Our client is looking for Sr. Network Engineer- ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)-W2Location: Houston Downtown - Must work onsite 5 days a week.Industry: Oil and Gas. Long term Contract - 1 year. W2 only. Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Engineer plays a crucial role in providing world class "solution support" to customers/partners/account teams to solve their problems. ACI is a revolutionary technology that allows application requirements to define the network. Roles and Responsibilities Provide third level technical support for ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) and integrated componentsWork across multiple facets within the Data Center environment including 3rd party products to resolving product and software problems through a process of analysis and sophisticated lab simulationsDevelop and maintain relationships across functional groups as well as mentor other engineers.Acts as a technical expert to provide technology/product training, developing documentation and automationInteract across support teams, 3rd party vendors, Cisco Sales, Professional Services, Development teams to solve customer issues and improve processesLead and participate in business and innovation initiatives with a focus on automation Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.5 years of customer support experience, including strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, proven crisis management skills and ability to handle sophisticated customer issuesExperience with Virtualization (OpenStack / VMware vSphere / Microsoft Hyper V / Red Hat KVM / Linux Containers etc)Working knowledge of Data Center, Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google) and Virtualization industry, products and protocolsAn energetic team player with a passion for technology and a demonstrated ability to work in a support environmentDesired Skills Cisco certification is a plus (CCIE DC / R&S)Strong Routing & Switching Good Practical knowledge of ACI, Nexus Switches, UCS and HX productsPython or other programming languagesExperience with API's (JSON, XML) load balancing, firewalls, etcKnowledge of Linux. Experience with multiple distributions (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc), networking, virtualization, and server software (Apache, open iSCSI, NFS, MySQL and/or Galera, MongoDB, etc) In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document