Remote Senior Network Engineer - DC & Cloud Networking

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Annapolis (MD)

Remote

USD 99,000 - 116,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise datacenter, campus, branch, wireless, and hybrid-cloud networks.

You will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major incident troubleshooting, execute migrations and lifecycle upgrades, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with security, cloud, application, server, and architecture teams to ensure robust, scalable

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/IT/Engineering.
8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience, incl. senior/L3 role.
Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, QoS, NAT, wireless networking.
Hands-on production experience with F5 BIG-IP LTM, Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco ACI/APIC, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Meraki.
Practical Azure and/or AWS networking experience with private connectivity.

Responsibilities

Own complex P1/P2 incidents across routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, and VPN.
Lead troubleshooting, document root cause, and implement permanent fixes.
Prepare and execute change plans with risk, dependency, and rollback steps.
Maintain diagrams, standards, inventories, capacity plans, and DR documentation.
Participate in on-call support, vulnerability remediation, compliance reviews, and vendor escalation.