Are you passionate about innovation that transforms everyday products into extraordinary experiences?
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Digital Technology Solutions: Accelerating innovation through data, technology and digital transformation, building intelligent solutions that enhance experiences and power smarter decisions.
The role is based in Chennai, India (Onsite role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
Administer, monitor, and maintain Cisco routers, switches, wireless LAN controllers, and access points across the enterprise environment.
Investigate and resolve LAN, WAN, WLAN, routing, switching, and connectivity issues while ensuring minimal business disruption.
Implement, monitor, and troubleshoot routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP to ensure optimal network performance.
Manage and troubleshoot wireless LAN infrastructure, including access points and wireless LAN controllers (WLCs).
Support network security technologies and authentication protocols such as TACACS+, RADIUS, and 802.1X.
Support data center networking environments, including F5 Load Balancers and Citrix NetScaler, while ensuring high availability and reliability.
Utilize monitoring tools such as HP NNM and SolarWinds to proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve network issues.
Configure and maintain SD-WAN environments, including underlay connectivity using broadband, 4G, and 5G WAN technologies.
Prepare and update High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), network diagrams, Visio schematics, operational procedures, and transformation documentation.
What Makes You the Right Fit
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or any other related discipline.
Minimum 3–5 years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, network support, or administration.
Hands-on experience with Cisco routers, switches, Cisco IOS, wireless LAN controllers (WLCs), and access points.
Strong understanding of the OSI Model and TCP/IP protocol suite, including IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, FTP, and TFTP.
Experience configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP.
Hands-on experience managing and troubleshooting wireless LAN environments, including access points and wireless LAN controllers.
Ability to prepare High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), Visio network diagrams, and infrastructure documentation.
Strong problem-solving and incident management skills, ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, and preferably CCNA/CCNP certification.
Effective listening, verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
How Would You Stand Out?
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve network issues independently
Understanding of Data Center networking and load balancer is a plus.
CCNA/CCNP certification is preferred.
Why Choose Us?
Multinational and supporting environment
Health insurance
Training opportunities
Learning and development programs
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
At IFF, we make joy through science, creativity and heart. As the global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, health and biosciences, we deliver groundbreaking, sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products—advancing wellness, delighting the senses and enhancing the human experience.
With ~22,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers and 33,000 customers worldwide, we turn possibilities into reality by redefining the limits of science and nature to create a more positive, sustainable future for all.
Visit us at www.iff.com to learn how our real-deal experts approach work with an entrepreneurial mindset, working lockstep to defy expectations and create industry-defining solutions that do more good for people and planet
