Network Administrator- Pune

Job Description:

We are having an urgent opening for the position of Network Administrator for a reputed Company at the Pune location.

Overall Summary:

Monitor, maintain, secure, and support all levels of the core IT infrastructure for our global enterprise spanning 60+ remote locations, data centers and cloud data centers.  Monitor the environment to ensure maximum security, stability, efficiency, performance, and integrity of global infrastructure resources.

Reports to: Director of IT Operations and Security

FLSA Status: Exempt

 Supervisory Responsibilities:

• No direct reports

 General Duties and Responsibilities:  (What you will be doing)

• Create technical metrics that report the overall health of the infrastructure and establish baseline performance expectations
• Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Implement, monitor, and maintain the instances of on-premise and cloud infrastructure services
• Work closely with IT peers and vendors to answer technical questions or resolve issues with performance and access
• Monitor security and hardware logs and proactively work on problems before they are reported
• Develop and deploy proactive solutions and setup alerts to ensure system stability across the organization.
• Participate in the testing of disaster recovery procedures.
• Physical installation of network and server gear into racks and upgrading? hardware and software components as required
• Maintain topology diagrams and documentation for network infrastructure and services
• Coordinate with internal business partners for opening or closing of branch offices
• Act as point of escalation and overflow for Support Technicians
• Provide technical leadership and training to Support Technicians
• Perform occasional scheduled maintenance on nights and weekends. and provide 24x7 on-call coverage as part of an on-call rotation

 Required Skills and Abilities: (power skills, not necessarily learned skills)

• Ability to function autonomously and use good judgment in a fast-paced, global environment
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, shifting needs and moderate ambiguity

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to apply these skills to identify and resolve anomalies in system functionality and performance

• Demonstrated ability to learn new software, applications, and technologies? 
• Demonstrated experience diagnosing and troubleshooting system problems in a complex and varied systems environment.
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Responsible, highly reliable, and organized; able to work individually and collaboratively with peers and users 
• Implementation and administration of firewalls, routers, switches, wireless access points, and wireless LAN controllers 
• Ordering and administering ISP, MPLS, MoE, and other WAN circuits
• Working knowledge of data, voice, video and wireless communication
• Demonstrated hands-on experience working with networking technology (Router, Switch, Firewall, and Wireless)

 Education and Experience: (Practical Experience)

• 1-2 years of managing and monitoring IaaS or PaaS in the public cloud?
• Strong knowledge of telephony and Unified Communications technologies (Microsoft Teams) 
• Knowledgeable in Azure hybrid cloud integrations 
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, or equivalent experience 
• Industry Certifications (Azure, O365, MCSA/E, CCNA, GSEC, CEH)