Senior Network and IP Engineer

Overview

Senior Network and IP Engineer on the Network Design & Planning team in Bangalore, designing, building and optimising the IP transport that connects Skylo's ground stations, satellite gateways, data centers, and cloud-native RAN and core in public cloud.

What you'll do

• Design and implement IP transport and routing, including routers, switches and firewalls across ground stations, data centers and cloud.
• Design and operate routing architectures using BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS (L3VPN/L2VPN, segment routing), including routing policy, traffic engineering and redundancy (VRRP, BFD, ECMP).
• Design and deliver backhaul connectivity from ground stations and satellite gateways to cloud and data center sites, including carrier circuits, IPsec/SD-WAN overlays and diverse-path resilience.
• Design cloud networking in AWS and GCP (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect / Cloud Interconnect, VPN) and hybrid connectivity to on-prem sites.
• Define IP addressing, subnetting, VLAN, VRF and QoS designs for RAN, core, management and interconnect traffic.
• Support interconnects with MNO and roaming partners (IPX/GRX, peering, private interconnects) in collaboration with core network engineers.
• Implement network security controls, including segmentation, ACLs, firewall policy and DDoS protection, together with the Security team.
• Automate network configuration and validation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Python and NetBox.
• Monitor transport performance (latency, jitter, loss, utilisation), perform capacity planning, and drive improvements to availability and scalability.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and support Operations with root cause analysis and escalations.
• Document network architecture, configurations and procedures, and conduct proof-of-solutions to validate technical proposals.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of experience in IP network engineering, ideally within a telecom operator, service provider, or large-scale cloud/data center environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS, including routing policy design and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, network tunnelling (GRE, IPsec, VXLAN) and redundancy protocols (VRRP, BFD, LAG/LACP).
• Experience configuring and optimising carrier-grade routers, switches and firewalls (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet).
• Experience with public cloud networking (AWS VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect; GCP networking) and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience designing WAN/backhaul connectivity, including carrier circuits, SD-WAN and QoS.
• Familiarity with network automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, Python, NetBox).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with mobile network transport (RAN backhaul, S1/N2/N3, GTP, IPX/GRX) is a strong plus.
• General knowledge of satellite communication over LEO and GEO, and ground station networking, is a plus.
• Industry certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, or equivalent are preferred.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work mode: onsite, 3 days a week in office.