Senior Network Engineer at Encora10

We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to manage, support, and enhance enterprise network infrastructure across the organization. This role acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for network operations, ensuring high availability, security, performance, and SLA compliance while working closely with internal teams, vendors, and service providers. Key Responsibilities • Act as SME for Network Infrastructure, providing technical guidance and mentoring junior engineers • Manage day-to-day enterprise network operations (BAU) including incident resolution and troubleshooting • Configure, manage, and support routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and network monitoring systems • Add, maintain, and decommission network devices as required • Monitor network health, availability, and performance proactively • Manage configuration files, backups, version control, and recovery • Perform network troubleshooting across multi-vendor environments • Plan and execute patching, firmware upgrades, rollouts, and releases • Conduct capacity planning, performance testing, stress testing, and growth analysis • Maintain accurate network inventories, topology diagrams, and technical documentation • Work with vendors, telcos, and service providers to meet SLAs and resolve issues • Support Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) exercises • Ensure compliance with operational processes, standards, and regulatory requirements • Identify risks, emerging threats, and recommend mitigation strategies Required Skills & Experience Core Network Operations • Enterprise Network Operations & Support – 5+ years • Strong experience in SLA-driven environments Routing & Switching • Cisco and/or Huawei routing & switching – 5+ years • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing protocols, subnetting, DNS, DHCP Network Security • Hands-on experience with firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco) – 3–5+ years Load Balancing & Traffic Management • Experience with F5, VMware NSX-T, or Avi load balancers – 3–5+ years Monitoring & Configuration Management • Network monitoring & alerting tools – 3–5+ years • Configuration, backup, and recovery management – 3–5+ years Infrastructure & Lifecycle Management • Network device lifecycle management – 5+ years • Capacity planning and performance testing – 3–5+ years Operations & Collaboration • Vendor and service provider management – 3–5+ years • DR & BCP participation – 3–5+ years • Strong stakeholder and cross-team collaboration skills – 5+ years Leadership • SME / Technical leadership experience – 2–3+ years Nice to Have • Experience in regulated or large enterprise environments • Exposure to cloud networking (AWS / Azure) • Automation or scripting experience (Shell, Python)