Sr. Network Engineer

Important Information

• Location: India
• Experience: 5+ years
• Job Mode: Full-time
• Work Mode: Work from home, On-site, or Hybrid

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership and Mentorship:

  • Evaluate the current network environment and focus on process improvements.
  • Work with vendor support teams and assist with overall network strategy.
  • Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment, encouraging knowledge sharing and innovation.
  • Provide expert assistance to other IT department members and act as an escalation point for IT issues.
  • Demonstrate professionalism, including the ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
  • Show strong leadership skills and the ability to step in and take charge.
  • Proactively investigate and evaluate new products or technologies that may benefit the company.
  • Implement and maintain network security protocols, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.

• Collaboration and Coordination:

  • Collaborate with diverse teams, both internal IT and engineering teams, and teams supporting custom customer-facing applications.
  • Participate in cross-functional meetings, contributing technical expertise and strategic insights.

• Hands-On Network Management:

  • Apply a thorough understanding of the OSI 7-layer model and troubleshoot throughout the entire stack, including VLANs, firewalls, load balancers, switches, routers, and other network equipment.
  • Possess in-depth working knowledge of enterprise-level network equipment from vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet, Palo Alto, F5, and Infoblox.
  • Understand anti-malware and cybersecurity concepts, including intrusion detection and prevention.
  • Monitor network traffic for signs of security breaches and take appropriate action to mitigate threats.
  • Have a strong understanding of Azure, GCP, and other cloud environments.
  • Perform hands-on network management tasks, including configuration changes, monitoring, and optimization.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, ensuring minimal disruption to services.
  • Understand scalability constraints and design constraints required.
  • Possess working knowledge of scripting languages to monitor system performance of data center infrastructure/environment.

Qualifications and Skills

• Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant network engineering experience.
  • Strong expertise in TCP, IPv4/6, and dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • Passionate about leveraging software innovations to automate network management, improve network observability, and remediate problems.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, deep technical ability, and a portfolio of successful execution.
  • Open-minded to discussing various technical approaches and driving consensus among stakeholders.
  • A relentless desire to build each network better than the last, treating networking, operational efficiency, and automation as sciences with room for artful breakthroughs.
  • Proficiency in one or more scripting or automation languages such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python, with 2+ years of experience in any is highly desirable.
  • Previous experience at large enterprise or service-provider networks, responsible for design and architecture of IP networks.
  • Knowledge of Linux and experience troubleshooting the life of a packet from client to server and all possible intermediate nodes.
  • Knowledge about distributed systems such as software load balancers, DNS, VM/container networking (e.g., VIPs, IP tunnels, VXLANs), etc.
  • Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), or/and Network operating systems.
  • Experience with cloud networking in Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform environments.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., CCNP, CCIE) are a plus.

Technical Skills (Preferred)

• Strong understanding of anti-malware and cybersecurity concepts.
• In-depth working knowledge of enterprise-level network equipment (Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet, Palo Alto, F5, Infoblox).
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages for system performance monitoring (e.g., Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Proficiency in network management and optimization in cloud environments (Azure, GCP).

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.