Senior Network Engineer – Remote, Cloud & DC

Cognizant; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 99.000 - 116.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise datacenter, campus, branch, wireless, and hybrid-cloud networks. This role requires advanced hands-on expertise in F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Meraki, cloud networking, and enterprise DDI platforms.

The engineer will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major-incident troubleshooting, execute migrations and lifecycle upgrades, perform root cause

Qualifikationen

• 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.
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, STP, vPC, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, QoS, NAT, wireless networking, and packet analysis.
• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

F5 BIG-IP

Palo Alto

Cisco ACI

Cisco Nexus

Meraki

Azure

AWS

TCP/IP

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Wireshark

Ausbildung

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

Tools

Infoblox

Panorama

iRules

Jobbeschreibung

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise datacenter, campus, branch, wireless, and hybrid-cloud networks. This role requires advanced hands-on expertise in F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Meraki, cloud networking, and enterprise DDI platforms.

The engineer will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major-incident troubleshooting, execute migrations and lifecycle upgrades, perform root cause