Sr Network Engineer

Organization: Akkodis (https://www.akkodis.com/)

Client : Continent 8 (https://www.continent8.com/)

Job Title: Sr. Network Engineer

Location: Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full-Time

Shift type – 12:30 PM to 09:30 PM

Company Description: Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader. We enable clients to advance in their digital transformation with Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. Our 50,000 experts combine best-in-class technologies, R&D, and deep sector know-how for purposeful innovation. We are passionate about Engineering a Smarter Future Together. With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow. Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group. The Adecco Group is a leader in delivering expertise in talent and technology, enabling organizations to succeed and people to thrive.

Client Overview:

Company Overview:

Continent 8 Technologies, stablished in 1998 and headquartered in the Isle of Man, is a global leader in managed hosting, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity services. It specializes in serving highly regulated industries, particularly the iGaming and online sports betting sectors. With a private network spanning over 90 global locations, Continent 8 ensures low latency, high reliability, and compliance with strict regulations. The company's strengths include extensive industry experience, strong customer support, advanced cybersecurity solutions, and resilience through robust disaster recovery. Continent 8 is known for its rapid deployment in newly regulated markets and deep regulatory expertise. Its global footprint and focus on secure, compliant services make it a trusted partner for demanding online businesses.

Continent 8 has powered a second digital revolution – a revolution defined by intense, instantaneous, and omnipresent computing power. We have built and secured the world's most reliable and secure edge network. Our global footprint spans every inhabited continent, and our edge network is local to over 92% of the world's population. We regularly fend off some of the most sophisticated attacks in the world and our security solutions are known to provide unmatched protection. We have developed specialized expertise in regulatory environments. We help protect against cyber and political risk, ensuring that our world class network delivers high availability and throughput. Our secure edge network is globally distributed and serves the world's most demanding industries. The gaming and financial trading industries depend on us to process billions of dollars worth of transactions each day. The transportation and autonomous vehicle industries depend on us to move the world's population. The energy and utility industries depend on us to power critical infrastructure. Organizations choose Continent 8 when they simply can't afford to lose connectivity. We are the Edge Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider of choice for the world's most demanding customers.

Sr. Network Engineer

As part of our continued expansion, we are on the lookout for a Senior Network Engineer (IC3-G6) to join our growing network engineering team. Based in Hyderabad, the successful individual xwill join the global team currently spread across Europe, North America and Asia. This position will have a primary focus on the design, deployment and ongoing management of a global network infrastructure. This role will also be central to the development of key network automation services. The Continent 8 global backbone network spans North America, Europe and Asia enabling all our Cloud, Network and Security products and services.

The Role

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Participating in the planning, configuration, and deployment of the company's highly available network environment, including switches, routers, load balancers, DDoS mitigation devices and other hardware.
• Making recommendations and providing technical guidance to solve business problems and improve network availability.
• Researching network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of future network development efforts.
• Participating in various technology projects, some of which will be internal and some that are in support of customer-facing services.
• Maintaining thorough network documentation and updating operational runbooks, ensuring clarity for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working closely with our software teams in defining the tools that enable infrastructure scaling at volume.
• Implementing and oversee automated network configurations using tools like Ansible, AWX, and Python scripting to optimize deployments and reduce manual tasks.
• Mentoring junior team members, guiding automation processes and troubleshooting techniques.
• Understanding of automation within a networking environment, with a focus on making operations more efficient rather than writing software.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience Required

• 10-15 years experience working in a network engineering position.
• Extensive knowledge of IP Networking protocols BGP, OSPF, MPLS, etc. and handson experience managing large Service Provider Networks.
• Experience and practical knowledge of network automation practices using Ansible playbook and Python programming.
• Working knowledge in a Linux environment in addition to traditional networking.
• Comfortable working with ambiguous or vaguely defined challenges in finding technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a global team environment.
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, including software engineers and network engineers.
• Proficiency in network automation tools such as Ansible (including AWX), Python scripting, and YANG data models will be highly regarded.
• Industry-recognized certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCP and JNCIE are highly preferred.
• Automation and DevOps-related certifications (e.g., DEV-NET) are considered an asset.