Senior Lead Consultant- Network Security

Role Overview: 
As a Senior Lead Consultant, you must have minimum 8 years of experience in IT infrastructure and enterprise networking, with at least 2 years in technical consulting, solution architecture, and your primary responsibility is end- to-end network solutioning, technical consulting for pre-sales and customer engagements. Drive Network deployment initiatives and projects across all Stratogent networking customers. Ensure alignment of solutions with business goals, operational standards, and industry best practices. Manage high-priority technical escalations and critical customer issues. Engage with customer leadership teams on strategic infrastructure discussions to identify the gaps and improvements. 

Key Responsibilities:  
Technical Leadership 
• Lead end-to-end network solution design and consulting engagements for customers. 
• Analyze customer business and technical requirements to recommend scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. 
• Develop High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) 
• Ensure alignment of solutions with business goals, operational standards, and industry best practices. 
• Provide guidance on network transformation, modernization, and optimization initiatives. 
• Technical Consultation, POCs for internal or customer solution requirement 
• Support capability development within the networking practice 
• Provide architectural guidance across hybrid and multi-vendor environments. 
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend suitable adoption strategies. 

Customer Interaction 
• Act as the primary technical consultant and trusted advisor for customers 
• Customer engagements like workshops, discovery sessions, architecture reviews, and technical presentations. 
• Engage with customer leadership teams on strategic infrastructure discussions to identify the gaps and improvements 
• Manage high-priority technical escalations and critical customer issues 
 

Presales & Business Enablement 
• Support pre-sales activities including Technical solutioning, RFP/RFI responses, proposal preparation, technical estimations, and solution presentations 
• Collaborate with sales and account teams to identify business opportunities. 
• Assist in project scope definition and WBS preparation.

Project & Delivery Leadership 
• Provide technical leadership during implementation and migration activities. 
• Work closely with project managers and cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery. 
• Review project deliverables and ensure adherence to quality standards. 
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans. 
 

Must-Have : 
• Hands on experience in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise networking solutions across LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Wireless, Data Center, and Cloud environments. 
• Strong understanding of secure network architectures, including VPN, Network Access Control (NAC), Load Balancing, and hybrid connectivity. 
• Proven expertise in network monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and cross-technology integration 
• Working experience managing customer, stakeholder relationships and reporting 
• Must have prior experience of onsite-offshore delivery model and should have directly worked with US/European customers and colleagues 
 

Preferred Vendor Experience: 
• Palo Alto Networks 
• Cisco Systems 
• Juniper Networks 
• Fortinet 
• Arista Networks 
 

Good to Have 
• Good understanding of other infrastructure platforms like Virtualization, Monitoring, Cloud, Security 
• Relevant industry certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, Azure, or AWS are preferred 
• Managing IT Infrastructure projects with global teams and remote teams will be a strong plusCertifications: ITIL

BC Shift (4:00 PM – 1:00 AM IST)