Senior Network Consultant

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Predict emerging customer needs and develop innovative solutions to meet them
• Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
• Participate in the development of business strategy
• Develop and manage business plans to achieve objectives
• Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives
• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
• Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches
• May have segment-wide impact
• Direct cross-functional and/or cross-segment teams
• Drive the adoption of reference architectures for existing, new and emerging technologies
• Drive the adoption of creative solutions to address complex, global enterprise problems utilizing automation as well as DevOps principles
• Assist customer organizations with planning and implementing complex architecture solutions
• Participate in enterprise governance processes and drive standards adoption
• Develop effective architecture solutions that not only satisfy immediate project requirements but also deliver a coherent, reusable, reliable and phased architecture to help the business grow and change while aligning to strategic vision
• Deliver technical architecture expertise in implementing cross-organizational information sharing
• Develop solutions and recommendations for issues caused by process challenges, emerging threats and technology changes
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience.
• Solid understanding on software defined network Cisco ACI Technology
• Should have understanding on Tenant, EPG, Bridge domain, AEP, Policy group, interface profile, L3Out etc.
• Should have solid design knowledge on existing SDN (ACI infra) DC
• Should deploy new ACI fabric
• Configure ACI using GUI and automation
• Create Json code for Automation using API inspector specially for repetitive task
• Modify existing Json as per the requirement
• Should understand different PRM types for PRM automation
• Should be able to coordinate with PRM team for new PRM automation requirement
• Should have understanding on Github
• Attend kick off meeting with the stake holders to understand the scope of the project
• Sound knowledge on fabric upgrade process
• Good understanding on NSX Tier 0 connectivity with ACI infra
• Coordinate with different tenant owners for any project requirement and during critical risk changes
• Past project experience with network architecture, technical design, or implementation
• Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce architectural principles and designs

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Information Assurance, Computer Science, Information. Systems or related field of study or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in Networking technology with 4+ years of experience in a lead role
• 4+ years of architecture/design experience