Lead Network Administrator

Lead Network Administrator

Location: Pune

Experience: 3-8 years

Only Immediate joiners Preferred.

Mandatory Skills: Cisco Meraki, AWS & Azure Networking, VeloCloud

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Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Network Administrator to join our Network Infra team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in designing, implementing & maintaining the Network infrastructure in a Hybrid setup.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement & manage Network equipments/devices including Routers, Switches, Firewalls hosted on-prem and on cloud.
• Good understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, DHCP, and DNS
• Good understanding of Networking, Cisco Catalyst, Meraki products, Velocloud, AWS & Azure Networking.
• Configuring and maintaining Meraki MX security appliances, MS switches, and MR wireless access points.
• Configuring and maintaining VeloCloud SD-WAN Edge, Gateways and orchestrator.
• Setting up of Azure VPCs, routing between cloud & On-prem, VPNs, firewall rules, and other network configurations, as well as troubleshooting connectivity and performance issues.
• Configure Internet-based connectivity to cloud providers(AWS & Azure)
• Utilizing tools like Meraki Dashboard and SolarWinds center to monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations
• Maintaining documentation of network configurations, troubleshooting procedures, and network diagrams.
• Identifying and resolving network connectivity problems, performance issues, and troubleshooting security issues.
• Ensuring the security of the network by implementing and managing security policies, firewall rules, and other security measures.
• Working with other IT teams (e.g., systems administrators, security specialists) and potentially external vendors to implement and maintain the network infrastructure.
• Configuring and managing Meraki wireless access points, including SSID settings, security policies, and guest access.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Skills & Experience

• Configure and Manage network services such as DNS, DHCP, VPNs.
• Good Understanding of L2 technologies-VLANs/VLAN tagging, VTP, Spanning Tree, Etherchannel, portchannel , Gigabit/10Gigabit switched networks
• Good Understanding of L3 technologies – VRF, Routing protocols (EIGRP/OSPF & BGP), VRRP, HSRP.
• Troubleshoot device security using IOS AAA (Tacacs+, Radius, Local Database).
• Troubleshoot router security features – ACLs (Standard, Extended, Time-base).
• Troubleshoot network problems using logging (Logging, syslog, debugs, conditional debugs, timestamps).
• Troubleshoot IPsec internet-based secure cloud connectivity between an on-prem to AWS or Azure cloud endpoints.
• Understanding of network security principles and best practices.
• Certifications:
• CCNA
• CCNP Enterprise: ENCOR,ENCC(good to have)
• Comptia N+, Comptia Cloud+
• Cisco Meraki Certifications: Relevant Meraki certifications (e.g., CMNO, CMNA).
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Team player with a collaborative mindset.
• Proactive and self-driven with attention to detail.