Senior Network Engineer - APJ-C Lead

Job description

Accountabilities: Design, configure, and implement complex regional network solutions supporting business growth, new application services, organic expansion, and M&A initiatives. Engineer solutions across enterprise networking and security technologies, including departmental and enterprise switches, routers, firewalls, VPN gateways, IP telephony, IVR, ACD, SD-WAN appliances, WAN accelerators, load balancers, and related platforms. Provide full operational support for regional and global network services that enable access to revenue-generating applications and critical business systems. Diagnose and resolve complex network incidents independently, escalating only the most challenging mission-critical issues when required. Apply strong technical judgment to improve network reliability, performance, security, scalability, and operational efficiency. Serve as a subject matter expert in at least one core networking discipline, providing guidance on complex design and support questions. Engage proactively with technology vendors, service providers, and partners to evaluate solutions and identify opportunities to optimize network services. Make effective use of vendor support contracts, internal resources, and technical expertise to resolve issues efficiently and securely. Plan and track engineering activities, ensuring projects, operational tasks, and technical deliverables remain organized and meet agreed deadlines. Maintain accurate technical documentation and update records with new configurations, findings, solutions, and operational knowledge. Mentor and support junior network engineers, sharing technical knowledge and helping strengthen the broader engineering team. Collaborate with stakeholders and management across different functions and regions to communicate technical information, project status, risks, and recommendations clearly. Participate in on-call support and provide additional coverage or overtime when business and operational requirements demand it. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on network latency reduction, performance optimization, reliability, and modern network engineering practices. Requirements: 5–8 years of relevant professional experience in network engineering, infrastructure, or a closely related technical discipline. Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering or a related field is required; a Master’s or postgraduate degree is preferred. Strong experience designing, configuring, implementing, and supporting complex enterprise or global network environments. Demonstrated expertise in at least one major networking discipline, with the ability to handle most design questions and complex operational challenges independently. Relevant professional certifications are highly valued, including Cisco Certified DevNet Professional, CCNP Security, CCNP Collaboration with two or more concentrations, and F5 or equivalent load-balancer certifications. Strong knowledge of modern networking technologies and techniques for reducing network latency, improving performance, and increasing service reliability. Experience with enterprise switching, routing, firewalls, VPN gateways, SD-WAN, load balancers, IP telephony, contact center technologies, or comparable infrastructure is preferred. Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy when working on complex technical environments. Ability to communicate technical information clearly and effectively with engineers, vendors, partners, and management at different organizational levels. Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with the confidence to take ownership, introduce ideas, make recommendations, and guide less experienced engineers. Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive tasks through to completion. Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision while maintaining accountability for technical decisions and deliverables. Ability to remain effective under pressure when handling high workloads, incidents, tight deadlines, and business-critical network issues. Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills suited to collaboration within a global organization. Ability to quickly learn new systems, technologies, tools, and processes. Advanced proficiency with relevant computer systems, network management platforms, and technical applications. Strong professional judgment, confidentiality, integrity, and commitment to ethical and organizational standards. Willingness to participate in on-call rotations, work occasional non-standard hours or overtime, and travel when required. Benefits: Flexible benefits: Country-specific elective benefits designed to support different lifestyles and individual needs. Career development: Formal leadership and professional development programs, along with access to on-demand learning opportunities. Well-being support: Resources and programs focused on financial, physical, and mental well-being, including seminars, events, and employee assistance resources. Global collaboration: Opportunity to work with colleagues, partners, vendors, and technical teams across an international organization. Inclusive workplace: Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and equitable professional growth for employees from varied backgrounds and perspectives. Community engagement: Opportunities to participate in employee-led communities, business resource groups, volunteering, environmental initiatives, and social activities. Onboarding and networking: Structured opportunities to build connections with colleagues and expand your professional network. Technical growth: Exposure to complex enterprise networking, security, communications, cloud, and infrastructure technologies. Leadership opportunities: Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute technical direction within a global engineering environment. Remote flexibility: Remote working arrangement within India, subject to business requirements. Meaningful impact: Direct responsibility for the reliability, performance, security, and evolution of critical network services. Professional environment: A collaborative setting that values ownership, innovation, continuous learning, and strong technical execution. 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Our partner is looking for a Senior Network Engineer - APJ-C Lead based in India. This role provides senior-level technical ownership for complex regional and global network environments supporting critical business applications and services.You will design, configure, implement, and support advanced data, voice, storage, video, contact center, and network security technologies.The position combines hands-on engineering with operational support, project coordination, vendor engagement, and technical mentorship.You will play a key role in enabling business growth, supporting new applications, and improving network reliability, performance, and security.The role offers significant exposure to technologies including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN, load balancing, IP telephony, and contact center platforms.You will operate with considerable autonomy while collaborating with global teams, vendors, and partners across a complex international environment.This is an opportunity for an experienced network engineer to act as a technical leader while continuously improving the resilience and efficiency of enterprise network services.