Associate Lead Consultant - Cisco Meraki Job

Experience

8-10 Years

Job Description

As Network L3/L4, you will leverage your in-depth knowledge of network technologies, security protocols, monitoring tools to provide high level support for diverse range of network environments.

This role plays a crucial role in maintaining network security, performance and availability across multiple platforms like Palo Alto, Fortinet, cisco Meraki and others.

Key Responsibilities

Network management and Troubleshooting:

• Strong hands-on experience Cisco Meraki
• Good Knowledge on Palo Altos, FortiGate firewalls
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Team Player who leads the NOC team with best practices and SOPs
• Support, configure and troubleshoot enterprise network infra including routers, firewalls, switches and wireless devices
• Implement and manage Palo alto and Fortinet firewalls to ensure secure network traffic and effective security policies
• Manage, monitor and troubleshoot network environments using cisco meraki devices, ensuring consistent performance
• Ensure uptime and optimize performance for a variety of network systems
  
  

• Design, implement and manage network security policies and practices including VPNs, ACLs and firewalls.
• Provide incident response support and resolution for security events and vulnerabilities.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards
  
  

• Utilize Nagios or similar monitoring tools to monitor network performance and identify potential issues proactively.
• Set up alerts, analyse logs and resolve issues that may impact network availability or security
  
  

• Good hands-on experience with Palo Alto, Fortinet Fortigate firewalls
• Strong knowledge on Cisco Meraki networking devices (ex: switches, wireless access points, routers etc)
• Deep understanding of enterprise network architecture which includes cloud and on prem data centre infrastructure.
• Experience with SD WAN technologies and deployments.
• Deep understanding of network protocols. (Eg TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, BGP etc)
• Strong troubleshooting skills with ability to analyse complex network issues.
• Familiarity with network security best practices (Ex: Firewall policies, VPNs, intrusion detection/prevention)
• Strong communication skills to document incidents, generate reports and communicate with clients
• Experience with ServiceNow for ticketing, incident management.
• Team player who leads NOC team with best practices and SOPs.
  
  

• Takes responsibility for and ensures accuracy of results and deadlines of the function and/or team and in completing own work.
  
  

• Reaches out to others in team to ensure connections are made and team members are working together.
• Looks for ways to integrate work with other teams, identifying similarities and opportunities, making necessary changes in work to ensure successful integration.
  
  

• Demonstrates openness to the possibilities that change presents and begins to plan for how role may change.
• Works with others to prepare for change.
  
  

• Identifies trends and patterns emerging from customer preferences and works towards customizing/ refining existing services to exceed customer needs and expectations.
  
  

• Communicates well-organized ideas, information, and data to broad and diverse audiences across the Organization (through formal and informal presentations).
• Helps others identify their appropriate audience.
  
  

• Sets realistic stretch goals for self & others and perseveres to follow through with resilience and remains calm in a crisis or stressful situation to exceed organization/client expectation.
  
  

• Identifies and understands the source of conflict, addresses, and overcomes.