Network Engineer

Title: Network Engineer L1

Experience: 1+ years

Location: Delhi, India

Notice Period: Immediate joiner or up to 1 month.

We at Coforge are seeking a Network Engineer to support network infrastructure operations and Security Operations Centre (SOC) activities. The candidate will be responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining LAN/Data Centre networking environments while ensuring timely incident management and operational support

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage network devices, links, and services to ensure network availability.
• Perform first-level troubleshooting of LAN, WAN, and Data Centre network issues.
• Monitor security alerts and events through SOC tools and escalate incidents as per defined procedures.
• Support administration and maintenance of switches, routers, firewalls, and network security devices.
• Perform log analysis, incident identification, ticket creation, and incident tracking.
• Coordinate with L2/L3 teams for issue resolution and service restoration.
• Monitor network performance and report faults, outages, and security incidents.
• Ensure adherence to IT security policies, operational procedures, and SLAs.
• Maintain accurate documentation of incidents, configurations, and operational activities.
• Support security monitoring, vulnerability reporting, and compliance-related activities.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of LAN/WAN and Data Center Networking concepts.
• Hands-on exposure to routers, switches, and network monitoring tools.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, STP, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, and routing/switching fundamentals.
• Basic understanding of SDN/SDA environments.
• Knowledge of SOC operations, SIEM tools, security alerts, and incident management.
• Experience with ticketing and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts, firewall technologies, and network security best practices.

Desired Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 shift-based operational environment.
• Team player with a proactive and customer-centric mindset.

Preferred Certifications

• CCNA or equivalent networking certification.
• CompTIA Network+ / Security+ (preferred).
• Any SOC or cybersecurity-related certification will be an added advantage.