Location: Mumbai - Urmi

Role Summary

Seeking a highly experienced Director – Network & Infrastructure Architecture to lead the design, implementation, optimisation and operations of our Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud and Security Infrastructure. The ideal candidate should possess deep expertise in Networking, infrastructure, Virtualization, Linux OS, Cloud Networking and Large-Scale Production environments with proven experience in designing highly available, low-latency and mission-critical infrastructure.

The candidate should have extensive experience managing Enterprise Networks, Data Centers, Hybrid Cloud deployments, multicast environments, Live Media Streaming infrastructure, Zero Trust architecture, High Frequency Trading (HFT) networks and Large-Scale Network Security implementations.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Network Architecture

Design, implement and manage highly available Enterprise and Data Center networks.
Define network standards, architecture and operational best practices.
Build scalable network solutions with high availability and redundancy.
Design Campus, WAN, Data Center and Hybrid Cloud connectivity.
Plan capacity upgrades and technology refresh initiatives.
Lead network modernisation and digital transformation projects.

Routing & Switching

Design and troubleshoot complex Layer-2 and Layer-3 networks.

Design low latency networks.

Extensive experience with

OSPF

VRRP/HSRP

ECMP

LACP & MLAG/vPC

Data Center Technologies

Cisco Nexus architecture

Spine-Leaf architecture

VXLAN EVPN

Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

Storage networking

Design and manage enterprise security infrastructure including

Palo Alto Firewalls

Fortinet Firewalls

Juniper SRX

Checkpoint

IPS/IDS

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

SSL VPN

IPSec VPN

MFA & Identity integrations

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+/LDAP)

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

AWS Networking

Hybrid Cloud connectivity

VPN Connectivity

Cloud Security

VPC Architecture

Transit Gateway

Cloud Firewalls

Linux & Systems

RedHat Enterprise/Ubuntu

FTP

PXE

Performance optimization

Shell scripting

Virtualization

VMware ESXi

VMware vCenter
High Availability clusters
vSwitch
Distributed vSwitch
VM networking
Storage connectivity

Application Delivery

F5 Load Balancers

iRules

SSL Offloading

Traffic steering

Application redirection

Reverse Proxy

Monitoring & Automation

Packet Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Performance Monitoring

Jira

Documentation

Change Management

Live Media & OTT Infrastructure

Live Video Streaming Architecture

Multicast Distribution

Broadcast Network Design

AWS Media Delivery

High Availability Streaming Infrastructure

Low Latency Media Delivery

Disaster Recovery Planning

Leadership Responsibilities

Lead Network Engineering and Infrastructure teams.
Define technology roadmap.
Vendor evaluation and management.
Budget planning.
Solution architecture reviews.
Drive automation initiatives.
Conduct RCA and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with Cloud, Security, Platform, and Application teams.
Mentor engineers and establish operational excellence.

Key Skills & Competencies

Networking

Cisco

Nexus

BGP

VXLAN EVPN

Multicast

Routing Policies

Security

Palo Alto

Fortinet

Cisco ASA

VPN

ZTNA

MFA

Systems

Linux Administration

VMware

DNS

DHCP

Shell Scripting

Cloud

AWS

Hybrid Cloud

Direct Connect

Cloud Networking

Monitoring

Wireshark

Zabbix

RCA

Performance Analysis

Preferred Certifications

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

CCNP Enterprise

Fortinet NSE

Palo Alto PCNSE

AWS Solutions Architect

Preferred Experience

Enterprise Networks

OTT / Media Streaming

Cloud Infrastructure

Large Data Centers

ISP or Telecom Networks

Global Enterprise Infrastructure

Soft Skills

Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Ability to lead critical incident management.
Experience handling production environments with high availability requirements.
Strong documentation and presentation skills.
Ability to mentor and build high-performing engineering teams.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication) or equivalent.

Preferred (Good To Have)

CISCO ACI

SD-WAN

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Ansible)

Python for Network Automation

Kubernetes Networking

Service Mesh

Network Automation using APIs

GitOps