Network Engineer

Designation: Network Engineer

Years of Experience: 4 to 7 Years

Location: Bangalore

Requires collaboration with U.S. based team across time zones.

Job Overview:

We are hiring a Network Engineer to design, secure, and support enterprise and warehouse network environments while collaborating closely with U.S.-based teams. The role involves firewall and VPN configuration, routing, performance monitoring, and incident resolution. You’ll also interact with customer IT teams to help with deployments and connectivity. Strong hands-on experience with VLANs, routing protocols, and network security is essential.

Responsibilities:

Network Infrastructure & Architecture

● Design, deploy, and optimize internal and edge network infrastructure (warehouse sites, operations centers, cloud interfaces)

● Perform capacity planning, load analysis, and recommend scalable network architecture Specify and configure equipment racks, cable management, power/facility layouts, and networking hardware.

● Assist with VLAN planning and inter-device LAN configurations (e.g., scanners, servers) Collaborate with sysadmin and DevOps teams for cross-cutting issues.

● Periodically review and advise on improvements to network architecture (e.g., resilient VPNs, bandwidth isolation, zero-trust)

Security & Compliance

● Define, implement, and enforce network security policies including firewall, VPN, intrusion detection/prevention.

● Manage and update firewall policies, NAT rules, and routing.

● Conduct periodic vulnerability assessments, audits, and security hardening Support secure key management and audit-ready configuration practices Familiarity with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 principles preferred.

Network & VPN Management

● Configure and maintain site-to-site IPsec/IKEv2 VPN tunnels.

● Respond to connectivity issues, tunnel drops, and re-keying needs.

● Maintain high VPN uptime and participate in incident diagnosis/resolution.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

● Monitor network performance, uptime, and traffic using diagnostic tools Perform root cause analysis, corrective measures, upgrades, and routine maintenance.

● Maintain shared change-logs for all infrastructure adjustments.

Customer-Facing IT Support & Documentation

Participate in onboarding calls with customer IT/security teams:

● Explain our network architecture.

● Help resolve firewall/VPN questions.

Create and maintain reusable network documentation:

● “Ports & Protocols” reference sheets.

● Deployment diagrams.

● Security FAQs and IT response templates.

● Maintain internal playbooks to streamline future deployments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

● Work with software, operations, and customer engineering teams on solution deployments Consult on client-facing projects and support scalable documentation.

● Join periodic planning calls with technical operations team.

● Provide monthly/quarterly summaries on VPN uptime, incident patterns, config changes.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Electrical Engineering, or 3+ years of experience in network design, deployment, and security Hands-on with:

● Firewalls (e.g., FortiGate, Palo Alto)

● Managed switches, routers, access points.

● HA clusters, SDWAN, VPN, NAT/SNAT/DNAT.

Strong proficiency with:

● Routing protocols (IGP/OSPF, BGP.

● VLANs, trunking, STP/RSTP, EtherChannel.

● TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VoIP, MPLS, hybrid cloud networks.

● Linux familiarity and scripting basics for network automation.

● Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, or CISSP preferred.

● Strong documentation habits.

● Fluency in English for technical discussions with enterprise IT and InfoSec teams Experience with Slack, Teams, Jira workflows.