Engineer - Global IP and Ethernet Engineering

Purpose of your Role

The Engineer- Global IP & Ethernet Engineering is a position within Tata Communications, based in the (CNGCS) team and reporting to the GVPN India Network Lead. He/She will be working under the guidance of a Senior and will be responsible for performing Network planning and engineering function tasks assigned by the Senior.

You will be

Part of a high-performance team with strong technical/domain knowledge, good communication, project management and documentation skills. Working with Network, Systems, Operations, Project and Business teams. Supporting technical queries on the network and services and act as part of the L4 escalation support to the Operations team during P1/P2 network events.

Key Responsibilities

Support and work on Software Defined Networking (SDN) & Network hardware platform strategies.

Drive the use of and efficiencies of automation for network services using Network Service Orchestration (NSO) tools or applications.

Document and brief system architecture and changes to the NSO & Network infra.

Develop automated test suites and frameworks for hardware & services.

Perform service discovery and reconciliation of Network services on Network Services Orchestrator platform.

Co-ordinate with internal and external teams within the organization for new or existing node integration/optimization/life-cycle planning.

Understand the existing and new Network Services and prepare the business logic and service templates for the same from time to time.

Network planning: New device testing, new service testing, Device lifecycle planning

Work with OEM/Vendors/Internal/Operation teams to deliver the end project objectives.

Able to independently work on assigned project within minimal supervision.

Must have skills

Strong organizational and customer service skills.

BE in Electronic & Telecom or Information Technology.

Knowledge of networking (routers/switches)

Strong fundamental knowledge of Networking Technologies: BGP/MPBGP, OSPF, STP/RSTP/MSTP, Ethernet, IPSec VPN, DMVPN, QoS.

Strong fundamental knowledge of MPLS VPN services: L2/L3VPNs.

CCNA certification.

Following skills will be additional advantage

Knowledge and proficiency in Systems: Linux, Virtualization, Cloud services, Windows, Python scripting, Ansible playbooks,

Knowledge and proficiency in working with REST API and performing application to application API integration.

CCIP/CCIE, RHEL certifications.