Requirements: CCNP Enterprise or CCIE track PaloAlto PCNSE certification CompTIA Security or CISSP Cloud networking certifications (AWS Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer) Arista or Mellanox vendor certifications 5 years Enterprise network architecture and design Multi-vendor environment management (PaloAlto, Cisco, Arista, Mellanox) VeloCloud SD-WAN deployment and management Security incident response and forensics Network automation and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Ansible) SIEM integration and security monitoring tools Previous network operations management and team leadership Enterprise vendor relationship management Cybersecurity framework implementation (NIST, ISO 27001) Project management experience with large-scale network implementations Budget management and technology procurement experience