Network Engineer L3

Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer
Experience: 612 Years
Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for a highly skilled Cisco SD-WAN L3 Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela), enterprise WAN, routing, troubleshooting, and network security.

The ideal candidate should have at least 3+ years of hands-on Cisco SD-WAN deployment and operations experience and must hold an active/valid CCNP certification.

Mandatory Skills —

Candidates must have the following skills:

• CCNP Certification – Mandatory
• Cisco SD-WAN / Cisco Viptela – Mandatory
• Hands-on experience with vManage, vSmart, vBond, and WAN Edge
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on Cisco SD-WAN experience
• Strong L3 troubleshooting experience
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP
• Experience with OMP, BFD, TLOCs, Control Policies, and Data Policies
• Strong understanding of IPsec, VPN, WAN, and MPLS
• Experience in Cisco SD-WAN deployment, operations, and troubleshooting
• Experience handling critical incidents and major network escalations

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L3 support for Cisco SD-WAN and enterprise WAN environments.
• Design, implement, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN/Viptela solutions.
• Work extensively with vManage, vSmart, vBond, and WAN Edge routers.
• Troubleshoot overlay and underlay connectivity, control connections, OMP routing, IPsec tunnels, BFD sessions, and application-aware routing.
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routing, NAT, QoS, ACLs, and security policies.
• Work with MPLS, Internet, and LTE transports.
• Manage SD-WAN templates, policies, software upgrades, certificate management, and onboarding/ZTP.
• Support migration from traditional WAN infrastructure to Cisco SD-WAN architecture.
• Handle critical incidents, perform RCA, and drive proactive performance optimization.
• Coordinate with OEM/TAC teams during major incidents and escalations.
• Create HLD, LLD, SOPs, implementation plans, and operational documentation.

Required Experience

• 6–12 years of overall networking experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Cisco SD-WAN deployment and operations.
• Experience supporting large enterprise or multi-site WAN environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical capabilities.
• Experience in customer-facing environments and handling technical escalations.

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

• ENSDWI certification
• CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
• Cisco ISR/ASR platform experience
• Python, REST APIs, or Ansible
• Cloud connectivity: AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Cisco Umbrella, Secure Access, or SASE exposure
• Managed services or large enterprise networking experience.

Suggested Naukri Mandatory Keywords

For tighter candidate filtering, use these as your must-have/mandatory skills:

CCNP | Cisco SD-WAN | Viptela | vManage | vSmart | vBond | BGP | OSPF | OMP | BFD | IPsec | MPLS | L3 Troubleshooting