Senior Network Architect – Hybrid Cloud & F5/PAN

Cognizant; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 99,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across data centers, campus, and cloud integrations.

The role requires hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/Nexus/Meraki, and cloud connectivity; you will lead major incidents, migrations, and lifecycle upgrades while coordinating with security, server, and architecture teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a senior or L3 role.
• Hands-on production experience with F5 BIG-IP LTM, Palo Alto firewalls/Panorama, Cisco ACI/APIC, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco Meraki.
• Practical Azure and/or AWS networking experience, including private connectivity to on-premises environments.
• Hands-on DNS, DHCP, and IPAM experience with Infoblox or a comparable enterprise DDI solution.
• Experience with Wireshark, tcpdump, network monitoring, ITIL incident/problem/change processes, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate high-severity incidents and complex changes.

Responsibilities

• Own complex P1/P2 incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, VPN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
• Lead troubleshooting bridges, analyze packet captures and telemetry, restore service, document root cause, and implement permanent corrective actions.
• 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.

Skills

F5 BIG-IP

Palo Alto

Cisco ACI

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Meraki

Cloud networking

DDI/IPAM

Infoblox

Wireshark

tcpdump

ITIL processes

Change coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

APIC

Nexus switches

Meraki Dashboard

Panorama

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise networks across data centers, campus, and cloud integrations.

The role requires hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto, Cisco ACI/Nexus/Meraki, and cloud connectivity; you will lead major incidents, migrations, and lifecycle upgrades while coordinating with security, server, and architecture teams.