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CenturyLink

Global telecommunications and IT services provider

Network Consultant II-India

Network Engineering & AdministrationPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Requires 5–8 years of experience.
  • Confidently and professionally deal directly with customers.
  • Liaise with other team members and take the lead on decision-making.
  • Have a working knowledge of Microsoft products.
  • Troubleshoot basic server problems.
  • Use ticket management tools.
  • Have detailed working knowledge of networking and security technologies, including Cisco switches and routers, Azure networking and security, Lenovo switches, F5 Big-IP load balancers, Kemp load balancers, Check Point, endpoint servers, Sophos firewalls, Cisco Wi-Fi technology, Bluecoat Proxy, Meraki devices, multi-vendor SD-WAN, and RSA server management.
  • Understand TCP/IP, Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing, routing protocols such as BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, SSL certificates, load balancing best practices, and Radius/NPS setup and administration.
  • Have in-depth troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Be organized and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve first-, second-, and third-level support problems, resolving 75% without escalation.
  • Escalate issues to the relevant Engineering team promptly according to procedures and keep management updated.
  • Keep customers and tickets updated on incident progress.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot hardware and coordinate replacement of faulty hardware.
  • Execute client change requests promptly as planned by the Customer Account Manager, Engineering, and Command Centre Manager.
  • Escalate critical issues and outages to the Command Centre Manager and Customer Account Manager according to procedures.
  • Provide other groups with detailed feedback on incident resolutions and enter full details in ticket case notes.
  • Review and action open cases daily, updating the Command Centre Manager on current cases and their status as appropriate.
  • Provide comprehensive handovers to peers at the end of each shift.
  • Attend Daily Operations and Change Review meetings as required.
  • Log cases with third-party vendors requesting assistance on unresolved issues.
  • Perform escalations within SLA timescales and keep Engineering and Senior Management informed of appropriate escalations throughout incident lifecycles.

Desired Qualifications

  • Maintain a positive and proactive attitude.
  • Be a supportive and committed team player.

About the Company

CenturyLink

Global telecommunications and IT services provider

CenturyLink, now Lumen Technologies, provides telecommunications and IT services for businesses and government, including voice, network, cloud, and managed services. Its offerings cover VoIP, SIP Trunking, hosted VoIP, SD-WAN, MPLS, IPVPN, plus Big Data as a Service, IoT, and cloud management across hybrid, private, and public clouds—backed by data centers. Compared with competitors, it combines traditional communications with modern network and cloud services at scale, serving a wide range of industries globally. Its goal is to help customers communicate, connect, and digitally transform with secure, reliable, and scalable network and cloud solutions.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Monroe, LA
Founded
1930

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