Key Responsibilities:

- Gather and analyze business and technical requirements by working closely with internal stakeholders.
- Create and own High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents for core and broadband services.
- Present design proposals and drive technical sign-offs from stakeholders.
- Own hardware and software selection, perform bug scrubs, and assess security vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with testing and implementation teams to review test plans, defects, reports, MoPs, and change tickets.
- Support vendor selection by contributing technical inputs to RFPs and conducting technical evaluations and PoC testing.
- Influence network feature roadmaps by working with strategic vendors on release planning and budget inputs.
- Drive platform enhancements, automation initiatives, and DevOps-aligned solutions to enable build-once, deploy-multiple strategies.

Must-Have Skills:





- Strong expertise in IP networking and routing technologies: MPLS, LDP, IS-IS, BGP, ACLs, QoS.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS-XR platforms such as ASR 9000 and NCS 5000 series.
- Solid background in service provider networks covering routing, switching, and security.
- Excellent communication skills for risk articulation, stakeholder sign-offs, escalation management, and weekly status reporting.
- CCNP Service Provider certification.

Valuable-to-Have Skills:

- Experience with OpenConfig and vendor-specific NETCONF-YANG models, JSON, and XML for network automation.
- Working knowledge of Python, Ansible, and configuration management using Git.
- Exposure to ISP subscriber technologies such as Nokia SROS, BNG, IPoE, PPPoE.

📌 Network Design Engineer – Core/Broadband (India)
🏢 Tata Elxsi
📍 India