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Senior Consultant – Network & Security Operations
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About this position
About position:
The Senior Consultant – Network & Security Operations provides senior-level technical support and operational ownership for enterprise network and security infrastructure. The role leads complex incident resolution, drives root cause analysis, oversees high-risk changes, coordinates with internal and external teams, mentors’ junior engineers, and improves service stability across WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, firewalls, and secure access technologies.
What you will do:
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex network and security incidents.
- Troubleshoot and resolve WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, routing, firewall, and secure access issues.
- Lead technical response during major incidents and critical outages.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, security, application, telecom, MSP, and vendor teams.
- Support enterprise networking, including Cisco, HPE Aruba, Silver Peak/Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN, and multi-provider WANs.
- Diagnose routing, connectivity, latency, packet loss, and network performance issues.
- Manage and troubleshoot Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto (including Panorama), and Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA, Client Connector) environments.
- Review, implement, and validate high-risk network/security changes with rollback planning.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Problem Management, and drive continuous service improvements.
- Mentor junior engineers and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge articles.
- Support infrastructure upgrades, migrations, automation, monitoring, and operational standardization.
- Ensure compliance with SLAs, ITIL Incident/Problem/Change Management, and security policies.
- Strong expertise in TCP/IP, enterprise networking, Cisco/HPE Aruba, SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, NAT, Zscaler, ServiceNow, and cross-functional stakeholder management.
What makes you a good fit:
- Minimum 5 years of work experience with bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CCNP, Aruba, Fortinet, PCNSE, Zscaler, or equivalent) and Experience in 24×7 NOC/SOC or Network & Security Operations.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale, multi-vendor enterprise networks, proven mentoring and technical leadership experience, exposure to automation, scripting, network monitoring, and operational improvements is a plus, strong expertise in TCP/IP, enterprise WAN/LAN/WLAN, and network architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco, HPE Aruba, SD-WAN (Silver Peak/Aruba EdgeConnect), Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA).
- Skilled in routing, switching, firewalls, NAT, VPNs, and network security troubleshooting.
- Experienced in incident management, RCA, problem management, and major outage resolution.
- Proficient with ServiceNow, ITIL processes, and technical documentation.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills
Some perks of joining Henkel:
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
- Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
- Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: req87040
Job Locations: India, Karnataka, Bangalore
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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