Network Engineer

Pellera Technologies; India; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech solutions company is seeking a Network Engineer responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining network hardware and software. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in network engineering in large enterprise environments and strong knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively are essential. Join us in creating innovative solutions and providing top-notch support to our customers!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of network engineering experience in large environments.
• CCNP Enterprise Infrastructure certification is required.
• Experience with Cisco technologies and network security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain network architectures.
• Provide technical support to customers and internal teams.
• Anticipate potential issues with network infrastructure.

Skills

Routing/Switching (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF)

Network Security (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto)

Fluent English communication

Technical analysis and problem-solving

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

ITSM foundation training

Tools

Cisco Networking Tools (Wireshark, Solarwinds)

Network Management Systems

Job description

The Network Engineer is responsible for design, provision, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This person is expected to be a subject matter expert managing converged network technologies. Will also input to network architecture to ensure appropriate technology strategy to meet business requirements. This individual should be a highly qualified network with up-to-date hands-on skills. In addition, the ability to interact with distributed engineers, customers, and all levels of senior executive staff.

General Accountabilities

• Anticipates potential problems associated with network infrastructure or service level trends.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities, communicating changes in scope and schedule to all parties concerned.
• Creating network architectures and designs, including architectural standards and principles, general design documentation, bills of material, and configurations.
• Assisting business analysts in resolving reported customer issues.
• Creating and maintaining system documentation and infrastructure drawings.
• Review system logs assuring optimal performance.
• The incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as apparent or assigned.
• Engineering, configuration, installation, maintenance and upgrade the network, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), Wireless LAN (WLAN), software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), Security Solutions.
• Providing technical support to various customers and departments/users.
• Reviewing anomalies that are broad and potentially service impacting.
• Researching, evaluating and recommending hardware and software solutions.
• Acting as an escalation point for network related customer issues from Customer Service Center.
• Planning of implementation activities prior to the installation of network.
• Familiarity with networking tools (ping, trace, tracemon, NetMon, Wireshark, Solarwinds, etc.)
• Knowledge of WLAN Controllers (WLCs), Cisco ISE, IPsec VPNs, Cisco ASR and ISR routers, Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches and Cisco SD-WAN.
• Proficiency in routing/switching: preferably BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, DMVPN, MPLS, VLANs, STP, VTP, IOS, IOS-XE and NX-OS.
• Proficiency in security/firewalls: Cisco ASA/Firepower/FMC/FTD, Palo Alto and Fortinet experience required; experience with and Sonicwall preferred.
• Strong understanding of server and network virtualization technologies, including ESX standard and distributed switches, ASA virtual contexts, VRFs, VPCs, and VDCs.
• Granular knowledge of TCP/IP, SNMP, Netflow, and network management.
• Implementing and supporting network security solutions in accordance with best practices and company policies.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• ITSM foundation training required.

Experience

• 5+ years network engineering experience in large Enterprise environments or MSP
• MSP and consulting experience highly preferred.
• CCNP Enterprise Infrastructure (Routing & Switching) certification.
• CCNP Security certification preferred.
• Fortinet NSE 4 / Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) certification preferred.
• Other professional level certification is a plus.
• Experience with Cisco routing and switching technologies is required; Nexus experience preferred.
• Experience with Cisco Anyconnect / Secure Client, Cisco Catalyst Center, DMVPN, Palo Alto Firewalls, MPLS, Solarwinds, Infoblox, Zscaler, Splunk, Cisco ISE, F5 Balancers is highly preferred.
• Cisco configuration and troubleshooting skills across multiple platforms including Cisco Wireless, Firewall ASA/FTD, FMC &CDO, Firepower, Routing and Switching (medium to expert level), Cisco ISE, Site to Site VPNs, Cisco SD-WAN is highly preferred.

Professional Skills

• Fluent English language skills required: verbal and written communication.
• Self-motivated and disciplined.
• Strong investigative and analysis skills.
• Strong technical and process design and implementation skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills along with the ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.
• Strong customer focused and ability to manage customer expectations.