Sr Tower Lead (Tools & Automation)
HCLTech
Noida, Karnataka, IndiaPosted 24 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
Job Summary
Experience in network engineering / NOC / NRE / NetDevOps roles.
- Experience in itential platform
- Core Networking: Strong in Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, VLANs, VRFs, HSRP/VRRP, etc.).
- Network Domains: Hands-on in one or more areas – Enterprise LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Data Center (Nexus/ACI), WLAN, firewalls, or load balancers.
- Automation & NetDevOps:
- Design, build, and maintain network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, CI/CD.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for configuration and lifecycle management.
- Integrate workflows with Source of Truth (NetBox/Nautobot) and ITSM tools (ServiceNow).
- Develop reusable modules, playbooks, and pipelines for provisioning, upgrades, backups, and compliance.
- Use Python with network libraries (Netmiko, NAPALM, pyATS, etc. as a plus).
- Git & CI/CD: Comfortable with Git (branches, merge requests) and basic CI/CD pipelines.
- Observability: Experience with at least one monitoring stack (SolarWinds, Cisco DNAC, ThousandEyes, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk/ELK, etc.).
- Protocols & Troubleshooting: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, QoS, and proven ability to troubleshoot complex network issues under pressure.
- Collaboration & Design:
- Work closely with network architects, operations, SRE, and application teams to embed reliability by design.
- Contribute to network design reviews focusing on resilience, failure domains, capacity, and automation readiness.
- Documentation & Mentoring:
- Create and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and documentation for ops teams.
- Mentor engineers on NetDevOps, automation, and reliability best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- To ensure generation of tower level EE & EN revenue
- To ensure that all responsibilities, tasks and escalations/crisis are closed as per agreed SLA norms
- To manage Operational Hygiene, validate reports and ensure that services are provided as per agreed SOW
- To ensure positive customer satisfaction and develop new initiatives/ frameworks to improve the same
- To manage and implement Profit Improvement Plan (PIP) through levers like Automation & self-driven initiatives     Â
Skill Requirements
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Other Requirements
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Skills
ci-cdgitpythonansiblegrafanaprometheussplunksreterraform
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