Contract_Network Engineer_Pune(Hybrid)

World Wide Technology (WWT), a 36-year-old global technology solutions provider specializing in systems integration, Infra-Cloud security, application development, AI Services, and supply chain solutions. With a workforce of 10,000+ employees and strategic partnerships with leading OEMs such as Cisco, Dell EMC, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, WWT delivers cutting-edge infrastructure, cloud, security, and custom application services to clients across 35 countries. Our Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs)—lab setup environments spanning over one million square feet of world-class integration and distribution space enable us to deliver unmatched value and innovation at scale. Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by Glassdoor and Fortune for 14 consecutive years, WWT is also ranked #6 on India's Great Place to Work list for 2025.

World Wide Technology Holding Co, LLC. (WWT) currently has an exciting opportunity available for the role of Network Engineer. If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond with an updated resume and the required details at the bottom of this email.

This is a contract Role & we use a global payroll partner to manage payroll for all contract opportunities with us. A proper background verification of past employments, criminal checks would be done for onboarding to any opportunity with WWT.

Location: Pune

Duration: 1 Year extendable

Role expectation:

• Candidates should be able to understand requirements, do solutioning/design, and drive end-to-end delivery
• Strong interaction with programme/project teams is expected

Skill focus:

• F5 (Load Balancer) + Firewalls (must-have combination)
• Firewalls across Fortinet / Cisco / Checkpoint (flexible on vendor, but fundamentals need to be strong)
• Looking for candidates with depth in 1–2 areas, not siloed

Other aspects:

• Hybrid working model
• IST hours with alignment to global delivery (UK/US/APAC)
• Weekend involvement expected for change execution

Key takeaway for us:

• Avoid ops-heavy profiles
• Prioritise delivery + solutioning mindset
• Be strict on F5 + Firewall + project exposure

Network Engineer – Solution Design and Delivery

JD: This role is specifically intended to assist with project deliveries and will involve network changes that occur over the weekend.

Mandatory Skills

- Proven detailed experience in designing mid to large-scale network solutions

- Capable of bringing together expert knowledge from across the organization and consolidating into a cohesive end-to-end solution

- Strong communication and presentation skills for conveying complex solutions effectively.

- Experience collaborating within virtual teams in a complex network environment

- Comprehensive technical knowledge of major network infrastructure components utilized within the Barclays group (including data networks, firewalls, proxy, and load balancers).

- In Depth knowledge of routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

- Practical experience with Cisco products like Cisco ACI, Nexus platforms, Firepower/ASA.

- Expertise in F5 BIG-IP load balancers and virtualization platforms (VMware/AWS).

- working knowledge of Proxy

- Familiarity with Fortinet, Juniper, Checkpoint, and Cisco ASA firewalls.

- Familiarity with Automation / scripting

Preferred certifications:

- Cisco - CCIE/CCNP (R&S/security) certified

- FortiGate – FCNSA

- F5 – CTS-LTM, CTS-GTM

- Python, Ansible, shell scripting

- Change management

- ITIL process awareness – change, incident, and problem management