Lead System Engineer- Network

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse working environment

Opportunities for community involvement

Job summary

A leading financial services company is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to design and deliver complex IT solutions in areas such as LAN, WAN, and network security. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of hands-on experience, a Master's degree in a relevant field, and expertise in performance monitoring and troubleshooting. This role involves working in a dynamic, global team and managing vendor relationships to ensure optimal delivery. Join us to make a significant impact on our innovative network infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical hands-on experience in networking.
• Proven experience in delivering complex projects.
• Ability to work autonomously on complex assignments.

Responsibilities

• Design complex IT solutions in LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and network security.
• Deliver complex projects in an international environment.
• Serve as escalation point for operations team.

Skills

Enterprise Network Expertise

Network Security & Zero Trust

Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Vendor & Service Provider Management

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Responsibilities

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible to:

• Design complex IT solutions in area of LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, network security and Cloud services.
• Deliver complex projects in an international environment and tight schedule.
• Integrate network services with the wider IT and cloud infrastructure.
• Serve as escalation point for operations team.
• Provide support for network infrastructure.
• Maintain documentation.
• Communicate with service providers and partners.
• Strive to improve and modernize network infrastructure.
• Transfer knowledge to other team members.

Maintain skills and knowledge regarding the modern workplace area, keeping up to date with latest technical developments and trends, and feed this knowledge into our internal forums and workgroups.

Primary requirements

• Enterprise Network Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of routing, switching, Wi‑Fi, WAN, SD‑WAN.
• Network Security & Zero Trust: Strong experience with Firewalls, Load Balancers, VPN configurations, NAC, proxies etc.
• Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting: General understanding of monitoring tools and troubleshooting principles.
• Vendor & Service Provider Management: Strong ability to govern offshore service providers, ensuring optimal performance and value delivery.

Beneficial Competences

• Experience with SASE solutions.
• Experience with Aruba and Cisco routing, switching and Wi‑Fi solutions.
• Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Zscaler, NetScaler, Aryaka.
• Experience with Aruba ClearPass.
• Understanding of cloud networking models (AWS, Azure), direct connects, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Familiarity with Automation & Network Orchestration. For example Python, Ansible, or Terraform.
• Ability to lead high‑impact network incidents, root cause analysis, and post‑mortem reviews.

Proven ability to work across IT teams, cloud architects, and security teams to ensure seamless integration.

Required

Profile required

• Proven experience in delivering complex projects.
• Ability to work autonomously on complex assignments.
• Ability to transfer knowledge to other engineers.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field, with 10+ years Technical Hands‑On Experience.
• Relevant industry Certifications are highly beneficial.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with hands‑on execution capability.
• Strong leadership presence with ability to influence without direct authority.
• Excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work in a global, cross‑cultural, multi‑stakeholder environment.

Why join us

“We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status”

Business insight

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating? You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.

We are committed to support accelerating our Group’s ESG strategy by implementing ESG principles in all our activities and policies. They are translated in our business activity (ESG assessment, reporting, project management or IT activities), our work environment and in our responsible practices for environment protection.