Candidate must have strong hands-on experience in Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers and switches.
Experience on product lines like ASA55xx, CSM, IPS, 7600, 7200, 6500 would be required.
Hands-on with network troubleshooting tools such as sniffer, ethereal etc. are highly desirable.
Hands-on with traffic generation tools such as Spirent and Ixia is required. Cisco certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, CCIE etc.) would be highly desirable.