Dexian
Website:
dexian.com
Job details:
Role - Expert Network Engineer
Experience - 8-15 years
Location – Pune / Bangalore / Chennai / Hyderabad (Candidates must be currently based in one of these locations.)
Role Overview
- The Expert Network Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of enterprise and data-center-wide voice and data network solutions aligned with architecture and business models.
- Owns developing, implementing, and maintaining Network, Security/Threat, and Voice solutions, along with network documentation, standards, and capacity planning.
- Interacts and consults directly with clients to collect solution requirements and coordinate implementation.
What You Will Do
- Support all network environments for clients.
- Provide L3 Operations support for investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving network communications and operations issues impacting client, backbone access, or performance.
- Design, engineer, and implement complex network solutions across a variety of disciplines, security postures, access control, and infrastructure.
- Own Incident Management, Request Fulfillment, Change Management, Event Management, and Problem Management for all client environments.
- Perform a consultative role for internal and external customers at all levels of the organization.
- Proactively monitor client network performance and recommend improvements.
- Drive and implement network solutions-based architectures to increase efficiencies.
- Contribute proactively to documentation, automation, and process improvement.
- Provide strategic technical direction on highly complex network projects, including design approach and systems technology selection.
- Perform client and market research to define and qualify strategy and direction.
- Research and develop innovative solutions around existing and future network technologies; create product roadmaps and write user stories/requirements.
- Regularly lead self and others, acting as Product SME or specialist.
- Manage multiple projects and plan the network roadmap.
- Analyze current and future IT industry trends for potential impact on network systems architecture.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of experience in a similar role and 12+ years overall within the network space.
- Strong, hands-on VMware NSX experience — this is the primary technical focus for this search.
- Solid core routing and switching fundamentals (LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, EIGRP, BGP/eBGP, MPLS, SNMP, VPN, SSH).
- Hands-on F5 load balancing experience.
- Firewall experience: Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA.
- Extensive knowledge of Cisco's product portfolio: routers, switches, wireless, ACS, and ISE.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with excellent customer support capabilities.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to carry out assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
- Methodical problem-resolving skills and mastery of high-level and detailed network design.
- Experience designing, engineering, and implementing Software Defined Networking.
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud networking experience in Azure or AWS (VPCs/VNets, NSGs, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, VPN connectivity for hybrid cloud architectures).
- Advanced knowledge of additional routing and switching protocols beyond core fundamentals.
- Experience with other load balancing technologies such as Netscaler, A10.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Cisco certifications such as CCNP, CCDP, CCIE, or CCDE.
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking.
- Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-700 (Azure Network Engineer Associate) or AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
Key Technical Areas
Area - NSX / Software-Defined Networking
Primary Focus - VMware NSX (primary focus for this search)
Expected Contribution - Design and operate SDN-based network architecture across client environments
Area - Core Routing & Switching
Primary Focus - LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, EIGRP/BGP, MPLS
Expected Contribution - Deliver reliable, well-engineered network foundations
Area - F5 Load Balancing
Primary Focus - F5 application delivery/load balancing
Expected Contribution - Ensure traffic distribution and application availability
Area - Cloud Networking (Azure/AWS)
Primary Focus - VPCs/VNets, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute
Expected Contribution - Support hybrid cloud connectivity (preferred, not mandatory)
Top 3 Mandatory Skills
- VMware NSX (Software-Defined Networking) — primary focus
- Core Routing & Switching Fundamentals
- F5 Load Balancing
Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.
Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit Dexian | Unlock trajectory changing opportunities.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
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