Tata Consultancy Services
Website:
tcs.com
Job details:
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TCS Hiring for Network Lead Operations and Projects
Experience Range: - 8 To 13 Years
Location : Hyderabad
Job Requirements
Excellent network administration and troubleshooting skills for LAN/WAN, WLAN and Security
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, Switching & Routing protocols, MPLS, and Load Balancing.
Experience with STP, VTP, HSRP, VLAN, QoS, and similar technologies.
Ability to review network designs and recommend improvements.
Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Excellent communication skills.
Leadership capability to guide junior engineers and manage escalations.
Experience planning upgrades, migrations, and optimization initiatives.
Review and validate network designs, HLDs/LLDs, and implementation plans before deployment.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) discussions and drive preventive actions to avoid repeated incidents.
Own end‑to‑end delivery of network changes, migrations, upgrades, and critical maintenance windows.
Provide guidance, technical mentoring, and knowledge transfer to team members and new joiners.
Allocate tasks, review deliverables, and ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
Conduct skill‑gap assessments and recommend training or upskilling plans for the team.
Ensure adherence to ITIL processes—Incident, Problem, Change, and Knowledge Management.
Create, update, and maintain SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and configuration templates.
Drive standardization across network implementations, documentation, and operational workflows.
Identify recurring issues and propose automation, monitoring enhancements, or design improvements.
Conduct capacity planning, link utilization analysis, and periodic health checks to ensure optimal performance.
Lead network risk assessments and contribute to DR (Disaster Recovery) and BCP planning.
Lead network projects from planning to execution, ensuring timelines, quality, and compliance.
Ensure compliance with security policies, hardening standards, and audit requirements.
Monitor and ensure proper logging, monitoring, and access controls across network devices.
Product knowledge:
Routing Protocols, especially MPLS, BGP, EIGRP/OSPF
Cisco Routers -- 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2900, 881
Cisco Switches -- Nexus 7K/5K/2K, CAT 9500, CAT9300, 6500/4500/3850/3750/2960
Juniper EX series switches
Juniper SRX series firewalls
Security -- IDS, IPS
F5 Load Balancers
VPN – Site to Site, DM VPN, SSL VPN
PBR, PfR and ASRs
Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA)
SD-WAN
Cisco ACI using Spine-Leaf
Key Responsibilities
Experience on Network and Security architecture designing
Good Knowledge & Hands on experience on Juniper Firewalls and Juniper switches
Good Knowledge and experience on Aruba Wireless Controllers
ITIL Certification
CCNP / CCIE Certification
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