We are seeking an experienced Network Design Engineer – Core/Broadband to join our team. This role focuses on designing, evolving, and standardizing large-scale service provider networks. If you know someone who’d be a great fit for this role, please refer them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather and analyze business and technical requirements by working closely with internal stakeholders.
• Create and own High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents for core and broadband services.
• Present design proposals and drive technical sign-offs from stakeholders.
• Own hardware and software selection, perform bug scrubs, and assess security vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with testing and implementation teams to review test plans, defects, reports, MoPs, and change tickets.
• Support vendor selection by contributing technical inputs to RFPs and conducting technical evaluations and PoC testing.
• Influence network feature roadmaps by working with strategic vendors on release planning and budget inputs.
• Drive platform enhancements, automation initiatives, and DevOps-aligned solutions to enable build-once, deploy-multiple strategies.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong expertise in IP networking and routing technologies: MPLS, LDP, IS-IS, BGP, ACLs, QoS.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS-XR platforms such as ASR 9000 and NCS 5000 series.
• Solid background in service provider networks covering routing, switching, and security.
• Excellent communication skills for risk articulation, stakeholder sign-offs, escalation management, and weekly status reporting.
• CCNP Service Provider certification.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with OpenConfig and vendor-specific NETCONF-YANG models, JSON, and XML for network automation.
• Working knowledge of Python, Ansible, and configuration management using Git.
• Exposure to ISP subscriber technologies such as Nokia SROS, BNG, IPoE, PPPoE.