Practice Lead - Networking

Power Bridge; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employee and fam

Long-term savings plan with employer-m

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Power Bridge in Bengaluru is seeking a senior Network & Security Engineer to own end-to-end delivery of network and security implementations. You will lead a team of L1/L2 engineers, stay hands-on in complex customer engagements, and guide design discussions from HLD to LLD.

Expertise with Cisco, Fortigate, Palo Alto, and Aruba/ Meraki is essential. You will also drive automation, participate in workshops, and ensure successful handovers from presales.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years hands-on networking and security implementation experience.
• Proven experience leading a team of network engineers in multi-customer delivery environments.
• Strong hands-on with firewall platforms: Cisco, Fortigate, Palo Alto.
• Expertise in switching and Wi-Fi: HP Aruba and Cisco Meraki (Catalyst, SF/SG).
• NAC implementation experience with Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE.
• Security solutions experience with Cisco Umbrella and MFA.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of network and security implementations.
• Lead a team of L1 and L2 network engineers and scale the practice.
• Remain hands-on in complex customer engagements and escalations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Design and review LLDs from HLDs within 5 days of workshops.
• Coordinate handovers from presales/solution-architect teams.
• Plan resources across concurrent projects and manage site readiness.
• Drive on-site workshops and design conversations as senior contact.
• Build automation scripts and templates to scale deployments (e.g., 50-switch rollouts).
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and obtain formal signoff on scope.

Skills

Team leadership

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

Mentoring L1/L2 engineers

Design discussions

Tools

Cisco

Fortigate

Palo Alto

HP Aruba

Cisco Meraki

Catalyst/SF-SG

Cisco ISE

HP Aruba ClearPass

Cisco Umbrella

Job description

• Own end-to-end delivery of all network and security implementations across the practice
• Lead a team of L1 and L2 network engineers and grow the team as the practice scales
• Remain hands‑on in complex customer engagements, leading advanced implementations, troubleshooting, and technical escalations
• Provide technical leadership to L1 and L2 engineers by mentoring, reviewing solutions, and supporting them on challenging issues
• Design and review Low‑Level Designs (LLDs) from solution‑architect HLDs, typically within 5 working days of customer workshops
• Take handover from the presales / solution‑architect team during internal and external project kickoffs
• Plan resources across multiple concurrent customer projects, sequencing work around customer readiness (cabling, terminations, site access)
• Drive on‑site customer workshops, planning sessions, and design conversations as the senior point of contact
• Build automation — scripts, templated configurations, deployment playbooks — to scale repeatable deployments (e.g. 50-switch rollouts)
• Conduct post‑implementation customer reviews and obtain formal signoff on delivered scope

Requirements

• 8–10 years of hands‑on networking and security implementation experience
• Proven experience leading a team of network engineers in a multi‑customer delivery environment (System Integrator, OEM, or Distributor background)
• Strong hands‑on with firewall platforms: Cisco, Fortigate, and Palo Alto
• Expertise in switching and Wi‑Fi: HP Aruba and Cisco (Meraki, Catalyst, SF/SG)
• NAC implementation experience with HP Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE
• Security solutions experience with Cisco Umbrella and multi‑factor authentication
• Strong LLD design discipline and ability to drive design conversations with customers

Good‑to‑Have

• Experience with Wi‑Fi active heat‑map surveys and remediation
• Scripting / automation for repeatable network deployments
• Background from comparable system integrators (Frontier, Team Computers, SOIH, etc.)
• Health insurance coverage for self, spouse and kids.
• Long‑term benefit savings plan with employer matching contributions
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement within the organization