Senior Network Engineer

Summary

Join Protera Technologies as a Senior Network Engineer and work remotely from India. This role requires 7+ years of network administration, engineering, and design experience in an international enterprise environment. You will be responsible for designing and implementing network solutions, collaborating with a team, and providing leadership to junior engineers. The position demands expertise in Cisco technologies, Palo Alto firewalls, and SD-WAN. Protera offers comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, gratuity, PF, EPS, bonuses, shift allowances, health and wellness allowances, and learning and development allowances.

Requirements

• 7 years or more of network administration, engineering, and design experience in an international enterprise environment
• Experience with Cisco routing, switching, wireless, and authentication (IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS, Cisco wireless controller, and ISE central authentication)
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls, SSL VPN, and next-generation firewalls
• SD-WAN experience
• Experience as a team lead
• Visio/technical drawing experience
• Experience working with change management processes
• Strong English communication skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge of Layer 2 technologies (VLAN, TRUNK, DOT1Q, ARP, Collision domain, cam table/mac address table, MAC address, L2 switching, VLAN ACL / Private VLAN, DHCP Snooping, Port aggregation (LACP/PaGP), Multi-chassis Port aggregation (VSS/MC-LAG/vPC), PortFast, Spanning-tree protocol, Multicast/Broadcast storm-guard, UDLD protocol / STP loop guard)
• Knowledge of Layer 3 technologies (Routing, NAT+PAT, First Hop Redundancy Protocols (VRRP/HSRP/GLBP), link state and distance vector protocols, Summarization & route filtering, BFD, VRF / Routing Instance, Anycast/Unicast / Multicast, GRE and IPsec, Path MTU Discovery, BGP, OSPF)

Responsibilities

• Administer, engineer, and design networks in an international enterprise environment
• Utilize Cisco routing, switching, wireless, and authentication technologies (IOS, IOS-XE, NX-OS, Cisco wireless controller, and ISE central authentication)
• Manage Palo Alto firewalls, SSL VPN, and next-generation firewalls
• Implement and manage SD-WAN solutions
• Lead a team
• Create Visio diagrams and technical drawings
• Work with change management processes
• Understand, design, and define network strategies and tasks
• Translate business and application needs into solution architecture design
• Grasp new concepts and technologies quickly
• Demonstrate knowledge of the technology lifecycle from current state to future state
• Collaborate and foster teamwork within the support team
• Provide guidance and leadership to junior and mid-level resources
• Participate in second-level and on-call rotation

Benefits

• Work from Home setup
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Gratuity, PF, EPS and Bonus
• Shift Allowances
• Health and wellness Allowances
• Learning and Development Allowances