Network Engineering Lead

Job Description

Job Requirements

Role/ Job Title: Network Engineering Lead - Load Balancer.

Function/ Department: Information Technology.

Job Purpose: 

The primary responsibility will be managing the 24x7 DC/DR/NDR network, Pan India, Network Support & Operations. You will work closely with the teams from Network Projects, EUS leads, NOC and other cross-functional teams who are managing systems and applications, to drive efficiency and improvements in supporting/managing the business. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Should analyse, design, implement and maintain the networks F5 and Citrix NetScaler Load Balancer infrastructure.
• Should inspect data packets and TCP, IP flow in network and application flow. 
•  should possess a working knowledge of switches, routers, and firewall concepts.
•  Should be able to configure and maintain F5 and Citrix Load Balancers, load balancing best practices. 
• Should also take the responsibility to upgrade network operating systems software and hardware as per the management requirements.
•  Must ensure that the plans are integrated effectively with the other aspects of the technical infrastructure.
•  Extensive knowledge of Load balancing technology including algorithms and health check options.
•  Knowledge and experience regarding F5 BIG-IP LTM VIP configuration with health check.
•  Knowledge and experience with F5 BIG-IP GTM Wide IP configuration.
•  F5 BIG-IP iRule programming and troubleshooting experience.
•  Extensive knowledge of Citrix NetScaler VIP configuration with health check.
• Knowledge and experience with Citrix NetScaler Global Load Balancing (Gslb) configuration.
•  Candidate Must have extensive experience working in structured change management, Problem and Incident processes. 
• Candidate Must have production environment experience consisting of Global load balancing, Local load balancing, SSL acceleration, HTTP compression / caching, and DNS.
• Candidate Must have strong Networking Experience - TCP / IP, Administration of networking hardware. 
• Candidate Must have design and maintenance experience with complex Web hosting network architectures.
•  Experience directly managing routers, switches, load balancers and SSL accelerators in a high-availability infrastructure is required.
• Expert understanding of TCP as it pertains to packet inspection and network / application flows.
•  Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make recommendations for system changes, as needed, to resolve issues.
• must have integration / configuration / administration experience and possess a solid Network background including an understanding of switch, network routing, and firewall concepts.
• The Load Balancing Engineer must possess very strong troubleshooting skills as well as a strong TCP understanding as it pertains to packet inspection and TCP flow in the Network and Application flows.
• The Load Balancing Engineer must have a very good understanding of DNS functionality and concepts as it relates to IPv4 and IPv6.
• Deep understanding of network protocols (Routing / Switching)
• Design and implement Load balancing rules using industry best practices.
• Communicate network architecture designs clearly and effectively to technical and non-technical decision makers
•  Perform security hardening of network systems.
• Develop or contribute to technical documentation including Low Level design documentation, Technical Implementation document, deployment/build plans, and test plans.
• Deploy designed solution within a testing environment to verify compliance with security and functional requirements.

Education Qualification: 

Graduation: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) / Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) / Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)

Post-Graduation: Master of Science (M.Sc) /Master of Technology (M.Tech) / Master of Computer Applications (MCA)