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About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled L3 Network & Network Security Engineer with Team Management responsibilities to lead the design, delivery, and support of secure network solutions for enterprise and mid-market customers.

As part of an IT System Integration company, this role combines deep technical expertise, team leadership, and customer-facing project delivery. You will act as a technical authority, mentor a team of engineers, and ensure high-quality implementation and support of complex network and security environments.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership (L3)

• Act as the L3 escalation point for complex network and security incidents.
• Design, validate, and implement enterprise network architectures (LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Center).
• Lead technical design workshops and solution reviews with customers.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting across routing, switching, and security domains.
• Review and approve high-risk configuration changes and deployments.
• Define technical standards, best practices, and reference architectures.

Network Engineering

• Design and support routing and switching technologies (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP).
• Deliver WAN, SD-WAN, MPLS, VPN, and internet connectivity solutions.
• Support network migrations, refresh projects, and infrastructure transformations.
• Produce high-quality design documents (HLD/LLD), implementation plans, and as-built documentation.

Network Security Engineering

• Design and implement secure network solutions including NGFWs, IDS/IPS, VPNs, and NAC.
• Define and enforce segmentation, access control, and zero-trust security models.
• Implement and manage firewall platforms (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco Firepower, Check Point).
• Support compliance-driven customer requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, etc.).
• Work closely with SOC and security teams on incident response and remediation.

Team Management & Mentorship

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of L1/L2/L3 network and security engineers.
• Assign workload, manage escalations, and ensure SLA adherence.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching, and technical skill development.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and technical training plans.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
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Project & Customer Engagement

• Act as a trusted technical advisor for customers.
• Collaborate with pre-sales teams on solution design, effort estimation, and technical validation.
• Support Proof Concepts (PoCs) and customer demonstrations.
• Ensure successful project delivery aligned with scope, timelines, and quality standards.
• Participate in change management, maintenance windows, and on-call rotations.
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Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise networking and network security.
• Strong hands-on experience in L3 routing, switching, and firewall technologies.
• Proven experience leading or managing technical teams.
• Background working in an IT System Integrator, MSP, or project-based environment.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across OSI Layers 1–7.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with leadership responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP / CCIE / PCNSE / NSE / Check Point CCSA/CCSE or equivalent.
• Experience with SD-WAN and SASE solutions.
• Cloud networking and security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Automation and scripting experience (Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• ITIL or project management exposure is a plus.

NW JD Network Lead designs, plans and develops Enterprise network device configurations, End Point connectivity and Network security participating in service flow discussions and deployment architecture. Establishes monitoring, maintenance procedures, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This position will be working on an engineering and project team providing solutions and new implementations. Design cost-effective data communications solutions to meet new and evolving requirements Plan and execute the installation of new networking components to fulfil business requirements Support the design and analysis of network improvements and enhancements. Provide analysis to support performance tuning and capacity planning Provide troubleshooting and problem solving support for network issues. Monitor system hardware and software and manage system performance Determine capacity and performance planning goals. Maintain documentation of network configuration and records relating to network hardware and software Manage projects directly related to the area of assigned responsibility and other general network projects. Serve as technical consultant on new request from client. Technical expertise to other network engineers and IT department team members. Efficiently manages work across multiple networks and related systems. Preferred Skills: Certifications Industry Certification: CCNP or CCIE Expert knowledge of Network Systems and emerging technologies, experience on projects around Cloud and SAAS platforms. Advancing knowledge in other areas of Infrastructure Design and Management Advanced Knowledge of support and administration of Network Management tools Experience supporting MDM, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Riverbed WAN Optimizers & Infoblox technology.

Desired Skills: CCNP/CCIE, Strong Routing & Switching background (8 years+ experience) Strong Understanding of L2/L3 switching and MPLS (WAN) technologies Experience with Firewalls & Load Balancer technologies Experience with Forescout NAC & Infoblox Experience with Network monitoring tools (PRTG) Experience with optimization appliances Experience with scripting and automation. Product knowledge on Citrix, CheckPoint. Exposure to SSL, direct TLS and Mutual TLS