Job Summary

Network – SD-WAN Router Management L3 Experience: 9–12 years Location: Hyderabad/Bengaluru Support model: 24x7 rotational support

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities Lead Sev-1/Sev-2 restoration for multi-region SD-WAN, routing, overlay/control-plane, carrier, cloud and application-path failures. Own design and optimisation of underlay/overlay, routing policy, high availability, path selection, segmentation, QoS, internet/MPLS strategy and cloud connectivity. Review and approve HLD/LLD, templates, policy changes, migration plans, BOMs, capacity models, DR/failover tests and rollback strategies. Lead SD-WAN integration with Azure, ExpressRoute/VPN, hub-and-spoke networks, firewalls/SASE, DNS/IPAM and Azure Local environments. Provide technical leadership for Amsterdam/Slough migration, colocation changes and workload cutovers, including route, firewall, DNS, application-port and user-path validation. Establish NRE/SRE controls for availability, latency, loss, jitter, error budgets, failure-domain testing, capacity forecasting and ISP performance management. Define safe automation policy envelopes for failover validation, dynamic traffic steering, drift remediation, carrier workflow initiation and closed-loop recovery. Design end-to-end observability using SD-WAN platforms, SolarWinds, Datadog and ServiceNow ITOM; enable cross-domain correlation with applications, cloud and user experience. Conduct architectural RCA, vendor/OEM escalation, lifecycle planning, technical-debt reduction and service improvement governance. Lead API/IaC automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform and Git controls; mentor L1/L2 and develop reusable engineering standards.

Skill Requirements

Technical skills: Expert BGP/OSPF, VPN, VRF, QoS, application routing, SD-WAN policy and controller architecture; Aruba EdgeConnect/Silver Peak, Cisco SD-WAN/Meraki or equivalent; Azure networking; SASE/security integration; observability; automation and infrastructure-as-code. Preferred certifications:



Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure or CCNP Enterprise; advanced vendor SD-WAN certification; Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate; network automation credential; ITIL Foundation or Managing Professional. Key deliverables and measures: Service availability/SLOs, major-incident performance, design quality, failover assurance, carrier optimisation, automation safety, capacity readiness and incident/toil reduction. Behavioural expectations: Strategic and hands-on technical leadership, decisive incident command, stakeholder influence, risk management and robust architecture documentation.

Must Have Skill

Network LAN/WAN mgmt,Software-Defined Networking Wide Area Network (SD-WAN),Cisco Unified Wireless Networking

Good to Have Skill

Other Requirements

Network – SD-WAN Router Management L3 \\r\\n\\r\\nExperience: 9–12 years \\r\\n\\r\\nLocation: Hyderabad/Bengaluru \\r\\n\\r\\nSupport model: 24x7 rotational support \\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n\\r\\nKey responsibilities \\r\\n\\r\\nLead Sev-1/Sev-2 restoration for multi-region SD-WAN, routing, overlay/control-plane, carrier, cloud and application-path failures. \\r\\n\\r\\nOwn design and optimisation of underlay/overlay, routing policy, high availability, path selection, segmentation, QoS, internet/MPLS strategy and cloud connectivity. \\r\\n\\r\\nReview and approve HLD/LLD, templates, policy changes, migration plans, BOMs, capacity models, DR/failover tests and rollback strategies. \\r\\n\\r\\nLead SD-WAN integration with Azure, ExpressRoute/VPN, hub-and-spoke networks, firewalls/SASE, DNS/IPAM and Azure Local environments.



\\r\\n\\r\\nProvide technical leadership for Amsterdam/Slough migration, colocation changes and workload cutovers, including route, firewall, DNS, application-port and user-path validation. \\r\\n\\r\\nEstablish NRE/SRE controls for availability, latency, loss, jitter, error budgets, failure-domain testing, capacity forecasting and ISP performance management. \\r\\n\\r\\nDefine safe automation policy envelopes for failover validation, dynamic traffic steering, drift remediation, carrier workflow initiation and closed-loop recovery. \\r\\n\\r\\nDesign end-to-end observability using SD-WAN platforms, SolarWinds, Datadog and ServiceNow ITOM; enable cross-domain correlation with applications, cloud and user experience. \\r\\n\\r\\nConduct architectural RCA, vendor/OEM escalation, lifecycle planning, technical-debt reduction and service improvement governance. \\r\\n\\r\\nLead API/IaC automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform and Git controls; mentor L1/L2 and develop reusable engineering standards. \\r\\n\\r\\nTechnical skills: Expert BGP/OSPF, VPN, VRF, QoS, application routing, SD-WAN policy and controller architecture; Aruba EdgeConnect/Silver Peak, Cisco SD-WAN/Meraki or equivalent; Azure networking; SASE/security integration; observability; automation and infrastructure-as-code. \\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n\\r\\nPreferred certifications: Cisco CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure or CCNP Enterprise; advanced vendor SD-WAN certification; Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate; network automation credential; ITIL Foundation or Managing Professional. \\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n\\r\\nKey deliverables and measures: Service availability/SLOs, major-incident performance, design quality, failover assurance, carrier optimisation, automation safety, capacity readiness and incident/toil reduction. \\r\\n\\r\\n \\r\\n\\r\\nBehavioural expectations: Strategic and hands-on technical leadership, decisive incident command, stakeholder influence, risk management and strong architecture documentation.

📌 Track Manager (Support & Operations) (India)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 India