Associate Lead, Network Engineer

KLA; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA's Information Technology group in Chennai invites an experienced Senior Network Operations Lead to own and optimize the global network landscape. You will lead daily LAN/WAN/SD-WAN operations, oversee incident response, and mentor a team of network engineers across data centers and remote sites.

Work with Security, Cloud, DevOps, and business teams on enterprise initiatives, standardize procedures, and drive automation and reliability in a 24x7 environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of network engineering/operations experience.
• 3+ years of leadership or team lead experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise or global network environments.
• Strong knowledge of Routing Switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP), SD-WAN and wireless networking, network monitoring tools, incident and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily network operations for LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, internet, and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Ensure high uptime and operational stability across data centers, campuses, manufacturing sites, and remote offices.
• Manage incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem management.
• Lead and mentor network engineers and operations staff.
• Develop operational procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, service providers, and managed service partners.
• Partner with Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application, DevOps, Manufacturing, and Business teams to support enterprise initiatives.

Skills

Network engineering

Operations leadership

Networking standards

Network monitoring

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

F5 BIG-IP

Cisco ACI

ClearPass NAC

Python

Ansible

AWS/Azure networking

Job description

The Information Technology (IT) group at KLA is involved in every aspect of the global business. IT s mission is to enable business growth and productivity by connecting people, process, and technology. It focuses not only on enhancing the technology that enables our business to thrive but also on how employees use and are empowered by technology. This integrated approach to customer service, creativity and technological excellence enables employee productivity, business analytics, and process excellence.

Job Description/Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

Network Operations Support

• Lead daily network operations for LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, internet, and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Ensure high uptime and operational stability across data centers, campuses, manufacturing sites, and remote offices.
• Manage incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem management.

Leadership Team Management

• Lead and mentor network engineers and operations staff.
• Assign operational tasks and manage escalation processes.
• Develop operational procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors, service providers, and managed service partners.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application, DevOps, Manufacturing, and Business teams to support enterprise initiatives.
• Participate in enterprise transformation, digital modernization, Zero Trust, and cloud migration programs.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align network services with operational and strategic business objectives.
• Work with vendors, managed service providers, and third-party partners to deliver operational excellence.

Infrastructure Support

• Support enterprise routing, switching, wireless, and cloud networking environments.
• Maintain Cisco, Arista, Aruba, or equivalent technologies.
• Support hybrid cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Assist in network modernization and transformation initiatives.

Operational Excellence

• Own day-to-day network operations, including incident and outage response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Define and track KPIs, SLAs, and operational metrics.
• Drive network automation initiatives using scripting, deployment automation and infrastructure-as-code methodologies
• Improve operational efficiency through automated alerting, remediation workflows, and self-healing network capabilities.
• Create executive operational reports and status dashboards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of network engineering/operations experience.
• 3+ years of leadership or team lead experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise or global network environments
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Routing Switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP)
  • F5 BIG-IP platform (WAF, LTM, AFM)
  • SD-WAN and wireless networking
  • Network monitoring tools
  • Incident and change management processes
• Experience with enterprise environments and 24x7 operations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to executive leadership, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to lead meetings, drive collaboration, manage escalations, and present operational updates to technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP, CCIE, F5, AWS/Azure networking certifications.
• Work with multi-national
• Work experience with in an environment of 10000+ users
• Experience with:
  • Cisco ACI
  • ClearPass NAC
  • Network automation (Python, Ansible)
  • ITIL processes
• Manufacturing or healthcare industry experience preferred.

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