Location: Leads, Burningham, or Manchester
Enterprise Networking: Cisco Routing & Switching (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, STP, HSRP, VRRP), VLANs, trunking, EtherChannel, QoS, multicast.
Cloud Networking: AWS/Azure VPC/VNet design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, cloud load balancers, cloud firewalls.
Data Center & ACI: Cisco ACI fabric design, APIC management, Nexus 9K, VXLAN/EVPN, spine–leaf architecture.
SD‑WAN: Cisco Viptela/Meraki design and deployment for hybrid connectivity.
Load Balancing: NetScaler ADC (GSLB, SSL offloading, L7 policies, content switching).
Network Security: ACLs, segmentation, microsegmentation, firewall policies, Zero Trust principles.
Automation & IaC: Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git-based CI/CD pipelines for automated provisioning and config compliance.
Monitoring & Observability: Dynatrace, Grafana, SolarWinds, Cisco DNA Center, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics.
Architecture & Design: HLD/LLD creation, modernization roadmaps, cloud‑integrated network design patterns.
Lifecycle & Operations: Hardware/firmware upgrades, migrations, refresh projects, performance optimization.