Senior Network Engineer - Support
Apps Associates · Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Full-time · Senior · Posted 1 month ago
* 5–10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise networking, cloud
networking, network security, and hybrid infrastructure operations.
* Strong hands-on experience in AWS networking services including VPC,
subnetting, route tables, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, VPC Peering,
Route 53, ALB/NLB, Security Groups, NACLs, AWS WAF, Network Firewall,
PrivateLink, and VPC Endpoints.
* Strong working knowledge of OCI networking including VCN, DRG, route tables,
security lists, NSGs, FastConnect, Site-to-Site VPN, LPG/RPC, Service
Gateway, NAT Gateway, Load Balancer, and private/public connectivity models.
* Strong CCNA/CCNP-level understanding of routing and switching concepts
including TCP/IP, OSI model, VLAN, trunking, STP, EtherChannel, subnetting,
static routing, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, NAT, ACL, HSRP/VRRP, and QoS.
* Ability to design and troubleshoot hybrid connectivity between cloud and
on-premises using AWS Direct Connect, OCI FastConnect, IPsec VPN, BGP
routing, redundant tunnels, and failover design.
* Strong knowledge of firewall and network security concepts including security
zones, NAT policy, security policy, URL filtering, IDS/IPS, SSL inspection,
VPN, threat prevention, and traffic logs.
* Experience with Palo Alto and Fortinet or similar next-generation firewall
platforms.
* Ability to design secure and scalable hub-and-spoke network architecture
across AWS, OCI, and enterprise data centers.
* Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP, SSL certificates, load balancer health
checks, session persistence, SSL offloading, backend pools, listeners, and
traffic routing.
* Experience in troubleshooting production issues related to application
connectivity, blocked traffic, routing loops, asymmetric routing, packet
loss, MTU issues, DNS failures, VPN instability, and cloud security
misconfiguration.
* Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as
Terraform, CloudFormation and AWS/OCI CLI.
* Experience in cloud governance, network documentation, compliance support,
audit readiness, firewall rule review, and secure network design.
* Ability to work with cross-functional teams, vendors, service providers,
security teams, cloud teams, and business stakeholders.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues
clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to work independently, handle critical incidents, lead troubleshooting
bridges, and provide clear updates during production outages.