NetFlow validation SME

NetFlow Validation SME

Role: NetFlow Validation SME

Purpose: Validate end-to-end flow visibility, platform readiness, and compliance with architecture and operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute wave-based validation and acceptance testing.
• Validate flow templates, sampling configurations, device standards, and app-flow mappings.
• Perform collector ingestion validation, tuning verification, and data quality checks.
• Conduct triage, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and remediation tracking.
• Validate reports, dashboards, KPIs, and visibility outcomes.
• Produce acceptance evidence, sign-off documentation, validation reports, and KT materials.
• Ensure compliance with approved vendor blueprints and architecture standards.

Required Experience

• 5+ years in NetFlow/IPFIX validation, network monitoring, or telemetry operations.
• Strong troubleshooting, testing, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in multi-vendor enterprise environments and deployment validation programs.

Key Deliverables

• Solution & Collector Architecture
• Flow Design & Sampling Standards
• Template Validation Reports
• Ingestion & Tuning Recommendations
• Reporting & Dashboard Designs
• Vendor Blueprints & Device Standards
• App-Flow Mapping
• Wave Validation & Triage Reports
• Acceptance Evidence & Sign-offs
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer (KT) Materials