Senior Network Technical Lead

Area(s) of responsibility

Job Description: Senior Network Tech Lead
Position Title: Senior Network Tech Lead 
Experience Required: 8+ years
Location: India (Preferred Bangalore, Pune or Noida, but flexible for, Hyderabad, Chennai)

Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Network Tech Lead for implementation, troubleshooting and operations of large-scale enterprise Campus, WAN, and Data Center networks for our customers. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in network implementation & support, SDN/SD-WAN platforms (including Velo-cloud SD-WAN, Palo Alto, firewalls, Aruba ClearPass, Prima access), and cloud networking (Azure, AWS). The role requires proven project leadership, customer engagement, technical team management, and a strong track record in delivering successful network solutions.

Key Responsibilities
Lead the implementation & support of robust LAN, WAN, Data Centre, and SDN/SD-WAN solutions.
Support Low-Level Designs (LLD), and technical solution proposals to customers.
Engage directly with customers to understand requirements and manage technical calls.
Support project delivery, ensuring successful implementation, issue resolution, and customer satisfaction.
Implement or migrate the defined design into the production and ensure the smooth cut over or installation of the network. 
Guide and mentor a team of Junior network engineers, driving technical excellence and team development.
Serve as the technical escalation point (L2/L3) for complex network issues and critical incidents.
Define and enforce network documentation standards, maintaining a comprehensive engineering document library.
Collaborate with OEMs, vendors, and cross-functional teams for, implementation, integration & support.
Execute or Support network migration, integration, and transformation projects, including service recovery and improvement initiatives.
Document and hand over the implementation, support hyper care. 

Required Skills & Qualifications
10+ years of hands-on experience in network implementation, support, and operations.
Proven experience leading projects and operations for customer environments.
Strong fundamentals in Routing & Switching (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, VTP, EtherChannel, HSRP, VRRP, VSS, VPC, VDC, FEX, Fabric Path).
Hands-on experience architecting and delivering solutions on:
Primary Skills
Strong base of Routing & Switching 
Velo-Cloud SDWAN
Aruba ClearPass
Cisco ISE, DNAC
Secondary Skills
SDN/SD-WAN platforms (Cisco SD-WAN)
SolarWinds Orion
Experience with network security platforms (Palo Alto, Cisco ASA) and network access control.
Cloud networking expertise: Good to have worked on Azure networking (Vnet, Virtual Network Gateways, Site-to-Site IPsec connections, Network Security Group, Virtual network Gateway, Local Network Gateway, Route Tables & management, etc.). AWS Networking (VPC, Transit gateway, Direct-connect, CloudWatch, IGW, NAT GW, Security Groups, ALB, NLB, GLB Certificate manager, R53, Multi-cloud Integrations.
Certification Requirements:
CCNA, CCNP or equivalent certification is mandatory.
Azure AZ-700, AWS ANS-C01 or equivalent certification is good to have.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams, mentor junior engineers, and manage project delivery.
Excellent communication, presentation, and customer engagement skills.
Strong documentation capabilities and process awareness.
Experience working with vendors and partners on solution implementation support & troubleshoot.