Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Cooperative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description
8+ years of enterprise Network Engineering experience delivering secure, resilient network services across global campus, data center, cloud, and WAN environments. Demonstrable expertise deploying and managing network infrastructure through code using Terraform, Ansible, Python, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and vendor APIs.

Primary functions & responsibilities
- Design, implement, and automate enterprise network infrastructure across global offices, data centers, cloud, and WAN environments.




- Engineer resilient routing, switching, SD-WAN, wireless, and hybrid cloud connectivity using Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Meraki, and Microsoft Azure.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, Python tooling, and API integrations for network and security platforms.
- Build Git-based CI/CD workflows with code review, automated validation, approvals, deployment controls, and rollback capability.
- Design and operate Palo Alto Networks firewalls and secure network architectures incorporating segmentation, micro-segmentation, identity, and network access controls.
- Provide L3 engineering support, lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and improve performance, resiliency, disaster recovery, and operational efficiency.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, HLDs, LLDs, engineering standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with infrastructure,

📌 Senior Network Automation Engineering (Mumbai)
🏢 Ares Operations
📍 Mumbai