team to plan and deliver complex projects.
12.Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
13.Mentor & drive technical resources and activities to ensure deliverables are completed within scope and time.
14.Experience in networking architecture, design, and implementation.
The State of Michigan’s DTMB – Technical Services Division has selected Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) as its Software Defined Networking (SDN) and switching solution for the network infrastructure environment. The environment stretches across two physical data centers for high availability and redundancy.
DTMB Technical Services is seeking a highly consultative engagement from a qualified ACI design and implementation Partner to allow State team members to actively participate in and become familiar with Cisco ACI throughout the deployment. This Partner will provide design oversight and a mentor-led deployment and configuration of the ACI fabric.
The on-premise ACI fabric is intended to be deployed in a multipod topology to allow for each data center’s environment to operate independently. Primarily, ACI will be implemented for DTMB Technical Services’ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) offering. Additionally, a Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) cluster will be deployed to allow ACI objects to be stretched to the State’s Cloud Service Providers (CSP). After these two technical implementations are complete, the focus will shift to instantiating ACI throughout the State of Michigan’s network infrastructure.
4.TASKS
The following tasks need to be performed in a mentoring fashion with Contractor guiding the State through deployment as required.
4.01Pod 1 Physical Installation and Fabric Discovery
4.02IPN Device Installation
4.03Pod 2 Physical Installation and Fabric Discovery
4.04Fabric-Wide Base Configuration
4.05ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) Cluster and Cloud APIC Deployment
4.06ACI Tenant Level Configuration
4.07ACI Migration