Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Position: Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer with strong expertise in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela), routing, security, and enterprise WAN transformation projects. The candidate will be responsible for design, deployment, troubleshooting, optimization, and operational support of large-scale SD-WAN environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L3 support for Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure and enterprise WAN environments.
• Design, implement, and manage Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solutions including: vManage
• vSmart
• vBond
• WAN Edge routers
• Perform troubleshooting for: Overlay and underlay connectivity
• Control connections
• OMP routing
• IPsec tunnels
• BFD sessions
• Application-aware routing
• DIA and VPN segmentation
• Configure and troubleshoot: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and static routing
• NAT, QoS, ACLs, and security policies
• MPLS, Internet, and LTE transports
• Manage SD-WAN templates, policies, software upgrades, and certificate management.
• Work on migration activities from traditional WAN to SD-WAN architecture.
• Handle critical incidents, RCA preparation, and proactive performance optimization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for security, wireless, cloud, and datacenter integrations.
• Coordinate with OEM TAC teams during major outages and escalations.
• Create HLD/LLD, SOPs, implementation plans, and operational documentation.
• Participate in change management, maintenance activities, and customer review meetings.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on expertise in: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN / Viptela
• Cisco ISR/ASR platforms
• Routing & Switching technologies
• WAN and VPN technologies
• Excellent knowledge of: OMP, BFD, TLOCs, Control Policies, Data Policies
• IPsec and segmentation
• QoS and Application-aware routing
• TCP/IP and packet analysis
• Experience with: SD-WAN onboarding and ZTP
• Multi-site enterprise WAN deployments
• High availability and failover design
• Good understanding of automation and APIs is an added advantage: Python
• REST APIs
• Ansible

Cisco SD-WAN architecture primarily consists of management, orchestration, control, and data planes using components such as vManage, vBond, and vSmart.

Preferred Certifications

Cisco Systems Certified: CCNP Enterprise

ENSDWI (Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions)

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (preferred)

Experience

• 6- 12 years of overall networking experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Cisco SD-WAN deployments and operations.

Good to Have

• Experience in managed services or large enterprise environments.
• Exposure to cloud connectivity (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of Cisco Umbrella, Secure Access, or SASE solutions.
• Experience with multivendor SD-WAN environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to handle customer-facing discussions and escalations.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to mentor L1/L2 engineers and drive operational excellence.

Interested candidates please reach on [email removed]