Senior Network Engineer - APAC & EMEA Sift

Cornerstone OnDemand; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtualization experience

ITIL Certification

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand in Pune, India, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to manage LAN/WAN across on‑prem and cloud, supporting a 24/7 SaaS service. You will coordinate with SRE, Systems Engineering, and Software Development teams to maintain high availability and security.

The role requires CCNA level experience, 5–8 years in network engineering, and strong knowledge of routing, switching and firewall technologies. Pune office-based with APAC/EMEA shift support.

Qualifications

• CCNA level networking experience required.
• 5–8 years in datacentre/network engineering.
• OSPF and BGP routing experience.
• Hands-on with Arista, Cisco, Juniper, Brocade switches/routers.
• CCNP certification preferred.
• Strong security and regulatory knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Manage LAN/WAN infrastructure across on-prem and cloud.
• Configure/maintain routers, switches, load balancers, firewalls.
• Monitor network performance and security.
• Collaborate with SRE, Systems Eng, and Dev teams.
• Document SOPs and network diagrams.

Skills

TCP/IP

IP Addressing

MPLS/VPN

VLANs

Load Balancing

OSPF

BGP

L2/L3 switching

Firewall security

Team leadership

Education

CCNA level experience

CCNP certification preferred

Tools

Cisco

Palo Alto

Juniper

Arista

F5

A10

Brocade

Meraki

SolarWinds

ThousandEyes

Panorama

New Relic

Grafana

LogicMonitor

Job description

Extra dose of awesome if you have…

Virtualization experience a plus.

Senior Network Engineer - APAC & EMEA Sift

Office Based, Pune Office

Senior Network Engineer | Pune | APAC & EMEA Shift

We see this as an exciting opportunity for someone who is proficient at managing all aspects of LAN/WAN network infrastructure including routers, switches, load balancers, and firewalls in both on prem and cloud environments. Reporting to the Associate Director, Network Engineering, this position will work closely with the Site Reliability Operations, Systems Engineering, and Software Development organizations in support of our state-of-the-art 24/7/365 production SaaS service offering. This critical position provides great visibility and individual growth potential for an ambitious IT professional but also requires proven experience with exponential growth on a global scale. You must be able to think creatively and work independently, presenting creative solutions to difficult networking problems

In this role, you will…

• Ideal candidate will have a strong networking background working with multiple vendors including Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, Arista, F5, A10, Brocade, and Meraki.
• Day-to-day operational support of network infrastructure and services maintaining, highly available, high performance data center network infrastructure involving multiple distributed systems in both on premise and cloud environments.
• Specific responsibilities include configuration, administration, upgrade and maintenance of network switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls.
• Troubleshoot technical issues with other technical staff and end-users.
• Monitor and manage network security, traffic, and performance.
• Experience with several Network monitoring and administration tools: SolarWinds, Thousand Eyes, Panorama, New Relic, Grafana and Logic Monitor.
• Maintain Cornerstone’s global SaaS service ensuring all incidents are tracked and remediated, and changes are implemented under the auspices of Cornerstone’s policies and procedures.
• Develop documentation and diagrams supporting Standard Operating Procedure documents.
• Establishment of enterprise data network standards taking into account various in-flight initiatives.
• Managing medium to large scale public and private IP address schemes.
• Work with your team members and peer groups to ensure the security, availability, resiliency, and compliance with industry and regulatory requirements (ISO, SOC 1/2, FedRamp, PCI) in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Thorough understanding of network security aspects, common problems and solutions (ACL, firewall filtering, and VPN).

You’ve Got What It Takes If You Have…

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP protocols, IP Addressing (DHCP, NAT, etc...), MPLS, VPN, VLANs, Load Balancing, and Wireless technologies.
• Proven experience in delivering network services and solutions in a mid-size or larger enterprise.
• CCNA level experience is required; CCNP certification or higher is preferred.
• 5- 8 years of network engineering in a datacentre environment.
• Experience with network change management control tools and policies.
• In-depth knowledge of OSPF and BGP routing protocols. L2/L3 switching on enterprise class hardware, including Arista, Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches and routers.
• Hands-on experience securing network environments with Palo Alto and Juniper Firewalls.
• F5 and A10 load balancers configuration and design principals.
• Must have extensive experience building scalable, highly available, mission critical network infrastructures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Team Leader, Team player, Dependable and Flexible.
• Deep analytical, interpersonal, organizational, communication & problem-solving skills.
• Security compliance experience as it relates to the network.
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Consideration for privacy and security obligations.

Extra dose of awesome if you have…

• Virtualization experience a plus.
• ITIL Certification a plus.

Our Culture

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Who We Are

At Cornerstone, we believe in AI that works in the service of people, amplifying their judgment to drive high-performing, future-ready organizations forward. Cornerstone Workforce AI™, the intelligence platform for workforce readiness, brings together workforce and labor market data into a proprietary Cornerstone People Graph™, translating signals into intelligence, targeting learning where it matters, developing critical skills, and surfacing hidden talent. Delivered as an open, enterprise platform across whatever application your people work in every day, Cornerstone Workforce AI is built for scale, security, and trust, with certified AI guardrails. As an industry leader, Cornerstone is helping approximately 7,000 organizations, 140M+ users, across 186 countries build continuous workforce readiness.