About the role

Job Description - Cloud Specialist - Network Admin

Requirement

Enterprise Cloud Network administrator with experience on major networking technologies of Cisco/Juniper or Fortinet. Candidate should be Proficient in handling and managing highly available and scalable network solutions for multiple customers. Overall more than 10 to 20 years of experience in cloud networking domain is required.

Location

Noida / Pune

Certifications

CCNA/CCIE and any other OEM certification (Fortinet/Juniper/Palo Alto)

Job Summary

Airtel Cloud solutions enables enterprises to accelerate and optimize their digital transformation by bringing all cloud options at one place. With an all-inclusive portfolio comprising connectivity, data centre, Edge locations and security, Airtel Cloud is fully equipped to be enterprise's one-stop partner in every step of their multi-cloud strategy. As Network admin, you will participate in all aspects of the Deployment life-cycle of Airtel’s cloud network environments which includes estimating, technical design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of Cloud infrastructure for our clients.

He/she will work directly with the client and our engineering teams to manage the capacity of the overall platform and support delivery operations of network services.

Responsibilities

Get the most out of network routine performance by set assessment, troubleshoot the network issues and outages, setting up upgrades and cooperating with network architects on its optimization.
Undertake investigations of data network failure in LAN and WAN surroundings through multiple sources.
Safeguard the network systems by creating and applying policies, along with monitoring access.
Administer firewall settings in line with IT security strategy.
Report network operational rank by collecting data through various projects.
Upgrade data network devices to the new stable platform.
Configure routing and switching tools, hosted IP voice services and firewalls in on-prem and cloud based environments.
Provide remote support to field engineers and customers during installation.
Deliver remote resolution and problem finding if issues occur upon early installation procedure.
Capacity management and audit of IP network structure and hosted equipment within the IT infrastructure.
Communicate with project management teams, concerned engineers and service engineers routinely.

Technical Skills

Strong hands-on L3 level experience on Network Hardware’s of OEM’s like Cisco/Juniper/Fortinet/Palo Alto.
Experience in routing protocols, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
Extensive support of Routing Protocols/Technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS VPN, Multicast.
Good understanding and knowledge of Network and Security.
Experience in managing LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Datacentre, and Cloud Networks as well as Site-to-Site VPN connectivity.
Load Balancers: Troubleshoot hardware and software operation. Strong knowledge of all data flow through the load balancer.
Strong practical knowledge of network concepts including DNS, DHCP, VPN, network protocols, port configuration, link aggregation, spanning tree optimization, and performance tuning.
Security Fundamentals: Should be able to understand / Explain concepts (NAT, ACL, Access Groups, IPsec, AAA) & have working knowledge and be able to troubleshoot network Protocols.
Knowledge of Meraki Wireless and wired environments and technologies.
Experience with Cisco Nexus technologies.
Experience with latest SDWAN technologies (Meraki/Velo Cloud etc) would be an added benefit.
Good understanding of SASE/CASB and Zero trust networks are required.
A good understanding and experience on Cloud networking (VPC’s, Cloud gateways, NGFW’s etc) are required.
Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix command line.
Knowledge of various NW management tools used in enterprise networks.
Proficiency in Handling Network related issues regarding Cisco, firewall, endpoint, etc.

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