Director - Network & Infra Services
- Location
- Mumbai - Urmi
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Role Summary Seeking a highly experienced Director – Network & Infrastructure Architecture to lead the design, implementation, optimisation and operations of our Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud and Security Infrastructure. The ideal candidate should possess deep expertise in Networking, infrastructure, Virtualization, Linux OS, Cloud Networking and Large-Scale Production environments with proven experience in designing highly available, low-latency and mission-critical infrastructure. The candidate should have extensive experience managing Enterprise Networks, Data Centers, Hybrid Cloud deployments, multicast environments, Live Media Streaming infrastructure, Zero Trust architecture, High Frequency Trading (HFT) networks and Large-Scale Network Security implementations.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Network Architecture
• Design, implement and manage highly available Enterprise and Data Center networks.
- Design, implement and manage highly available Enterprise and Data Center networks.
- Define network standards, architecture and operational best practices.
- Build scalable network solutions with high availability and redundancy.
- Design Campus, WAN, Data Center and Hybrid Cloud connectivity.
- Plan capacity upgrades and technology refresh initiatives.
- Lead network modernisation and digital transformation projects.
• Design and troubleshoot complex Layer-2 and Layer-3 networks.
- Design and troubleshoot complex Layer-2 and Layer-3 networks.
- Design low latency networks.
- Extensive experience with:
- BGP
- OSPF
- VXLAN EVPN
- Multicast
- VRRP/HSRP
- ECMP
- LACP & MLAG/vPC
• Cisco Nexus architecture • Spine-Leaf architecture • VXLAN EVPN • Data Center Interconnect (DCI) • Storage networking Security Design and manage enterprise security infrastructure including:
• Palo Alto Firewalls
- Palo Alto Firewalls
- Fortinet Firewalls
- Cisco ASA
- Juniper SRX
- Checkpoint
- IPS/IDS
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
- SSL VPN
- IPSec VPN
- MFA & Identity integrations
- Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+/LDAP)
• AWS Networking
- AWS Networking
- Hybrid Cloud connectivity
- VPN Connectivity
- Direct Connect
- Cloud Security
- VPC Architecture
- Transit Gateway
- Cloud Firewalls
• RedHat Enterprise/Ubuntu
- RedHat Enterprise/Ubuntu
- DNS
- DHCP
- FTP
- PXE
- Performance optimization
- Shell scripting
• VMware ESXi
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vCenter
- High Availability clusters
- vSwitch
- Distributed vSwitch
- VM networking
- Storage connectivity
• F5 Load Balancers
- F5 Load Balancers
- iRules
- SSL Offloading
- Traffic steering
- Application redirection
- Reverse Proxy
• Zabbix
- Zabbix
- Wireshark
- Packet Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis
- Performance Monitoring
- Jira
- Documentation
- Change Management
- Live Video Streaming Architecture
- Multicast Distribution
- Broadcast Network Design
- AWS Media Delivery
- High Availability Streaming Infrastructure
- Low Latency Media Delivery
- Disaster Recovery Planning
Leadership Responsibilities
- Lead Network Engineering and Infrastructure teams.
- Define technology roadmap.
- Vendor evaluation and management.
- Budget planning.
- Solution architecture reviews.
- Drive automation initiatives.
- Conduct RCA and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Cloud, Security, Platform, and Application teams.
- Mentor engineers and establish operational excellence.
Key Skills & Competencies Networking
• Cisco
- Cisco
- Nexus
- BGP
- VXLAN EVPN
- Multicast
- Routing Policies
• Palo Alto
- Palo Alto
- Fortinet
- Cisco ASA
- VPN
- ZTNA
- MFA
• Linux Administration
- Linux Administration
- VMware
- DNS
- DHCP
- Shell Scripting
• AWS
- AWS
- Hybrid Cloud
- Direct Connect
- Cloud Networking
- Wireshark
- Zabbix
- RCA
- Performance Analysis
Preferred Certifications
- CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure
- CCNP Enterprise
- Fortinet NSE
- Palo Alto PCNSE
- AWS Solutions Architect
Preferred Experience
- Enterprise Networks
- OTT / Media Streaming
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Large Data Centers
- ISP or Telecom Networks
- Global Enterprise Infrastructure
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to lead critical incident management.
- Experience handling production environments with high availability requirements.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills.
- Ability to mentor and build high-performing engineering teams.
Education Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication) or equivalent.
Preferred (Good To Have)
- CISCO ACI
- SD-WAN
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Ansible)
- Python for Network Automation
- Kubernetes Networking
- Service Mesh
- Network Automation using APIs
- GitOps
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