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As a Network Engineer at Propel, you will play a vital role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our network infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and support network solutions that align with business objectives and industry best practices.

Responsibilities 

• Design, implement, and maintain network infrastructure, including LAN, WAN, and wireless networks, Site to Site and Client to Site VPN to support business operations and growth.

• Develop and implement network security strategies, including firewall policies, intrusion detection and Prevention (IDS/IPS), access control and CCTV systems, to safeguard company data and resources.

• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize network devices such as routers, switches, firewalls, High availability, L3/L2/PoE Switches and load balancers, QoS.

• Configure VLan and segregate access between different teams

• Perform hardware troubleshoot such as port failure, system crash, hardware failure etc.,

• Design and implement patch panels and cabling

• Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability. Identify areas for improvement, implementing network optimization and redundancy solutions as needed.

• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations

• Collaborate with other IT teams to evaluate and recommend networking solutions for application and infrastructure projects.

• Implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team

• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes, firmware and security configurations

• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning

• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.

• Monitor network performance on the availability, utilization, throughput, jitter and latency and test for weaknesses.

• Perform Vulnerability assessment Pen testing at network level and mitigate issues

• Create and maintain network documentation, diagrams, and configurations.

• Knowledge of common security vulnerabilities and OWASP vulnerabilities

• Provide support for critical network incidents on shift basis to support 24x7 model on need basis.

• Exploring automations to integrate for managing networks and provide timely network alerts

• Use ticketing system to document requests, track changes, and explain resolutions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 4+ years of experience as a Network Engineer or similar role, with a focus on implementing and managing complex network environments.

• Deep understanding of networking protocols, such as DNS, DHCP, CIDR, IPSEC TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.

• Proficiency with network hardware, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers from vendors like Fortinet, Cisco etc.,

• Strong knowledge of network security best practices and technologies, such as firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems.

• Experience with network monitoring and management tools

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Nice-to-Have:  

• Relevant networking certifications, such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, or JNCIE.

• Experience with software-defined networking (SDN) and network automation technologies, such as Ansible, Python, or REST APIs.

Others:

• Common application/ web security and OWASP vulnerabilities

• Encryption algorithms to protect sensitive information

• PII, PCI, HIPPA, and GDPR compliance and how to implement

• Finding the vulnerabilities of the third-party components/ libraries

• Understanding security breaches of data-in-transit and data-at-rest and its implementation

Description:

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

• The NOC Managers/ Product support Engineers' primary responsibility is to plan, organize, and manage staff and overall operations to ensure stability of customer's infrastructure.
• Provides overall expertise with all network operations functions.
• Ability to define, implement and enforce configuration management and change management policies and practices.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Handle escalations and manage support from different levels.
• Ensure adherence of operational metrics.
• Hire, develop, and retain highly responsive and customer focused engineers to ensure the effective operation of the department
• Manage tools, systems and procedures to ensure dynamic management of issues and customer management.
• Ensures all members of assigned technical teams are effective and fully utilized in order to provide high resource utilization.
• Evaluates technical skills of the team and ensures there is an appropriate level of expertise.
• Provide procedural training to staff.
• Perform performance objectives and performance reviews with all team members.

Operational Management

• The NOC Manager will include hands-on technical support work related to the overall health and maintenance of customer environments.
• This position will perform tier-2 and 3 escalation support and act as the point of contact in the NOC for all inquiries from other departments.
• The NOC Manager will manage all related partner operational expectations.
• Ensure continual process improvement within the NOC including but not limited to automation of NOC tasks and reporting, implementation of enterprise-wide monitoring initiatives, and routine administration tasks.
• Identify areas for process and efficiency improvement within the NOC; recommend prioritized enhancements and oversee implementation
• Ensure that reports are accurate and delivered on time.

Experience:

• More than 3-6 years' experience in Microsoft product build and support experience with a high availability 24x7 including:
• Expert knowledge of (SCCM) System Center configuration Manager 2012.
• MS Server 2003 / 2008 Server Admin / Virtualization - MCSE / MCITP
• VMware 410 VSphere Administrator - VCP410 Certified
• Expert knowledge of Virtualization using VMware,MCITP
• Good knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Clustering, Load Balancing, Anti-virus, backup procedures, Group policy, Disaster recovery
• and High availability using industry standards.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Network services experience is desired.
• ITIL V3 Foundation Certification preferred

Location: Chennai

• Python with Powershell (who worked in Security related product Development(First Pref)/Networking.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the design, implementation, and deployment of successful software applications in support of our Threat management platforms.
• Developing backend components to enhance performance and receptiveness, server-side logic, and highly responsive web applications.
• Performance tuning and automation of application.
• Enhancing the functionalities of current software systems.
• Understand system interdependencies and limitations.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions.
• Rightly estimate the task and take ownership of building production-ready software solutions.
• Collaborate with other teams to implement features based on business rules and visual design.

Minimum qualification & experience

• Engineering graduate.
• 4 years of demonstrated professional experience in delivering and operating large-scale applications.
• Strong software development skills in python including python frameworks like Django, Flask, etc.
• Experience with software development, Web frameworks and database technologies, e.g., REST APIs, and automated scripts.
• Experience with current development technologies, methodologies and workflows including CI/CD, Docker, Git, and Jenkins preferred.
• Experience with microservice development and dockerized application development is a PLUS.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Working familiarity with networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) and standard network architectures.
• Working familiarity with basic Linux administration.
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