Network Specialist

Overview

Responsibilities

• This role requires engineer with strong implementation and operational experience with bility to handle high priority incidents, complex architecture and network deployments.
• Periodic Standby Support (post office hours and during weekends-likely once in a month) will be in scope.
• Design and architect scalable, secure, and high-performance network solutions across campus, branch, and cloud environments.
• Lead wireless architecture using Aruba and Cisco platforms, ensuring optimal RF design, coverage, and performance.
• Design, implement and support security architecture next-generation firewalls, Zero Trust, and secure access solutions, DNS, web application firewalls, load balancers.
• Design hybrid connectivity models integrating on-prem networks with Microsoft Azure.
• Act as Level 3 escalation point for complex network and security incidents.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
• Define network standards, documentation, and governance models.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, and application teams for end-to-end solution delivery.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct knowledge transfer sessions.
• Participate in change management, design reviews, and capacity planning.
• Participation in security audits and remediate any risks support Software upgrades and hardware refresh for EoL devices.
• In-scope technologies for implementation and operational support.
• Next generation firewalls, preferably Palo Alto, FortiGate.
• Load Balancers, web application firewalls.
• Web Proxy, Private Access & Zero trust solutions preferably Zscaler, Fortigate.
• Routing & switching, enterprise wireless deployments.

• Cloud Networking (Microsoft Azure)

• Architect Azure network solutions: VNet design, subnetting, peering, and segmentation, NSG, UDR, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute connectivity.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Aruba ecosystem: Central, CPPM, AirWave, Controllers, IAP.
• Strong knowledge of RF fundamentals and troubleshooting tools.
• Experience in large-scale enterprise wireless deployments.
• Advanced level operational skills on next generation firewalls.
• FortiGate (advanced features, SD-WAN, security profiles, forti-manager, forti analyzer)
• Palo Alto (App-ID, Threat Prevention, WildFire, Panorama, Global Protect, IPSec)
• Strong understanding and hands on experience of F5 architecture ( Load balancers, HTTP profiles, LTM policies, SSL, Web application Firewall, DDOS, Brute Force, OWASP top 10)
• Zero Trust Architecture.
• Network segmentation and micro-segmentation.
• Threat detection and mitigation.
• End-to-end deployment experience with ZIA & ZPA.
• Strong understanding of traffic forwarding, authentication, and policy control.
• Expert in L2/L3 protocols and enterprise network design.
• Strong expertise in Azure networking and hybrid architecture.
• Experience with cloud security and connectivity models.
• Experience including software upgrades, hardware refresh for EoL devices.
• Good to have knowledge of DNS, SSO, Identity.
• Necessary Certifications: Aruba: ACMP, ACCP, ACDX (preferred for architect level, Fortinet: NSE 4/7, Palo Alto: PCNSE