Job Description

Role Purpose(s)

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The Lead Network Engineer is responsible for providing strategic technical leadership in the design, architecture, governance, implementation, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments

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Key Accountabilities

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- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise network solutions across hybrid infrastructure environments.
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- Drive network modernization, technology refresh, and infrastructure transformation initiatives aligned with business objectives.
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- Establish and govern network standards, policies, security controls, and operational best practices.
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- Ensure network availability, performance, scalability, and security across enterprise environments.
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- Provide technical leadership and oversight for complex projects, major incidents, and critical infrastructure changes.
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- Act as the senior technical authority for network engineering, mentoring and developing engineering teams.
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- Collaborate with cloud, security, systems, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated technology solutions.
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- Support organizational compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements through appropriate network governance and controls.
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Job Responsibilities & Duties

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- Flexible to accommodate Canada/US business hours (UTC-3 / UTC-4), operating between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM local time (4:30 PM to 1:30 AM IST) during specific days each week.
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- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability.
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- Manage and oversee network-related projects, including planning, execution, resource coordination, risk management, and technical governance.
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- Establish, maintain, and enforce network standards, policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
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- Provide expert-level technical leadership for complex troubleshooting, major incident management, root cause analysis, and infrastructure problem resolution.
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- Drive network capacity planning, performance monitoring, technology refresh, and continuous improvement initiatives to support business growth and operational excellence.
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- Lead network security initiatives, including security assessments, vulnerability remediation, penetration test findings resolution, and implementation of security controls.
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- Review and approve network architecture designs, technical documentation, audit reports, and infrastructure recommendations while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
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- Mentor and guide engineering teams, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and support 24x7 operations, including escalations, standby duties, and project deployments when required.
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Key Job Competencies

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- Required 4-5 key core competencies according to GHR listing above.
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- Results Oriented
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- Manages Complexity
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- Learning Agility
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- Continuous Improvement
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- Stakeholder Engagement
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Education Requirements

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- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
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- Skilled networking certifications are highly desirable.
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- Certifications
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)(Required)

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Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)(Preferred)

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Preferred)

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AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Certification (Preferred)

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Working Experience Requirements

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- Minimum 6–8 years of progressive experience in network engineering, operations, and infrastructure management.
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- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale network architecture, implementation, and transformation projects.
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- Extensive experience managing hybrid network environments comprising on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
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- Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring engineering teams.
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Skills Required

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Must-have skills

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- Enterprise network architecture and design.
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- Routing and switching technologies.
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- Enterprise firewalls and security solutions.
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- VPN technologies (Site-to-Site and Remote Access).
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- Load balancing technologies.
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- Network Access Control (NAC) solutions.
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- Layer 7 traffic management and application delivery.
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- AWS networking services (VPC, Route Tables, Transit Gateway, Network Firewall, etc.).
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- Azure networking services (VNet Peering, Application Gateway, Network Security controls, etc.).
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- High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) design.
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- Network troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
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- Network performance monitoring and optimization.
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- Security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance management.
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Preferable skills

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- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
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- AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Certification.
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- NAC / Aruba ClearPass / FortiNAC administration.
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- Aruba Mobility Controller administration.
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- IEEE 802.1X authentication deployment and management.
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- F5 Load Balancer administration.
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- Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
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- CloudFront and Cloudflare CDN implementation.
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- SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
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- Multi-cloud networking architecture.
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- Fortinet, PaloAlto, Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper Firewalls, Cisco Meraki. Cisco, HP, Dell Switches.
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📌 Lead Network Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Crimsonlogic
📍 Bengaluru