# Senior Network Engineer – SD-WAN Platform & Infrastructure

**Company**: Telstra
**Location**: Bengaluru, Karnataka
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our SD-WAN Engineering team, responsible for the design, operation, security, modernization, and lifecycle management of Telstra's SD-WAN platforms.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role focused on Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela), platform engineering, automation, and operational excellence. This role is primarily focused on Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) and will also support the introduction and integration of new SD-WAN technologies such as Fortinet and Palo Alto.

While Cisco SD-WAN remains the current focus, we are expanding our technology landscape to include Fortinet, Palo Alto, and other leading SD-WAN platforms. Working closely with engineering teams in Australia and internationally, you will play a key role in evolving Telstra's SD-WAN capabilities, enhancing platform resilience, and supporting next-generation Network-as-a-Platform initiatives.

**Responsibilities**

- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of Cisco SD-WAN platforms, including upgrades, migrations, security remediation, and platform modernization.

- Support the introduction and integration of new SD-WAN technologies (such as Fortinet, Palo Alto)

- Provide deep technical troubleshooting and Level 4 engineering support for complex incidents.

- Design and support platform integrations, APIs, and automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and customer experience.

- Enhance reliability, security, monitoring, and service assurance across critical SD-WAN infrastructure.

- Collaborate with product, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable networking solutions.

- Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, governance, and technical leadership across the domain.

**Requirements**

- 9+ years of networking experience in enterprise or service provider environments.

- Strong hands-on expertise with Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) platforms.

- Deep knowledge of SD-WAN controllers, management systems, and control plane operations.

- Advanced networking skills across BGP, OSPF, VRF, IPsec, MPLS, QoS, DNS, and NAT.

- Experience managing platform lifecycles, upgrades, root cause analysis, and operational excellence.

- Working knowledge of automation technologies including Python, REST APIs, Git, and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.

- Strong problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.

**Benefits**

- Performance-related pay

- Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up

- Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.

- Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births

- Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non-birthing partners

- Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year

- Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year

- Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company

- Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances

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## Skills

### Required
- Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela)
- networking
- automation
- Python
- REST APIs
- Git
- Infrastructure-as-Code
- BGP
- OSPF
- VRF
- IPsec
- MPLS
- QoS
- DNS
- NAT

### Nice to have
- VeloCloud
- Fortinet
- Palo Alto
- Juniper
- Meraki
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- AIOps
- observability
- telemetry
- network automation

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