Global Infrastructure Lead Engineer – Networks

IQ-EQ; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive financial packages

Pension Scheme

Medical insurance & life assurance

Discounted gym memberships

Flexible working hours

Support and development opportunities

Job summary

IQ-EQ is seeking a Lead Network Engineer to join their Global Network team. The role involves leading the resolution of complex incidents and developing network strategies while collaborating with security and infrastructure teams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in enterprise networking, including hands-on experience with networking protocols and security controls. They will drive automation processes and provide mentorship to junior engineers, ensuring operational excellence within the organization.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT or equivalent with professional certifications such as CCNP.
• Deep expertise in enterprise networking across multi-site environments.
• Experience with network security controls aligned with best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead global network architecture and operations aligned with strategy.
• Manage incident and problem resolution, providing technical leadership.
• Design and review network solutions, ensuring security and documentation.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP)

Network security controls

Automation (Python, PowerShell, Ansible)

Communication skills

Education

Degree in IT or equivalent

Professional certifications (CCNP, Fortinet NSE)

Tools

Cisco

Fortinet

NSX

Meraki

Windows/Linux

Job description

Lead Network Engineer

We’re looking for a Lead Network Engineer to join our internal Global Network team and act as the subject matter expert (SME) for network services across the organisation. The successful candidate will lead the resolution of complex incidents, drive continual improvement and automation and work closely with the Network Manager on overall strategy. They will collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to translate business requirements into practical designs and enforce network security and access policies.

Responsibilities

• You’ll lead global network architecture and operations, ensuring alignment with business strategy, security standards (zero‑trust), and operational supportability, while defining and governing policies (firewalls, segmentation, access controls).
• You’ll own end‑to‑end incident, problem, and escalation management—providing technical leadership for major outages, driving root‑cause analysis, and delivering permanent fixes within SLA targets.
• You’ll design and review network solutions (HLD/LLD), validate security controls, and lead delivery of changes/projects across LAN/WAN/Wi‑Fi, Internet edge, and cloud, ensuring readiness and documentation.
• You’ll manage and optimise network services including monitoring/observability, lifecycle activities, vendor/ISP escalations, and performance tuning across SD‑WAN (Meraki), NSX/VXLAN overlays, and SAN connectivity.
• You’ll mentor engineers and set technical direction while improving automation (Python, PowerShell, Ansible), service processes, and knowledge sharing through runbooks, standards, and best practices.

What we offer

• Comprehensive remuneration: Competitive financial packages based upon market rates for your role, proportionate to your qualifications, level of experience and skills profile.
• Pension Scheme: Generous employer contribution with the ability to increase employee contributions.
• Wellbeing: Additional social benefits such as medical insurance & life assurance, discounted gym memberships and the opportunity to engage with our local community via sports activities, charity programmes & environmental initiatives.
• Flexible working: We recognise the value of working flexibly and enable our employees to enjoy an excellent work‑life blend.
• Support and development: We will ensure you have the right training, tools and development plan to grow and improve your skills every day.

Qualifications

• You bring a degree in IT (or equivalent) with professional certifications (e.g., CCNP, Fortinet NSE), ideally progressing toward expert‑level credentials such as CCIE.
• You demonstrate deep hands‑on and design expertise in enterprise networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN/Wi‑Fi, routing/switching, QoS) across multi‑site, multi‑vendor environments (Cisco, Fortinet, NSX, Meraki, Windows/Linux).
• You own and govern network security controls (firewalls, ACLs, NAT, segmentation, VPN, secure access) aligned with best practices, with strong experience in VXLAN, NSX SDN, SAN networking (FC/iSCSI), and Meraki SD‑WAN.
• You lead delivery and operations, including troubleshooting complex issues, managing escalations, driving change governance, producing HLD/LLD documentation, and leveraging automation (Python, PowerShell, Ansible).
• You communicate confidently with stakeholders, thrive in high‑pressure and multi‑cultural environments, continuously improve and learn, and demonstrate strong teamwork, problem‑solving, integrity, and fluency in English (additional languages are a plus).