Flex Looking for L3 Network Engineer – F5 / Next Gen Firewall – IT at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

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Job Description

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add L3 Network Engineer – IT located in Chennai / Pune / Coimbatore Location.

Reporting to the Senior Manager & the role involves

What a typical day looks like:
Implement, operate, troubleshoot and monitor Wide-Area, Internet Access, Reverse Proxy and Customer Connection network services and provide support for Flex global WAN EDGE, VPN, and Corporate Internet Access network infrastructure based on CISCO, Palo Alto and F5 (‘BIG-IP’, LTM and GTM) technologies.

Automate as much as possible using Python, REST Api, shell scripts, Ansible, Docker containers and GitHub repositories.

Plan and perform troubleshooting and corrective actions.

Work as part of an international team of highly qualified and professional global network/telecom analysts, engineers, technicians and managers in a follow-the-sun model, support Flex IT SLAs and goals related to Mean Time to Repair, implementation of standards, technology rollout and operational excellence.

Monitor and identify capacity and performance, plan, deploy, operate and troubleshoot business-critical components for Internet Access, client and B2B VPN and Customer connections on a global level to ensure continued, uninterrupted operation of business systems.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
Bachelors degree/equivalent in computer science, network technology or similar.

About 5 years’ experience in international multi-customer WAN environment, preferably service provider, specialist in multiple areas of networking technology (WAN, VPN, internet access, reverse proxy).

Rock-solid understanding of networking concepts like OSI layer model, IPV4 subnetting, NAT/PAT, traffic paths, access lists.

Some experience working with Python/Ansible.

Ability to assess(abstract), document, convert to flowchart and finally program repeatable task sequences.

A solid and current knowledge of dynamic routing protocols, in particular BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, DMVPN (Cisco NHRP);

Hands-on experience with F5 load balancers (BIG-IP, GTM, LTM), Palo Alto firewalls including Panorama management console and Cisco routers & firewalls.

Ideally you are certified in F5 BIG-IP.

Excellent verbal and written English skills are a must for this role.

Here are a few of our Desired experiences:
Cisco CCNA and CCNP certifications as well as experience with Cisco’s DMVPN/NHRP, PBR, ACI or other SDN will be an advantage.

Ability to write Python, Java Script, Ansible programs using REST API &GitLab.

Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama management, intrusion detection systems, SolarWinds network monitoring.

Experience with SDN technology (Cisco i-WAN and Cisco ACI fabric) and Arista datacenter switching equipment.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:
Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

NK99

Job Category

IT

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