Sr. Cloud Consultant - Network SME

Airtel Cloud solutions enables enterprises to accelerate and optimize their digital transformation by bringing all cloud options at one place. With an all-inclusive portfolio comprising connectivity, data centre, Edge locations and security, Airtel Cloud is fully equipped to be enterprise's one-stop partner in every step of their multi-cloud strategy. As Network consultant, you will participate in all aspects of the Deployment life-cycle of Airtel’s cloud network environments which includes estimating, technical design, implementation, documentation, testing, deployment and support of Cloud infrastructure for our clients.

He/She will work directly with the client and our engineering teams to manage the Network of the overall cloud platform and deliver new capacity and capabilities as necessary.

Responsibilities

• ·       Establish the network setting by designing system structure, installation and defining, system standards
• ·       Plan and execute new solutions and increase the flexibility of the present background of IT infrastructure
• ·       Get the most out of network routine performance by set assessment, troubleshoot the network issues and outages, setting up upgrades and cooperating with network architects on its optimization
• ·       Undertake investigations of data network failure in LAN and WAN surroundings through multiple sources
• ·       Safeguard the network systems by creating and applying policies, along with monitoring access
• ·       Deploy and Administer firewall in line with IT security solutions
• ·       Report network operational rank by collecting data through various projects
• ·       Upgrade data network devices to the new stable platform
• ·       Configure routing and switching tools, hosted IP voice services and firewalls in on-prem and cloud based environments
• ·       Provide remote support to field engineers and customers during installation
• ·       Deliver remote resolution and problem finding if issues occur upon early installation procedure
• ·       Capacity management and audit of IP network structure and hosted equipment within the IT infrastructure
• ·       Communicate with project management teams, concerned engineers and service engineers routinely

Technical Skills

• ·       Strong hands-on L3 level experience on Network Hardware’s of OEM’s like Cisco/Juniper/Fortinet/Palo Alto
• ·       Experience in routing protocols, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
• ·       Extensive support of Routing Protocols/Technologies such as BGP, OSPF, MPLS VPN, Multicast.
• ·       Good understanding and knowledge of Network and Security.
• ·       Experience in SDN technologies such as VMWare NSX – T/V is an added advantage
• ·       Experience in managing LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, Datacenter, and Cloud Networks as well as Site-to-Site VPN connectivity.
• ·       Load Balancers: Troubleshoot hardware and software operation. Strong knowledge of all data flow through the load balancer.
• ·       Strong practical knowledge of network concepts including DNS, DHCP, VPN, network protocols, port configuration, link aggregation, spanning tree optimization, and performance tuning.
• ·       Security Fundamentals: Should be able to understand / Explain concepts (NAT, ACL, Access Groups, IPsec, AAA) & have working knowledge and be able to troubleshoot network Protocols.
• ·       Knowledge of Meraki Wireless and wired environments and technologies
• ·       Experience with Cisco Nexus technologies.
• ·       Experience with latest SDWAN technologies (Meraki/Velo Cloud etc) would be an added benefit
• ·       Good understanding of SASE/CASB and Zero trust networks are required.
• ·       A good understanding and experience on Cloud networking(VPC’s, Cloud gateways, NGFW’s etc) are requried
• ·       Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix command line.
• ·       Knowledge of various NW management tools used in enterprise networks.
• ·       Proficiency in Handling Network related issues regarding cisco, firewall, endpoint, etc.

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