Remote Senior Network Architect for Enterprise & Cloud

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across datacenters, campuses, branch offices, wireless, and hybrid-cloud environments. The role requires advanced hands-on expertise with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco ACI/APIC, Cisco Nexus, and Meraki, along with cloud networking and DDI platforms.

You will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major-incident troubleshooting, execute

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience, including senior/L3.
• Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP LTM, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/APIC, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco Meraki.
• Cloud networking experience in Azure and/or AWS with private connectivity.
• Experience with Infoblox DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM).
• Proficiency with Wireshark, tcpdump, network monitoring, ITIL processes, and documentation.
• Strong communication skills and incident-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own complex P1/P2 incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, VPN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
• Lead troubleshooting bridges, analyze captures and telemetry, restore service, document root cause, and implement permanent corrections.
• Prepare and execute implementation, validation, risk, dependency, and rollback plans for production changes and maintenance windows.
• Maintain network diagrams, standards, operating procedures, inventory, capacity plans, lifecycle roadmaps, and disaster-recovery documentation.
• Participate in on-call support, vulnerability remediation, compliance reviews, and vendor escalation activities.
• Support data-center migrations, segmentation, fabric expansion, software upgrades, and hardware refresh programs.

Skills

8+ years enterprise network eng

Strong communication skills

Incident coordination

L3 engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

F5 BIG-IP LTM

Palo Alto firewalls/Panorama

Cisco ACI/APIC

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Meraki

Azure/AWS networking

Infoblox DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM)

Wireshark / tcpdump

ITIL processes & documentation

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across datacenters, campuses, branch offices, wireless, and hybrid-cloud environments. The role requires advanced hands-on expertise with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco ACI/APIC, Cisco Nexus, and Meraki, along with cloud networking and DDI platforms.

You will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major-incident troubleshooting, execute