Akamai

Network Administrator II

Akamai India

Technology, Information and Internet · 5,001-10,000 employees

22 h ago
network-engineer Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time India
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About the role

You will maintain a reliable, secure, and efficient data network infrastructure while delivering effective IT support services. Responsibilities include deploying, configuring, and monitoring network equipment to ensure smooth global operations.

What they look for

Network administration Cisco Fortinet Juniper Aruba F5 ClearPass VLANs Dot1x Spanning Tree OSPF BGP SD-WAN Network security Troubleshooting Data center management

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Proficiency in managing routers, switches, firewalls, and routing protocols like OSPF and BGP is required, along with CCNP or JNCIP certification.

Benefits

Health support Well-being support Financial support FlexBase program

Full description

Are you excited about working with cutting-edge network technologies?

Would you enjoy taking ownership of our infrastructure?

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Partner with the best

As a Network Administrator II, you will maintain a reliable, secure and efficient data network infrastructure. You will deliver IT Support Services effectively and ensure smooth network operations across the global network. You will deploy, configure, maintain and monitor all network equipments to ensure smooth network operations.

As a Network Administrator II, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing on-going administration and support of Corporate Network Infrastructure (Cisco/Fortinet/Juniper/Aruba/F5/ClearPass).
  • Troubleshooting wired and wireless Ethernet networking technologies (including VLANs, Dot1x,Spanning Tree, Port Channeling, 802.11abgn, etc.).
  • Maintaining proactive and timely communication with customers via multiple mediums (tickets, calls, walk-ups, IM).
  • Ensuring effective, self initiated monitoring and configuration/change management is maintained for all systems and networks.
  • Using system resource utilization and monitoring tools to identify potential problem areas before they result in incidents.
  • Providing weekend support on rotating on-call schedule and leading support operations while being technical PoC for Bangalore

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have 5 yrs of relevant experience with Bachelor's or its or equivalent.
  • Configure and manage Cisco, Fortigate, and Juniper with practical, hands-on experience across various systems and environments.
  • Demonstrate good experience in experience configuring and managing Routers, Switches and

Firewalls

  • Have experience in maintaining complex and large networks and Data centers.
  • Have experience in wired and wireless Ethernet networking technologies (VLANs, Dot1x, Spanning

Tree etc.) and network security.

  • Demonstrate proficiency with routing protocols and related technologies - OSPF,BGP, SD-WAN.
  • Have understanding of network applications, protocols and client-based networking with systems

running Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux.

  • Possess understanding of end-to-end data flows and traffic patterns (wireshark).Be CCNP / JNCIP

certified

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day. Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple: Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance. Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data. Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch. AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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