Network Operations Associate

Media.net; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Media.net in Mumbai seeks a network engineer to plan, design, implement and support LAN, WAN and firewall infrastructure in production environments.

The role requires 2–5 years of experience with CCNA/CCNP/JNCIA, and hands-on work with HP/Juniper/Cisco devices and open source monitoring tools. The candidate should be comfortable with weekend shifts and collaborating with admin and monitoring teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS or IS.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in enterprise/data center environments.
• Certifications: JNCIA, CCNA, CCNP are preferred.
• Experience with ISP circuit troubleshooting and VPNs.
• Familiarity with routing, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, VTP, STP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, implement and support LAN, WAN and firewall infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and provide 24x7 technical and developer support via email/chat.
• Interact with systems administration and monitoring teams.
• Manage WAN links from multiple providers and ISP connections.
• Configure routers, switches and firewall devices (HP, Juniper, Cisco Nexus, SonicWall, Palo Alto).
• Utilize open source monitoring tools (LibreNMS, Nagios, Cacti, Rancid) for management.
• Document network designs and maintain office wireless networks (HP/Aruba).
• Handle large LAN deployments (2000+ endpoints) and shift work including weekends.

Skills

Troubleshooting

LAN/WAN design

24x7 support

Education

Bachelors in Engineering/CS/IS

Tools

HP switches

Juniper devices

Cisco Nexus

SonicWall

Palo Alto

Aruba Wireless

LibreNMS

Nagios

Cacti

Rancid

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Candidates will be responsible for planning, design, implementation and support of LAN, WAN and firewalls in business-critical production environments
• Works independently in trouble- shooting and providing technical and developer support for products / solutions via email, chat, etc. in 24*7 environment
• Typically interact with systems administration teams or the monitoring team
• Trouble shoots and maintains the WAN network consisting of multiple WAN links from different service providers connecting to ISPs
• Ensure all incidents are responded to in a timely manner to avoid business impact
• Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of routers and switches (HP, Juniper, Cisco Nexus), Firewalls devices including Sonicwall, Juniper SRX, PFSense, Strongswam and Palo Alto
• Ability to manage open source tools used for Network monitoring and management like LibreNMS, Cacti, Rancid, etc.
• Design, implement and manage the LAN, WAN setup for Media.net
• Ensure all network design documentation is updated in the systems
• Setup, manage and maintain Wireless networks for offices using HP, Aruba Wireless products
• Manage a large LAN deployment with more than 2000 end points

Requirements:

• Candidates must have a bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems
• Years of Experience: 2 to 5 years
• Certification in JNCIA, CCNA, CCNP
• Worked in either Enterprise or Data center environments
• Experience with Circuit Troubleshooting and working with ISP
• Experience with Configuring and Troubleshooting Firewalls and VPNs
• Experience with Configuring and Troubleshooting Routing, BGP, OSPF
• Experience with Configuring and Troubleshooting Switching VLANs, VTP, STP, HSRP, VRRP, QoS
• Exposure to open source network monitoring tools like: Nfsen, Nagios, cacti will be an added benefit
• Exposure to basic shell scripting and python for building internal tools will be an added benefit
• Fundamental understanding of Windows and Linux networking stack is a must. Willing to work in rotational shifts even on weekends.