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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Senior Network Engineer - IT located in Chennai location.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, and the role involves:

What a typical day looks like:

Designing, building, and maintaining complex highly scalable and available network solutions deployed on-prem and in public clouds (such as AWS, Azure, GCP), and/or hybrid environments.
Support the DevOps cultural transformation of the global network services team at Flex by promoting, planning, and driving the deployment of new processes to eliminate wasteful, repetitive tasks that can be automated.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other network engineers and participate in the training and development of team members.
Create and maintain detailed documentation including network diagrams, configurations, policies, procedures, and runbooks.
Staying current, evaluate & recommend the latest network technologies, security threats, and industry best practices. This involves continuous learning and professional development to ensure that the network infrastructure supports business growth and transformation.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including application engineers, operations, and security, to ensure the integrity, security, and scalability of our cloud-based infrastructure
Act as a senior escalation point for complex network incidents, performing deep-dive diagnostics and root cause analysis
Deploy and configure enterprise network infrastructure including switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, ADCs, VPNs, NAC, WLCs, ZeroTrust, SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud solutions.
Consults on issues and requests from internal customers that require the implementation of on-prem and cloud networking infrastructure solutions.
Ensure optimal performance, resilience, and high availability of enterprise network infrastructure across regions.
Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies such as SASE, ZTNA, SDN, and AI-driven networking (AIOps).

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

Batchelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
8+ years experience Fortigate SDWAN and Palo Alto firewalls.
Proven experience managing a global enterprise networks spanning data centers, branches, and cloud environments for a multinational company
Expert knowledge of networking protocols and technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VPN, IPSEC, QoS, WAN, LAN, WLAN, packet capture & analysis etc.
Knowledge & experience of SDWAN technologies, preferably Fortinet.
Deep understanding of network security concepts and best practices and extensive experience in next-generation firewall (NGFW), preferably Fortinet & Palo Alto.
Solid working experience with leading network solutions from Fortinet, F5, Palo Alto.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Have a good understanding of the following:

Linux
Python / Ansible / Terraform
Git / GitHub / GitLab
Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD Pipelines

Desired Certifications

Fortinet Certified Professional.
Juniper JNCIP-DC Certification or equivalent.
CCNP or CCIE Enterprise or Security.
F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator or higher certification.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off

NK99

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