Sr. Network Engineer at Albemarle in Banglore

Job description

Be an essential element to a brighter future. We work together to transform essential resources into critical ingredients for mobility, energy, connectivity and health. Join our values-led organization committed to building a more resilient world with people and planet in mind. Our core values are the foundation that make us successful for ourselves, our customers and the planet. Job Description Albemarle is hiring for a Senior Network Engineer . This position is hybrid and located in Bangalore, India . Position Summary The Senior Network Engineer is a senior technical role responsible for the reliability, security, lifecycle, and strategic direction of the company’s corporate network across the global enterprise. The role includes enterprise firewall management, monitoring, troubleshooting which adhere to our standards and governance. This role provides hands-on engineering and operational support, and partners with a globally distributed virtual team to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable network services. This position requires proven experience, strong technical depth, platform ownership, sound operational judgment, and the ability to guide engineers, service providers, and business partners through complex changes and incidents across multiple regions and time zones. Key Responsibilities Senior Network Engineering Design, implement, support, and optimize enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, Cloud, and network security services. Engineer routing, switching, segmentation, and connectivity solutions that support business requirements while maintaining security, resiliency, and operational simplicity. Contribute to the firewall platform strategy, architecture, engineering standards, lifecycle roadmap, and operational health across the global enterprise. Serve as a technical escalation point for firewall architecture, policy design, network segmentation, remote-access and site-to-site VPN services, threat prevention, logging, and centralized management. Troubleshoot complex network and application-connectivity issues using packet capture, flow analysis, logs, telemetry, and protocol-level diagnostics. Lead or contribute to global network projects, technology refreshes, site deployments, integrations, divestitures, and transformation initiatives. Monitor network capacity, availability, and performance; recommend improvements before service quality or business operations are affected. Create and maintain network diagrams, configuration standards, implementation plans, test plans, operational procedures, and support documentation. Participate in on-call or escalation to support high-severity incidents when required. Global Virtual Team Leadership and Collaboration Work effectively within a virtual network engineering team distributed across regions and time zones. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and peer review without relying on direct reporting authority. Coordinate cross-region work, handoffs, maintenance activities, incident response, and knowledge transfer to support consistent global operations. Communicate complex technical topics clearly to engineers, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure partners, business stakeholders, and leadership. Build productive working relationships with internal teams, external partners, vendors, and contractors in a multicultural environment. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or associate degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience. 7 or more years of progressive experience engineering and supporting enterprise-class networks in a large, multi-site environment. Demonstrated experience owning or leading an enterprise firewall platform, including architecture, operations, lifecycle management, standards, and governance. Advanced experience with next-generation firewalls and centralized management platforms; Fortinet, Cisco, Palo experience is highly preferred. Strong knowledge of firewall policy, security zones, net