Remote Senior Network Engineer - DC & Cloud & Security

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 99.000 - 116.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across data centers, campuses, branches, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes hands‑on expertise with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/Nexus, Meraki, cloud networking, and DDI platforms, plus L3 escalation and major incident leadership.

Responsibilities include leading high‑severity incidents, migrations, root‑cause analysis, and collaboration with security, cloud, and

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years enterprise network engineering experience, senior/L3 role.
• Hands‑on production with F5 BIG-IP LTM, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/APIC, Nexus, Meraki.
• Azure and/or AWS networking experience with private connectivity.
• DNS/DHCP/IPAM experience; ITIL incident/change processes.

Aufgaben

• Own complex P1/P2 incidents: routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPN, SD‑WAN, hybrid‑cloud.
• Lead troubleshooting bridges; analyze packet captures and telemetry; document root cause; implement fixes.
• Prepare and execute implementation, validation, risk, dependency, and rollback plans for changes.
• Maintain network diagrams, SOPs, inventory, capacity plans, lifecycle roadmaps, and DR docs.
• Participate in on‑call support, vulnerability remediation, compliance reviews, and vendor escalation.

Kenntnisse

F5 BIG-IP

Palo Alto

Cisco ACI

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Meraki

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Wireshark

tcpdump

Infoblox

Jobbeschreibung

Cognizant seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across data centers, campuses, branches, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes hands‑on expertise with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/Nexus, Meraki, cloud networking, and DDI platforms, plus L3 escalation and major incident leadership.

Responsibilities include leading high‑severity incidents, migrations, root‑cause analysis, and collaboration with security, cloud, and