Senior Network Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to manage, support, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across the organization. This role acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for network operations, ensuring high availability, security, performance, and SLA compliance while working closely with internal teams, vendors, and service providers.

Key Responsibilities

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Act as SME for Network Infrastructure, providing technical guidance and mentoring junior engineers

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Manage day-to-day enterprise network operations (BAU) including incident resolution and troubleshooting

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Configure, manage, and support routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and network monitoring systems

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Add, maintain, and decommission network devices as required

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Monitor network health, availability, and performance proactively

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Manage configuration files, backups, version control, and recovery

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Perform network troubleshooting across multi-vendor environments

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Plan and execute patching, firmware upgrades, rollouts, and releases

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Conduct capacity planning, performance testing, stress testing, and growth analysis

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Maintain accurate network inventories, topology diagrams, and technical documentation

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Work with vendors, telcos, and service providers to meet SLAs and resolve issues

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Support Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) exercises

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Ensure compliance with operational processes, standards, and regulatory requirements

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Identify risks, emerging threats, and recommend mitigation strategies

Required Skills & Experience

Core Network Operations

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Enterprise Network Operations & Support – 5+ years

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Strong experience in SLA-driven environments

Routing & Switching

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Cisco and/or Huawei routing & switching – 5+ years

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Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing protocols, subnetting, DNS, DHCP

Network Security

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Hands-on experience with firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco) – 3–5+ years

Load Balancing & Traffic Management

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Experience with F5, VMware NSX-T, or Avi load balancers – 3–5+ years

Monitoring & Configuration Management

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Network monitoring & alerting tools – 3–5+ years

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Configuration, backup, and recovery management – 3–5+ years

Infrastructure & Lifecycle Management

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Network device lifecycle management – 5+ years

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Capacity planning and performance testing – 3–5+ years

Operations & Collaboration

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Vendor and service provider management – 3–5+ years

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DR & BCP participation – 3–5+ years

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Strong stakeholder and cross-team collaboration skills – 5+ years

Leadership

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SME / Technical leadership experience – 2–3+ years

Nice to Have

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Experience in regulated or large enterprise environments

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Exposure to cloud networking (AWS / Azure)

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Automation or scripting experience (Shell, Python)