Netscout Consultant

This job posting is for an existing, active vacancy and we are looking to hire
Netscout Resource at Montreal, QC (preferred) or Brampton, ON.
JD:
KPI selection (health, latency, errors, utilization), role‑based views, alerting policies, and baseline reports.
Traffic Aggregation Enablement (Netscout Gigamon)
Design & configure Gigamon maps/filters, VLAN/port assignments, and feed definitions to Netscout probes;
validate load balancingand failover behaviors.
Design Governance: EDS & DDP
Author/update Engineering Design Specification (EDS) and Detail Design Plan (DDP);
align L2/L3 connectivity, routing, security, and acceptance criteria.
Verify contractor installs against EDS/DDP (fillers, switch configs, SPAN/TAPs, cabling, VLANs, access controls);
issue remediation actions and sign‑off.
Virtual Site Audit
Assess OBB, IPMI/iDRAC, storage, and interconnect ports among probes, NG1, and aggregators;
consolidate port maps and access inventories.
Firmware & Application Updates (Prod + Lab)
Upgrade Netscout NG1 and Gigamon to approved versions;
execute rollback plans,health checks, and stability monitoring.
Network Diagram Refresh
Produce clear physical/logical/data‑flow diagrams (Visio/draw.Io + PDF) showing taps/SPANs, aggregator maps, probe feeds, NG1 management, and user access.
Testing & Acceptance
Functional ingest/decoding tests, dashboard verification, performance checks;
conduct UAT with defecttracking and remediation.
Operational Automation
Automate provisioning, configuration, health checks, alarms, reporting, backups, and compliance using Netscout APIs.
AI, LLM & MCP Integration
Integrate approved AI/LLM and MCP tools for natural-language queries, alarm summaries, troubleshooting, and dashboard generation with secure access controls.
Reconcile Netscout configurations with inventory data to identify missing, duplicate, stale, or inconsistent devices, interfaces, IPs, sites, and services.
Automated Inventory Synchronization
Automate approved inventory changes into Netscout with validation, audit logging, failure alerts, and rollback.
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