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Job Description: 
Position: Technical Support Engineer  – Security

Role: Customer Focused Technical Support  (CFTS) Engineer –Security Products and Technologies

Location: Bangalore

The Technical Support Engineer reports into the Global Services (GS) division of Juniper Networks, specifically as part of a comprehensive Juniper Technical Assistance Center (JTAC). JTAC challenges the status quo to provide multi-tiered services to Juniper’s top-tier customers worldwide – customers who test the traditional bounds of what can be done.  

In order to do this, Juniper’s premier customers increasingly rely on experts like the Technical Support Engineer by purchasing advanced service contracts in order to gain access to dedicated teams of highly competent, technically astute and network aware senior engineers in an organization known as Customer Focused Technical Support (CFTS).

In short – our most expert customers can’t do what they do without a designated team of senior engineers.  And that’s you -- with in-depth product knowledge (switching, routing and/or security) and highly focused troubleshooting skills relevant to a customer’s particular network.

To meet the challenge, you need extensive experience supporting large-scale networks; as well as broad product knowledge in anyone of routing, switching or security (firewalls) , SDN domains.  Your ability to troubleshoot product problems; diagnose critical and complex network issues; and learn your customer’s infrastructure and technologies; are what bring you applause, success and thanks in the Support organization.   

In this position, your primary role is one of “break/fix”, where your mastery of in-depth diagnostics quickly brings network assets back online and heads off future problems.  As one tool, you replicate customers’ problems in Juniper’s state-of-the-art lab environment to determine the root cause, verify a fix, and recommend a solution.

Key Responsibilities : 

·         Become the dedicated focal technical support contact and handle high priority issues for a limited number of Advanced Services customers, on specific Juniper Networks Routing products ( SRX High end and Low end series , Virtual SRX )

·         Gain in-depth knowledge of the Juniper infrastructure and technologies that are present in assigned customer’s network profile; including their network topology, features, configurations, and service history, which results in faster resolution.

·         Take ownership of high priority or sensitive customer issues, Isolate Juniper product issues at network/hardware/software level, ensure prompt service restoration and resolution to the customer’s satisfaction, by using a systematic problem-solving approach.

·         Replicate customer environments and issues in lab and work closely with Juniper Engineering team in providing bug fixes on software issues reported by customer.

·         Work closely with other Global Services(GS) teams to ensure knowledge share of the customer’s networks, issues and solutions. Keep GS management informed of all sensitive issues

·         Provide necessary support to the Service Managers for high profile technical escalations , Involvement in conference calls and/or face to face customer account meetings to discuss technical escalations.

·         Develop and maintain skills in his/her core products and technologies and highlight any need for training as the customers networks evolve.

·         Work with various technical teams within Juniper Networks regarding new products and feature improvements for reliability, availability, and serviceability.

·         Contribute to technical documentation (White Papers, FAQs, Solutions) for internal and/or external use.

·         Develop a “Can-Do” attitude and suggest ways to improve the team performance and increase customer’s satisfaction.

This is an individual contributor role. There can be rotational weekend coverages to support customers.

Minimum Qualifications: 

·         The candidate will have achieved a level of higher education (Bachelor or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science or equivalent)

·         Atleast 5 years of working experience in the networking domain, [e.g. 3] of these years of which would be spent supporting large IP networks

·         Solid working experience in most of the following : 

o    IP Networking basics: TCP/IP, Subnetting, IP Packet flow, OSI layers

o    Security Technologies : 

§  VPNs, IPSec, GRE, SSL/SSH , QoS, DES, 3DES, MD5, SHA, PKI , Various Denial of Service attacks, SYN flood , Replay attacks

§  Concepts of Stateful packet inceptions, Application of Firewalls, access/perimeter control, vulnerability management and intrusion detection

o    Other protocols: NAT , OSPF , BGP , Ethernet, 802.1q/p VLAN, BFD, STP, RSTP, ARP, LACP , High availability (Clustering) and Gateway redundancy protocols (VRRP)

·         Working experience with traffic generators and network protocols analysis tools 

·         Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, applicable to large and complex network scenarios 

·         Strong customer management and customer service skills 

·         Excellent communication and presentation skills 

·         Language skills: English (fluent – verbal and written),  

·         Diplomacy and good customer facing skills to understand and effectively address sensitive customer situations

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Candidates with experience and certifications in Juniper Products like MX, PTX, QFX, EX, SRX, Contrail will be given preference 

·         JNCIE/CCIE lab or other security product certified personnel would have a distinct advantage

·         Working experience with Operating System architectures (*nix , FreeBSD) , Virtualization, Hardware (CPU, memory, controller (and so on types), Scripting languages (TCL, Perl, Ansible, Puppet, C , C++), Service daemons (DHCP, DNS, TACACS, Radius)

Personal Traits: 

·         Customer Centric 

·         Team Player

·         Problem-solving mindset 

·         Action attitude 

Other Information [regional specific]: 

·         Relocation is available for this position

·         Travel requirements for the position less than 10%

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. The company serves customers and partners worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net

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ABOUT JUNIPER NETWORKS

Juniper Networks challenges the inherent complexity that comes with networking and security in the multicloud era. We do this with products, solutions and services that transform the way people connect, work and live. We simplify the process of transitioning to a secure and automated multicloud environment to enable secure, AI-driven networks that connect the world. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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