Senior Network Site Reliability Engineer

NVIDIA; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA invites a Senior Network Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our Enterprise Network Operations and SRE team in Maharashtra, India. You will own the reliability of the network infrastructure, lead incident response, and drive network automation and observability to maximize user happiness and performance.

You will collaborate with architecture and deployment teams, develop knowledge articles, and push for operational excellence through postmortems, RCAs, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Educational background as stated: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 10 years in network operations, automation, and SRE with enterprise and data center networking exposure.
• Strong fundamentals in TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, VPN, L2 switching, firewalls, load balancers, and data center networking.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Nautobot/Netbox, BigPanda.
• Proficiency in network automation using Salt, Ansible, Python, or similar.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow, Jira and ITIL concepts; Linux system administration.

Responsibilities

• Owning the operational aspect of the network infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability; handling incidents and service requests.
• Partnering with architecture and deployment teams to ensure new implementations are supportable and production-aligned.
• Advocating for automation to reduce toil and improve efficiency; driving toward defined SLOs.
• Monitoring network performance; identifying improvements and coordinating refinements with relevant teams.
• Collaborating with domain experts to resolve production issues quickly and maximize customer satisfaction.
• Conducting blameless postmortems and performing RCAs to drive lasting improvements.
• Identifying opportunities for operational improvements and collaborating to implement solutions.
• Developing knowledge base articles for automation and bots.

Skills

Network fundamentals

SRE/Network operations

Automation

Observability

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Communication & ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Alert Manager

Nautobot/Netbox

BigPanda

ServiceNow

Jira

Linux

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Network Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our Enterprise Network Operations and SRE team. In this role, you will be pivotal in implementing our vision for a reliable and efficient network infrastructure.

The ideal candidate is passionate about network operations and committed to enhancing the user experience. You'll have the opportunity to solve complex network challenges using hands‑on debugging and by focusing on network automation, observability, documentation, and operational excellence. This is a critical position focused on ensuring user satisfaction and brilliance in network operations.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Owning the operational aspect of the network infrastructure, ensuring its high availability and reliability, actively working on network incidents and service requests.
• Partnering with architecture and deployment teams to guarantee that new implementations are supportable and align with production standards.
• Advocating for and implementing automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency. Minimizing manual operational tasks to achieve and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Monitoring network performance, identifying areas for improvement, and collaborating with relevant teams to implement refinements. Proactively identifying and mitigating network risks to promote continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with domain experts across functions to resolve production issues swiftly and effectively, ensuring customer happiness.
• Conducting blameless postmortems and following through on Root Cause Analyses (RCAs).
• Discovering opportunities for operational improvements and teaming up with colleagues to devise solutions that enhance excellence and sustainability in network operations.
• Developing knowledge base articles for automation and bots.

What We Need To See

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Work Background: A minimum of 10 years of industry practice in network operations or related fields concentrating on support, automation & site reliability engineering. Familiarity with both enterprise and the data center networks is critical.
• Strong proficiency in network fundamentals & fixing complex network issues with expertise in network tech like TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, VPN, L2 switching, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Data Center Network technologies, Wireless etc. Consistent track record in network operations.
• Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with network management tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Nautobot/Netbox, BigPanda.
• Network Automation: Experience in automating networks using frameworks such as Salt, Ansible, Python or similar.
• Process & Service Tooling: Skills with ServiceNow, Jira & foundational knowledge of ITIL framework.
• System Administration: Knowledge of Linux system fundamentals.
• Problem‑Solving and Communication: Detailed problem‑solving approach, critical thinking, coupled with good interpersonal skills and a solid grasp of ownership and drive.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Support Automation: Track record of taking operational signals through means such as SNMP, Syslog, Streaming Telemetry to solve operational challenges.
• Platform Exposure: Experience with Mellanox/Cumulus Linux, Cisco/Arista, Palo Alto firewalls, Versa SDWAN, Netscalers and F5 load balancers.
• Technical Proficiency in Programming and Scripting: Competence in Python, Go, or related programming languages. Skilled in constructing intricate systems to supervise and regulate network operations, surpassing elementary script development.
• Network Technologies: Proficient knowledge of one or more of the following technologies: VXLAN/EVPN at Scale, MPLS, RSVP, Segment Routing, SDWAN, SASE Platforms.