Network Engineer

Snc-Lavalin; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Career Progression

Leave: 20 days Privilege Leave

Leave: 13 days Emergency Leave

14 public holidays

Job summary

Linxon is seeking a Network Engineer in Chennai with 3–5 years of enterprise networking experience. You will implement, monitor, troubleshoot, and support across branch offices, data centers, and cloud environments, focusing on Cisco switches/routers/firewalls and Cisco Meraki solutions.

The role involves configuring VLANs, VPNs, DNS, and SD-WAN, as well as collaborating on ITSM processes and network maintenance.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in enterprise networking.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco Switches, Routers and Firewalls.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki Dashboard (MX, MS, MR).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, Routing, Switching and basic Azure networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless infrastructure.
• Manage Cisco Meraki MX, MS, MR devices and Meraki Dashboard.
• Configure VLANs, STP, OSPF, BGP (basic), ACLs, NAT, DHCP, DNS.
• Support LAN/WAN, Internet, VPN, and SD-WAN connectivity.
• Configure Site-to-Site and Remote Access VPN; monitor network performance.
• Maintain firewall policies, network segmentation and DMZ environments.
• Support Azure networking components and VPN connectivity.
• Perform firmware upgrades, patch management, and documentation.

Skills

Cisco networking

Meraki

TCP/IP & routing

VPN & SD-WAN

Network monitoring

ITIL

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Azure networking

ServiceNow

Remedy/Jira

Job description

Job Description Join Us! We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

What will you do?

We are looking for a skilled Network Engineer with around 3 to 5 years of experience in enterprise networking. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies and Cisco Meraki solutions. The engineer will be responsible for implementing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and supporting enterprise network infrastructure across branch offices, data centers, and cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless infrastructure.
• Manage and support Cisco Meraki MX Security Appliances, MS Switches, MR Access Points, and the Meraki Dashboard.
• Configure VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, OSPF, BGP (basic), ACLs, NAT, DHCP, and DNS.
• Support LAN, WAN, Internet, VPN, and SD-WAN connectivity.
• Configure and troubleshoot Site-to-Site VPN and Remote Access VPN.
• Configure and maintain web proxy & DLP Implement and maintain firewall policies, network segmentation, and DMZ environments.
• Monitor network performance and proactively resolve incidents.
• Support Azure networking components, including Virtual Networks, VPN connectivity, and routing.
• Perform firmware upgrades, patch management, and network maintenance activities.
• Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, and standard operating procedures periodically.
• Handle incidents, problems, and change management activities using ITSM tools such as ServiceNow.
• Participate in root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Support network monitoring tools and assist in capacity planning.
• Provide technical support during project implementations and migrations.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in enterprise networking.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Switches, Routers, and Firewalls.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki Dashboard, MX, MS, and MR platforms.
• Good understanding of TCP/IP, Routing, Switching.
• Experience with wireless networking and troubleshooting.
• Basic knowledge of Azure networking concepts.
• Familiarity with network security is best practice and firewall policy management.
• Experience working with ITIL processes and ITSM tools (ServiceNow, Remedy, or Jira Service Management).
• Exposure to SD-WAN technologies is an advantage.
• Good communication and troubleshooting skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

What we offer:

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year.
• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.

At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects. As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

GETS Chennai, India

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular