Senior Network & Security Team Lead
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About the Role
Lead and mentor teams in enterprise network and cybersecurity projects, ensuring technical delivery, customer satisfaction, and supporting pre-sales activities.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of Network and Security Engineers
- Act as primary technical escalation point for complex network and cybersecurity issues
- Design, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise network and security solutions
- Work closely with customers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Lead planning, execution, and delivery of enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity projects
- Support pre sales activities including solution design, technical presentations, BOM preparation, and customer workshops
- Develop and review HLD, LLD, SOW, implementation plans, and technical documentation
- Coordinate with vendors and OEMs for solution design and technical support
- Drive technical governance, best practices, knowledge sharing, and team development
- Assist management in resource planning, project allocation, and technical capability enhancement
Requirements
- Experience leading a team of Network and Security Engineers
- Strong hands on experience with enterprise cybersecurity solutions (Firewalls, NGFW, IPS/IDS, NAC, PAM, IAM, SIEM, SOC, WAF, ADC, MFA)
- L3 level experience with Cisco Security, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point, Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, etc.
- Extensive experience with enterprise networking (Cisco Catalyst, SDA, Wireless, Aruba, Routing & Switching, Data Center)
- Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, STP, QoS, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, SD WAN, VPN
- Experience in VAPT, vulnerability management, risk assessments, security audits
- Experience with cloud networking (Azure, AWS)
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Job Overview
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Network & Security Team Lead with strong enterprise project delivery experience, customer facing consulting capabilities, and proven team leadership skills.
- The ideal candidate should be capable of leading complex network and cybersecurity projects, mentoring technical teams, supporting pre sales activities, and acting as a technical escalation point for customers and internal teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of Network and Security Engineers, ensuring high standards of technical delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex network and cybersecurity issues.
- Design, implement, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise network and security solutions.
- Work closely with customers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions and architectures.
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity projects.
- Ensure project activities are delivered according to agreed timelines, scope, and quality standards.
- Support pre sales activities including solution design, technical presentations, BOM preparation, technical proposals, and customer workshops.
- Develop and review High Level Designs (HLD), Low Level Designs (LLD), Scope of Work (SOW), implementation plans, and technical documentation.
- Coordinate with vendors and OEMs for solution design, escalations, and technical support.
- Drive technical governance, best practices, knowledge sharing, and team development initiatives.
- Assist management in resource planning, project allocation, and technical capability enhancement.
Technical Expertise
- Excellent knowledge and hands on experience with enterprise cybersecurity solutions including Firewalls, NGFW, IPS/IDS, NAC (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, FortiNAC), PAM, IAM, SIEM, SOC, WAF, ADC, and MFA solutions.
- Strong L3 level implementation, troubleshooting, and operational experience with Cisco Security, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Check Point, Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, FortiNAC, CyberArk or equivalent PAM solutions, Duo MFA, Citrix WAF, and enterprise SIEM/SOC platforms.
- Extensive hands on experience with enterprise networking technologies including Cisco Catalyst Switching, Cisco SDA, Cisco Wireless, Aruba Networking, Dell Networking, enterprise Routing & Switching, Data Center Networking, and high availability network architectures.
- Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, QoS, Multicast, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, MPLS, SD WAN, VPN technologies, network segmentation, micro segmentation, and secure network design principles.
- Strong expertise in designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and optimizing complex enterprise network and security infrastructures across campus, branch, data center, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Experience in VAPT, vulnerability management platforms, cybersecurity risk assessments, security audits, compliance assessments, and remediation planning.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, governance, risk management, incident response processes, security operations, threat management, and security best practices.
- Experience with cloud networking and security concepts across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Ability to develop and review HLD, LLD, SOW, technical proposals, implementation plans, migration strategies, and as built documentation.
- Strong capability to translate customer business requirements into scalable technical solutions, provide technical leadership during project execution, and act as the highest level of technical escalation for complex enterprise network and cybersecurity environments.
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