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Network Engineer - Network Engineer

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Location: Austin, Texas, USA

Relocation: Yes

Visa: OPT-EAD

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Specialized in Designing and deploying the Cisco ACI multi-site fabrics with 6 APIC clusters, 2000+ endpoints, and tenant segmentation to isolate workloads; reduced provisioning cycles by 40% through fabric automation. Implemented Cisco Viptela SD-WAN across 60+ sites (~1200 devices), migrating MPLS to broadband circuits with 25% cost savings; rolled out Cisco SD-Access with DNA Center and ISE to enable policy-based segmentation for ~15k users. Migrated 300+ firewalls across Palo Alto, Check Point, and Fortinet platforms; enforced App-ID/SSL decryption, geo-blocking, and identity-based access. Integrated Cisco ISE with Zscaler ZIA/ZPA for Zero Trust onboarding. Engineered F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM solutions supporting global failover for 150+ applications; integrated Citrix NetScaler and A10 appliances for SSL offloading and traffic distribution, improving response times by 30%. Built hybrid connectivity with AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute; integrated VMware NSX for micro-segmentation of 500+ VMs across critical application tiers. Experienced in implementing and managing WAF protections for enterprise web applications, with deep focus on L7 threat defense, bot mitigation, API security, and application-layer DDoS prevention. Skilled in tuning WAF rule sets, custom signatures, and behavioral detection logic to reduce false positives while maintaining strong coverage against OWASP, automated abuse, and zero-day attack patterns. Developed Ansible playbooks and Python scripts to automate ~70% of firewall rule deployments and used Terraform for multi-cloud VPC/V Net builds. Enhanced troubleshooting with Splunk, Thousand Eyes, and Wireshark. Configured large-scale BGP/OSPF/EVPN topologies on Cisco Nexus/ASR and Juniper MX platforms; migrated 1000+ Catalyst access switches, enabling EVPN-VXLAN fabric integration. Rolled out Aruba, Meraki, and Juniper Mist Wi-Fi across 40+ branch and campus sites and deployed Blue Coat Proxy for secure web traffic inspection serving 10k+ users. Resolves complex multi-vendor network issues across data centers and branch sites by analyzing traffic patterns, coordinating device configurations, and automating repetitive tasks; focuses on practical solutions that minimize outages, optimize connectivity, and accelerate deployments. Keywords: ffive Idaho South Dakota Wisconsin