Lead Network Engineer

Location : Bangalore

Experience : 12+ years

Required Qualifications :

- 5+ years of Network Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.

Desired Qualifications :

- 5+ years of network support experience in NOC operations or similar environments.

- Strong understanding of Routing & Switching protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP).

- Ability to quickly analyze and troubleshoot data and voice network outages in large enterprise environments.

- Extensive firsthand experience with :

1. Cisco Routers, Switches, Wireless devices

2. Cisco/Checkpoint Firewalls

3. F5 Load Balancers

4. IP subnetting, Layer 2-4 stack, VoIP, QoS, MPLS, SD-WAN

- Experience with Arista hardware is a plus.

- Voice & Networking Fundamentals Deep expertise in : VoIP protocols: SIP, RTP, SRTP, TLS, Call flows, dial plans, codec negotiation.

- Ribbon Expertise Deep hands-on experience with :

1. Ribbon SBC (1K / 2K / 5K / SBC SWe)

2. Ribbon PSX (routing, policy design, call control)

3. Ribbon RAMP (analytics, provisioning, monitoring)

- Cisco UC Hands-on experience with : CUCM, CUC, CER, Expressway Integration experience with SBC-driven architectures.

- Excellent customer service and communication skills.

- Knowledge of Ansible automation is a plus.

- Certifications : CCNA and at least one CCNP-level exam completed (CCNA specialties, F5, MCSE preferred).