Senior Service-Provider Network Engineer - Juniper Specialist

About the role

Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and technology company spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries. In India, we're building a platform for innovative delivery and engagement that will strengthen our position as an industry leader. We've grown quickly since our inception in 2019, now with offices in Pune and Bangalore Role Summary We are seeking a seasoned Service-Provider Network Engineer with deep expertise in Juniper technologies and a track record of designing, operating, and supporting large-scale carrier-grade networks. The successful candidate will hold the top-level Juniper certification (e.g. JNCIE-SP) and bring at least 10 years of real-world experience. You will play a key leadership role: owning design and implementation of core network infrastructure, resolving complex issues, and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain large-scale Service-Provider WAN backbones and core infrastructure using Juniper hardware & software.
• Configure routing, switching, VPN, MPLS/VPN (L3VPN, L2VPN, VPLS, etc.), QoS, multicast, and other SP-related protocols/policies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network and service issues - including control-plane and data-plane problems, routing policy conflicts, MPLS/VPN issues, peering and interconnect problems, latency/performance degradations, and service outages.
• Act as escalation point for major incidents and outages; perform root-cause analysis and produce post-mortem documentation including mitigation and prevention recommendations.
• Provide technical leadership: create high- and low-level network designs (HLD/LLD), architecture documentation, run-books, standard operating procedures (SOPs), configuration templates, and network diagrams.
• Mentor, guide, and deliver technical training or guidance to less experienced engineers; review their work, share best practices, and ensure quality/capacity building in the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams - operations, NOC, security, projects, vendors/partners - to deliver end-to-end network and service solutions.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, and evolving SP-network requirements; proactively recommend infrastructure or architecture improvements for scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Provide support for any critical incidents or security vulnerabilities that cannot wait for standard business hours.
• Provide Support during high risk or service impacting change activities that includes, failover, activation, or configuration transitions in the Network.
• Required Technical Skills / Expertise
• Deep Juniper expertise - Strong hands-on experience with Juniper products (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls) and Junos OS. Configuring, upgrading, managing, and troubleshooting Juniper gear in a service-provider environment.
• Routing, MPLS/VPN, and Core SP Protocols - Extensive knowledge of IP routing (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), MPLS, L3VPN/L2VPN/VPLS, multicast (IGMP, PIM), QoS, traffic engineering, VPNs, network segmentation - including design and troubleshooting in large, distributed, carrier-grade networks.
• Network design and architecture - Ability to produce both high-level and detailed network designs (HLD/LLD), including resilience, redundancy, high-availability, scalability, capacity planning, and documentation (diagrams, runbooks, network standards).
• Network automation, scripting, and tools - Familiarity with automation and orchestration (e.g., scripting, network-management tools, monitoring and alerting frameworks) to support consistent, repeatable configurations and proactive network monitoring.
• Security, VPNs, and network services - Experience implementing security, VPNs, firewalls, and applying best practice security policies in a provider network context; understanding of tunneling, encryption, and secure customer connectivity.
• Key Behavioural / Soft Skills & Leadership Traits
• Advanced troubleshooting & problem-solving - Able to diagnose complex, multi-layer network/service issues under pressure and deliver effective resolutions.
• Visionary & strategic thinking - Ability to anticipate future network growth, evolving service demands, and design infrastructure accordingly; propose scalable, future-pro

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Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 20 June 2026 11:59pm Job Title Senior Service-Provider Network Engineer - Juniper Specialist Job Summary We are seeking a seasoned Service-Provider Network Engineer with deep expertise in Juniper technologies and a track record of designing, operating, and supporting large-scale carrier-grade networks. The successful candidate will hold the top-level Juniper certification (e.g. JNCIE-SP) and bring at least 10 years of real-world experience. You will play a key leadership role: owning design and implementation of core network infrastructure, resolving complex issues, and mentoring junior engineers. Job Description

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