BGP Technical SME

Role : BGP Technical L3 SME [Network Technical consultant– L2]

Location: Sydney , Melbourne, Canberra

Duration: 9 Months

Role Overview

As a BGP Technical L3 SME, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configurations across enterprise and customer networks. Your expertise will ensure resilient, scalable, and secure routing architectures that support high availability and minimal service disruption.

Key Responsibilities

•Route-Map Implementation Design and deploy inbound and outbound BGP route-map updates to control prefix advertisement, path selection, and policy enforcement.

•Resilient Routing Design Apply advanced BGP routing patterns—including local preference, AS path prepending, MED tuning, and conditional advertisements—to achieve site-level redundancy and failover.

•Change Governance Ensure all routing changes adhere to industry best practices, internal standards, and change management protocols, minimizing risk of service impact.

•Platform Expertise

oConfigure BGP on platforms such as Cisco IOS/IOS-XE, NX-OS, Juniper, and Arista

oSupport BGP in hybrid cloud, MPLS, and SD-WAN environments

oIntegrate BGP with IGPs (OSPF, EIGRP) and route redistribution policies

•Advanced Troubleshooting Act as the L3 escalation point for BGP-related incidents, performing diagnostics using CLI, route analytics, and packet captures.

•Monitoring & Optimization Use tools like BGPmon, ThousandEyes, SolarWinds, or NetBrain to monitor route stability, convergence times, and prefix health.

•Documentation & RCA Maintain detailed configuration records, topology diagrams, and root cause analysis reports for recurring routing anomalies.

Required Skills & Qualifications

•8+ years in network engineering, with deep expertise in BGP routing

•Strong understanding of:

oRoute-maps, prefix-lists, community tagging, and policy-based routing

oBGP attributes (AS path, MED, local preference, origin)

oFailover and load balancing techniques using BGP

•Experience with multi-vendor environments and carrier-grade routing

Preferred Certifications

•CCNP / CCIE Routing & Switching or Enterprise Infrastructure

•Arista ACE / NSE (optional)

•ITIL Foundation (for process alignment)