Network Engineering Lead

Job description

Job Requirements Job Requirements Role/ Job Title: Network Engineering Lead - Load Balancer. Function/ Department: Information Technology. Job Purpose: The primary responsibility will be managing the 24x7 DC/DR/NDR network, Pan India, Network Support & Operations. You will work closely with the teams from Network Projects, EUS leads, NOC and other cross-functional teams who are managing systems and applications, to drive efficiency and improvements in supporting/managing the business. Roles & Responsibilities: • Should analyse, design, implement and maintain the networks F5 and Citrix NetScaler Load Balancer infrastructure. • Should inspect data packets and TCP, IP flow in network and application flow. • should possess a working knowledge of switches, routers, and firewall concepts. • Should be able to configure and maintain F5 and Citrix Load Balancers, load balancing best practices. • Should also take the responsibility to upgrade network operating systems software and hardware as per the management requirements. • Must ensure that the plans are integrated effectively with the other aspects of the technical infrastructure. • Extensive knowledge of Load balancing technology including algorithms and health check options. • Knowledge and experience regarding F5 BIG-IP LTM VIP configuration with health check. • Knowledge and experience with F5 BIG-IP GTM Wide IP configuration. • F5 BIG-IP iRule programming and troubleshooting experience. • Extensive knowledge of Citrix NetScaler VIP configuration with health check. • Knowledge and experience with Citrix NetScaler Global Load Balancing (Gslb) configuration. • Candidate Must have extensive experience working in structured change management, Problem and Incident processes. • Candidate Must have production environment experience consisting of Global load balancing, Local load balancing, SSL acceleration, HTTP compression / caching, and DNS. • Candidate Must have strong Networking Experience - TCP / IP, Administration of networking hardware. • Candidate Must have design and maintenance experience with complex Web hosting network architectures. • Experience directly managing routers, switches, load balancers and SSL accelerators in a high-availability infrastructure is required. • Expert understanding of TCP as it pertains to packet inspection and network / application flows. • Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make recommendations for system changes, as needed, to resolve issues. • must have integration / configuration / administration experience and possess a solid Network background including an understanding of switch, network routing, and firewall concepts. • The Load Balancing Engineer must possess very strong troubleshooting skills as well as a strong TCP understanding as it pertains to packet inspection and TCP flow in the Network and Application flows. • The Load Balancing Engineer must have a very good understanding of DNS functionality and concepts as it relates to IPv4 and IPv6. • Deep understanding of network protocols (Routing / Switching) • Design and implement Load balancing rules using industry best practices. • Communicate network architecture designs clearly and effectively to technical and non-technical decision makers • Perform security hardening of network systems. • Develop or contribute to technical documentation including Low Level design documentation, Technical Implementation document, deployment/build plans, and test plans. • Deploy designed solution within a testing environment to verify compliance with security and functional requirements. Education Qualification: Graduation: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) / Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) / Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Post-Graduation: Master of Science (M.Sc) /Master of Technology (M.Tech) / Master of Computer Applications (MCA)