– Senior Network Engineer

Location: Hyderabad / Pune, India

Experience: 8–12+ Years

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer (Core Networking-80%, Network Automation-20%) )to lead the engineering and operational management of a large-scale enterprise network infrastructure. This role is responsible for providing technical leadership, resolving complex network issues, driving automation initiatives, mentoring L2 engineers, and ensuring high availability, security, and performance across the global network workplace.

The ideal candidate is a self-sustained engineer capable of independently managing enterprise network technologies while partnering with architects and infrastructure teams to continuously improve operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Network Engineering & Design

- Provide technical leadership for enterprise network infrastructure.
- Lead troubleshooting of complex network incidents (P1/P2/P3).
- Perform root cause analysis for recurring issues.
- Design and review routing, switching, firewall, and load-balancing solutions.
- Lead network modernization and optimization initiatives.
- Review network architecture and recommend improvements.

Advanced Troubleshooting

Resolve complex issues involving

- Routing (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP)
- Switching
- VLANs
- STP
- MPLS
- SD-WAN
- VPN
- Firewalls
- Wireless
- Load Balancers
- QoS
- High Availability technologies

Network Security

- Design and review firewall policies
- Network segmentation
- ACL optimization
- VPN architecture
- Zero Trust initiatives
- NAC integration
- Security hardening
- Compliance remediation

Infrastructure Lifecycle Management

Lead

- Firmware upgrades
- OS upgrades




- Network refresh projects
- Capacity planning
- Performance tuning
- Hardware lifecycle management

Automation

Develop automation using

- Python
- PowerShell
- Ansible
- REST APIs

Automate
- Configuration deployment
- Health checks
- Compliance validation
- Configuration backups
- Network provisioning

Monitoring & Reliability

Implement and optimize

- SolarWinds
- LogicMonitor
- PRTG
- Cisco DNA Center
- Splunk
- Grafana

Drive
- Alert tuning
- Dashboard creation
- Proactive monitoring
- Capacity forecasting

Leadership

- Mentor L2 engineers
- Review technical changes
- Lead Major Incident (MIM) calls
- Review RCAs
- Coordinate vendor escalations
- Participate in on-call rotation

Required Technical Skills

Routing & Switching

- Cisco Catalyst
- Cisco Nexus
- Aruba
- Juniper

Protocols
- BGP
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- HSRP
- VRRP
- STP
- EtherChannel
- VXLAN

Firewalls

- Palo Alto
- Cisco Firepower
- Fortinet
- Check Point

Load Balancers

- F5 BIG-IP
- Citrix ADC (NetScaler)

Wireless

- Cisco Wireless LAN Controller
- Aruba Wireless

SD-WAN

- Cisco SD-WAN
- VMware VeloCloud
- Fortinet SD-WAN

Network Management

- SolarWinds
- LogicMonitor
- Wireshark
- NetFlow
- SNMP

Cloud Networking

- Azure
- VPN Gateway
- ExpressRoute
- Direct Connect

Automation

- Python
- PowerShell
- Ansible
- Git
- REST APIs

Soft Skills

- Strong analytical thinking
- Excellent communication
- Technical leadership
- Mentoring capability
- Stakeholder management
- Ability to work independently
- Strong documentation skills

Preferred Certifications

- Cisco CCNP Enterprise (Required)
- Cisco CCIE Enterprise (Preferred)
- Palo Alto PCNSE
- Fortinet NSE
- F5 Administrator
- ITIL Foundation

📌 Network Engineer (Core+Automation) (Pune)
🏢 GSPANN Technologies
📍 Pune