Lead System Engineer - SDWAN

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

Job summary

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre is seeking an expert in Datacenter Network with significant experience in Cisco ACI. The role involves deploying and troubleshooting technologies, training junior team members, and managing production issues. Candidates should have strong skills in network management, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), and network tools such as Splunk and Netflow. A commitment to stakeholder engagement and proactive problem-solving is essential for success in this position. Relevant experience of 10-15 years in the field is required.

Qualifications

• Expert in Datacenter Network with product experience on Cisco ACI.
• Experience managing multiple technologies and heterogeneous networks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and troubleshoot technologies without supervision.
• Train junior team members and support technical issues.
• Review and recommend new networking hardware standards.

Skills

Datacenter Network expertise

Cisco ACI

Troubleshooting skills

Stakeholder engagement

Scripting (Python, Ansible)

Tools

Splunk

Netflow

Job description

Reference: 260008ZU

Responsibilities

• Able to Deploy and Troubleshoot technologies without supervision.
• Able to Train Junior members in the team.
• Review Network standards and recommend new hardware standards on Datacenter networking.
• Plan, design, and document ACI architecture and deploy automated templates (with zero touch provisioning) to all locations.
• Configure security zones & VRF’s to control traffic on ACI.
• Develop, implement and deploy ACI, NDO, NDI, Multipod and VXLAN.
• Provide support and troubleshoot technical issues.
• Create and follow ACI implementation plans.
• Participate in next-gen technical project delivery.
• Work with cross‑functional team for solution development, training and knowledge sharing.
• Act as the single point of Technical contact during Technical Escalation Management.
• Practice to make devices & operations more efficient.
• Perform hands‑on tests to validate customer proof‑of‑concept setups, network designs and deployments using new products and features.
• Overall responsibility for expert‑level technical support (Incident, Problem, Critical Changes).
• Take lead in outage calls.
• Own and drive root cause and permanent resolution.
• Perform moderate network changes.
• Able to lead production issues and manage issues with large senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Expert in Datacenter Network with product experience on Cisco ACI.
• Experience working with heterogeneous networks and managing multiple technologies.
• Proficient in DC deployment with VRF, MPLS, VXLAN, Cisco Nexus and routing protocols.
• Expertise on BGP and OSPF routing protocols.
• Strong troubleshooting skills on production issues using tools such as Splunk, Netflow, and network log debugging.
• Good to moderate knowledge on IP networking (CCNA/CCNP), routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP) and switching (VLAN, Trunking, Dot1x, STP).
• Experience in planning and designing or operating service provider or large enterprise WAN/LAN networks.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and client relationship management.
• Strong attitude, good listener and adapter; motivated and proactive.
• Scripting knowledge using Python or Ansible.
• Relevant experience: 10‑15 years.

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