Overview: An L3 Network Consultant role based in Pune, India, focusing on enterprise and data center network environments. The engineer will be responsible for analysis, recommendations, implementation of best practices, managing projects and major incidents, and mentoring a team.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, recommend, implement and place best practices for Enterprise network environment including routers, switches, Cisco ACI, ISE, virtualization, load balancers, wireless products.
• Work as L3 Network Consultant.
• Deal with different projects on a need basis or address any major incidents.
• Mentor & guide a team of 6-7 members for operational work and career progression.
• Work with the lead and service delivery managers to participate in architecture review and delivery meetings.
• Translate business requirements into Network infrastructure solutions.
• Provide guidance to the Architecture team, HLD and LLD improvements or solutions.
• Refine specifications with technical colleagues and delivery partners.
• Consult with infrastructure and security architects.
• Responsible for enterprise network analysis and contributing to the corresponding strategy for Migration.
• Engage regularly and effectively with IT stakeholders to drive key decisions and prioritisation.
• Ensure adherence to Security policy and best practice (Bank policies, CIS standards).
• Promote knowledge sharing and cross-training within the teams and rest of IT.
• Undertake any other work as specified by Senior IT management.
• Manage technical team members and customers.
• Drive major incidents, architect forums.

Requirements:

• Strong background in enterprise and datacentre technologies in large-scale deployments.
• Minimum 8-15 years’ of experience providing support to enterprise level clients.
• Detailed technical knowledge on Cisco ACI, ISE, Nexus technology, Cisco/Aruba wireless devices, load balancer, WAN technologies, software-defined/virtualised networking, unified networking, multi-context networking devices.
• Experience in the operation, implementation and support of ACI and ISE.
• In-depth experience of Cisco networking products backed up by a current CCIE certification (desirable).
• Ability to troubleshoot complex, technical, multi-site and multi-disciplinary problems.
• Ability to audit and understand customer’s network environment using various market toolsets and provide recommendations in line with industry best practice.
• Experience in multiple Cloud data centre implementations and support (desirable).
• Ability to demonstrate Infrastructure focus as well as understanding of Cloud based operations and Service model including Container deployments and associated networking.
• Experience of infrastructure as code, network automation and orchestration toolsets.
• Proven understanding of what is required to establish a robust operational cloud environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Good technical written and verbal communication.

Other:

• Working in UK shifts and sometimes on weekends too (in case of major issues).