Lead Systems Engineer - Network Security & Proxy Services

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre in Chennai seeks a Lead Systems Engineer to drive the design, deployment and lifecycle management of global network security and proxy services. You will lead migrations, upgrades, and production deployments while ensuring secure, reliable delivery of critical network services.

You will mentor engineers, create HLDs/LLDs, and collaborate with service teams to meet security requirements and operational targets.

Qualifications

• Hands-on network engineering experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to work in EMEA hours (Paris Time Zone).

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, deployment, and operational support of global network security solutions.
• Own lifecycle management of network security, proxy, and load balancing platforms.
• Mentor and train engineers to strengthen team capability and technical expertise.
• Develop High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and migration plans.
• Collaborate with business and service teams to deliver secure connectivity solutions.

Skills

Network engineering

Technical leadership

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Incident management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Load balancers

Proxy services

Firewalls

Network monitoring

Job description

Lead Systems Engineer - Network Security & Proxy Services

We are seeking an experienced Lead Systems Engineer to lead the implementation, support, and lifecycle management of global network security and proxy platforms. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, drive operational excellence, mentor team members, and ensure the secure, reliable delivery of critical network services. Experience in network design, web hosting infrastructure, and large-scale enterprise environments is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, deployment, and operational support of global network security solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for complex network migrations, upgrades, installations, and production deployments.
• Own the lifecycle management of network security, proxy, and load balancing platforms.
• Document recurring issues, root causes, solutions, and operational procedures.
• Mentor and train engineers to strengthen team capability and technical expertise.
• Develop and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), migration plans, test plans, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ensure compliance with production standards, operational acceptance testing, and security requirements.
• Drive continuous service improvement through process optimization and enhanced user experience.
• Collaborate closely with business and service teams to gather requirements and deliver secure connectivity solutions.
• Participate in and lead outage calls, incident resolution, and problem management activities.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Manage and support enterprise load balancers, proxy services, firewalls, and related network security technologies.
• Lead and participate in projects focused on improving service visibility, availability, and security.
• Perform health checks, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and remediation for production incidents.
• Implement user web-browsing and connectivity requirements while ensuring compliance with security policies.
• Support operational activities, maintenance windows, patching, upgrades, and configuration changes.
• Coordinate project delivery and ensure adherence to change management processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated hands‑on network engineering experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to work in EMEA hours (Paris Time Zone).

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

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