Network Engineer

Network Engineer- JD

Designation: Network Engineer

Years of Experience: 4-7 years

Budget: 12-15 LPA

Location: Bangalore

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

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 Vimaans 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 Vimaans technical operations team
• Provide monthly/quarterly summaries on VPN uptime, incident patterns, config changes

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience 36+ 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

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with warehouse-edge robotics or IoT environments
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure)
• Experience with CI/CD approaches to network provisioning
• Prior collaboration in U.S.India cross-time-zone teams

Security Posture

• Understanding of zero-trust architecture and segmentation
• Ability to implement secure networking principles with business continuity in mind