Lead Consultant (Network) (Ref 26554a)

Responsibilities: • Lead the design, architecture, integration, implementation for enterprise network solutions across multi-vendor environments, including Cisco ACI, Cisco WLC, Cisco ISE, Aruba, Huawei, LAN, WAN, WLAN, data center, cloud and WIFI, • Lead technical solution workshops, customer discussions, executive presentations, governance reviews, and design review sessions to define scope, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and implementation strategies. • Collaborate with Solution Architects, Project Managers, Product Teams, Security Teams, Vendors, Operations Teams, and Customers to ensure technical feasibility, service quality, delivery sustainability, continuous improvement, and strong customer experience. • Produce high level architecture designs to meet customer requirements for semi-complex (or) complex systems. Articulate with sufficient knowledge to convince and explain customer on the design. • Produce low level technical designs from high level architecture designs. Translate a broader infrastructure design or blueprint into technical specifications and details. • Develops installation/Implementation/test/rollback procedures and standards • Review and approve implementation plans, test plans, migration strategies, change procedures, rollback plans, and handover documents to ensure compliance with enterprise standards, and operational readiness • Install, remove, configure, upgrade, and validate hardware and/or software using approved installation instructions, tools, change procedures, and implementation plans, including proper handover to clients or operations teams where required. • Conducts tests, corrects malfunctions, and documents results in accordance with agreed procedures. • Lead large-scale migration, transformation, refresh projects across data center, campus, wireless, cloud and multi-vendor enterprise environments • Lead, mentor, and guide a team of network engineers and consultants by providing technical direction, task prioritization, coaching, knowledge transfer, performance guidance, and capability development. • Provide subject matter expertise across Cisco ACI, WLC, ISE, Aruba, Huawei, software-defined networking, wireless, routing, switching, network security, automation, and enterprise infrastructure technologies. • Lead root cause analysis and resolution of critical incidents, recurring technical issues, service outages, configuration failures, design defects, ensuring preventive actions are documented and implemented. • Drive automation or scripting initiatives using tools such as Python, Ansible, APIs, PowerShell, Terraform, vendor platforms, and AI-enabled solutions • Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies related to Cisco ACI, software-defined networking (SDN), Aruba, Huawei and AI enabled solutions. Requirements: • 10 Years of Network Experience • Network specialization skillset in Routing & Switching, Wireless, Data Center solutions, Wi-Fi, Scripting • Good at problem solving • Able to explain technical problems in a simple term • Good to have CCIE or HCIE or equivalent • Good to have Presentation experience • Good to have Team leading/Supervisory experience Licence no: 12C6060