Lead network engineer

Role Purpose(s)

The Lead Network Engineer is responsible for providing strategic technical leadership in the design, architecture, governance, implementation, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments

Key Accountabilities

Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise network solutions across hybrid infrastructure environments. Drive network modernization, technology refresh, and infrastructure transformation initiatives aligned with business objectives. Establish and govern network standards, policies, security controls, and operational best practices. Ensure network availability, performance, scalability, and security across enterprise environments. Provide technical leadership and oversight for complex projects, major incidents, and critical infrastructure changes. Act as the senior technical authority for network engineering, mentoring and developing engineering teams. Collaborate with cloud, security, systems, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated technology solutions. Support organizational compliance, audit, and regulatory requirements through appropriate network governance and controls.

Job Responsibilities & Duties

Flexible to accommodate Canada/US business hours (UTC-3 / UTC-4), operating between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM local time (4:30 PM to 1:30 AM IST) during specific days each week. Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring security, scalability, and high availability. Manage and oversee network-related projects, including planning, execution, resource coordination, risk management, and technical governance. Establish, maintain, and enforce network standards, policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. Provide expert-level technical leadership for complex troubleshooting, major incident management, root cause analysis, and infrastructure problem resolution. Drive network capacity planning, performance monitoring, technology refresh, and continuous improvement initiatives to support business growth and operational excellence. Lead network security initiatives, including security assessments, vulnerability remediation, penetration test findings resolution, and implementation of security controls. Review and approve network architecture designs, technical documentation, audit reports, and infrastructure recommendations while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards. Mentor and guide engineering teams, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and support 24x7 operations, including escalations, standby duties, and project deployments when required.

Key Job Competencies

Required 4-5 key core competencies according to GHR listing above. Results Oriented Manages Complexity Learning Agility Continuous Improvement Stakeholder Engagement

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. Professional networking certifications are highly desirable. Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)(Required)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)(Preferred)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Preferred)

AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Certification (Preferred)

Working Experience Requirements

Minimum 6–8 years of progressive experience in network engineering, operations, and infrastructure management. Proven experience leading enterprise-scale network architecture, implementation, and transformation projects. Extensive experience managing hybrid network environments comprising on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring engineering teams.

Skills Required

Must-have skills

Enterprise network architecture and design. Routing and switching technologies. Enterprise firewalls and security solutions. VPN technologies (Site-to-Site and Remote Access). Load balancing technologies. Network Access Control (NAC) solutions. Layer 7 traffic management and application delivery. AWS networking services (VPC, Route Tables, Transit Gateway, Network Firewall, etc.). Azure networking services (VNet Peering, Application Gateway, Network Security controls, etc.). High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) design. Network troubleshooting and root cause analysis. Network performance monitoring and optimization. Security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance management.

Preferable skills

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP). AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Certification. NAC / Aruba Clear Pass / Forti NAC administration. Aruba Mobility Controller administration. IEEE 802.1 X authentication deployment and management. F5 Load Balancer administration. Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code (Ia C). Cloud Front and Cloudflare CDN implementation. SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management. Multi-cloud networking architecture. Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper Firewalls, Cisco Meraki. Cisco, HP, Dell Switches.