Product Analyst - Interconnection Systems

Vaco partners with clients on critical projects and strategic talent acquisitions in the areas of finance, accounting, technology, healthcare, general administration and more.

Vaco has been engaged to identify a Product Analyst - Interconnection Systems to work on a long-term project with an innovative Cloud platform designer located in Sunnyvale, California. Our ideal profile is a consultant with technical background who has progressed from a Developer designation to a BSA/Functional Analyst on network systems, and has been performing product/system analysis in the network systems space in their recent past.

* Streamline capture of product requirements working with product management, UX designers and other cross-functional teams. * Evaluate requirements from multiple stakeholders, reconcile conflicts, identify potential risks. * Produce solution documents, user stories, process flows and task flows which are directly consumable by engineers to build product features based on requirement analysis * Work with architects and engineers to understand strengths and limitations of technology stack and leverage those in product design. * Work with engineers during development phase to provide early feedback * Help with scope management and change management process related to scope. * Test and certify product releases to ensure quality.

* Product Analysts with 8+ yrs. of experience in eliciting, collecting and developing requirements. * Experience working on interconnection and/or network technologies related products/solutions. * Good understanding of Networking layers (L2 - L 7), Network control plane, Forward plane in a cloud ecosystem is required. * Understanding of Software defined network and Layer 2 (VLAN, VXCLOUD), Layer 3 (BGP-ASN, VRF) network technologies is required. * Understanding of anatomy of different network devices (Juniper, Cisco, Arista etc.) and understanding of Network Orchestration and Network Control Systems (OpenFlow, Tail-f) is a strong plus. * Ability to communicate verbally and in writing clearly on complex project plans, design and technical issues. * Expert knowledge in Product Management Life Cycle. * Proven track record of success analyzing, defining and overseeing requirements for advanced and complex products. * Familiarity with Web application development and technologies, networking, and infrastructure. * Knowledge and experience in database technologies and data analysis. * Working knowledge of a System/Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Project Management, especially Agile. * Working experience with tools such as JIRA, SharePoint, Visio, Word and PowerPoint is preferred.