05 Nov
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S&P Global
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Noida
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About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
10
About the Role: Senior Network Engineer
The Team: Global Network Services is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team. You will design, automate, and operate the DNS, edge delivery, and application delivery services that keep S&P; Global's platforms quick, secure, and available. We value continuous learning, excellence, and a proactive mindset.
Responsibilities and Impact
DDI, Edge Security, and Application Delivery
- Own the architecture and operation of enterprise DDI services, including Infoblox (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) and cloud DNS (AWS Route 53, Azure DNS/Private DNS, Google Cloud DNS), with hybrid DNS resolution across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
- Integrate IPAM/DDI with the CMDB to keep IP, host, and network records accurate and in sync, using discovery data and API-driven reconciliation to detect and correct drift.
- Design and operate DNS security controls, including DNSSEC, DNS firewall (e.g., Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense), protection against DNS attacks
- Design and manage CDN, WAF, bot management, and DDoS protection using Akamai and Cloudflare, including rule tuning, policy management, and traffic analysis.
- Design and operate load balancing and traffic management, including F5, cloud-native load balancers (AWS ELB/ALB, Azure Application Gateway, GCP Load Balancing), and global server load balancing.
Automation and Infrastructure as Code
- Write,
test, and maintain Terraform modules to provision DNS, edge, and load balancing services across AWS, Azure, and GCP, setting shared-module patterns.
- Build Python tooling and API integrations (e.g., Infoblox WAPI, Akamai ,Cloudflare APIs) to remove repetitive manual tasks and improve consistency.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for changes, including automated validation, pre-deployment testing, and policy checks.
- Develop automated configuration and compliance checks to catch deviations from approved standards (e.g., DNS records, WAF policies, IPAM allocations) early.
- Follow good engineering practice in shared repositories: version control, peer review, modular code, and clear documentation.
Collaboration and Continuous Improvement
- Serve as subject matter expert and third-line escalation point for complex incidents, leading root cause analysis.
- Collaborate with application, product, engineering, and security teams to deliver changes meeting enterprise standards and compliance requirements.
- Plan and execute approved changes within agreed maintenance windows, with documented back-out steps, and join out-of-hours change windows as required.
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation, automation runbooks,
and standard operating procedures.
- Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and identify ways to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and raise standards.
What We're Looking For
Basic Required Qualifications
- 5+ years' experience in network or infrastructure engineering supporting hybrid, multi-cloud environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Infoblox DDI, including DNS architecture, DHCP, and IPAM design and operations.
- Hands-on experience with DNS in Infoblox and at least two cloud DNS providers: AWS Route 53, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS.
- Strong experience with Akamai and/or Cloudflare, including CDN, WAF, bot mitigation, and DDoS protection.
- Hands-on experience with load balancers (e.g., F5, NGINX, AWS ELB/ALB, Akamai GTM).
- Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, including module design and Git-based version control.
- Proficiency in Python for automation and API integration, following software development best practices (testing, code review).
- Solid understanding of core networking, DNS, and HTTP protocols, able to read configuration as code and assess a change's impact before deploying it.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Experience querying observability and logging platforms (e.g., Splunk, Grafana , Google Secops etc) to analyze DNS, C
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