Network Engineer

Airtel; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel in Pune seeks a seasoned network engineer to plan and execute IT infrastructure solutions, enhancing current network performance and collaborating with architects to optimize the system.

The role covers routing, switching, firewall administration, SD-WAN, data center and cloud networking, with remote support during installations. Experience with Cisco/Juniper/Nexus and Meraki is required.

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on experience with enterprise networking hardware and architectures.
• Strong understanding of routing, switching, security concepts and modern cloud networking.
• Experience with WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, data centers and cloud connectivity is essential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute new solutions and increase the flexibility of the present background of IT infrastructure
• Troubleshoot network issues and outages, upgrade and optimize with network architects
• Investigate data network failures in LAN and WAN environments
• Safeguard networks by creating and applying policies and monitoring access
• Administer firewall settings in line with IT security strategy
• Report network operational rank by collecting data across projects
• Upgrade data network devices to newer platforms
• Configure routing, switching, hosted IP voice, and firewalls in on-prem and cloud environments
• Provide remote support to field engineers and customers during installation
• Deliver remote resolution and problem solving during early installation
• Capacity management and audit of IP network structures and hosted equipment
• Coordinate with project management and engineers regularly

Skills

L3 Network Experience

Cisco/Juniper/Nexus

Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP)

SD-WAN

Firewall Administration

LAN/WAN/Datacentre

Cloud Networking

Linux CLI

VPN/IPSec

Job description

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute new solutions and increase the flexibility of the present background of IT infrastructure
• Get the most out of network routine performance by set assessment, troubleshoot the network issues and outages, setting up upgrades and cooperating with network architects on its optimization
• Undertake investigations of data network failure in LAN and WAN surroundings through multiple sources
• Safeguard the network systems by creating and applying policies, along with monitoring access
• Administer firewall settings in line with IT security strategy
• Report network operational rank by collecting data through various projects
• Upgrade data network devices to the new stable platform
• Configure routing and switching tools, hosted IP voice services and firewalls in on-prem and cloud based environments
• Provide remote support to field engineers and customers during installation
• Deliver remote resolution and problem finding if issues occur upon early installation procedure
• Capacity management and audit of IP network structure and hosted equipment within the IT infrastructure
• Communicate with project management teams, concerned engineers and service engineers routinely

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on L3 level experience on Network Hardwares of OEMs like Cisco/Juniper/Fortinet/Palo Alto
• Experience in routing protocols, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
• Extensive support of Routing Protocols/Technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS VPN, Multicast.
• Good understanding and knowledge of Network and Security.
• Experience in managing LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Datacentre, and Cloud Networks as well as Site-to-Site VPN connectivity.
• Load Balancers: Troubleshoot hardware and software operation. Strong knowledge of all data flow through the load balancer.
• Strong practical knowledge of network concepts including DNS, DHCP, VPN, network protocols, port configuration, link aggregation, spanning tree optimization, and performance tuning.
• Security Fundamentals: Should be able to understand / Explain concepts (NAT, ACL, Access Groups, IPsec, AAA) & have working knowledge and be able to troubleshoot network Protocols.
• Knowledge of Meraki Wireless and wired environments and technologies
• Experience with Cisco Nexus technologies.
• Experience with latest SDWAN technologies (Meraki/Velo Cloud etc) would be an added benefit
• Good understanding of SASE/CASB and Zero trust networks are required.
• A good understanding and experience on Cloud networking(VPC’s, Cloud gateways, NGFW’s etc) are required
• Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix command line.
• Knowledge of various NW management tools used in enterprise networks.
• Proficiency in Handling Network related issues regarding cisco, firewall, endpoint, etc.R