What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network engineer - onsite position at Cognizant?
Minimum Qualifications :
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training
5 years of experience in a highly technical professional environment
5 years of experience in a Network environment working with route switch, firewalls, VPN, IDS / IPS
2 years of experience in Microsoft Azure or AWS / Oracle / IBM networking technologies.
Senior Level experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions : VPN, Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto firewalls.
Location : Dallas, TX
What you'll do :
Install, configure, and manage a highly available and scalable datacenter and cloud networks.
Design, implement, and maintain robust firewall infrastructure to protect the organization from external and internal threats.
Monitor firewall performance and manage configuration changes to ensure the security and stability of the network.
EOSL projects for datacenter switches and firewalls.
Configure and manage Azure networking components such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and NSG.
Manage and configure firewalls (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet) for optimal performance and security.
Transform the organization by leveraging and enabling automation, orchestration, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI / CD).
Serve as an advocate for business stakeholders into IT and help evangelize the role of network engineering technology back to the business.
Present innovative forward-thinking concepts and technology to improve business processes.
Contribute to our positive, team-oriented culture by developing and maintaining cooperative relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, and accepting and providing constructive feedback.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training
Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified : Azure Solutions Architect Expert is desired.
Proven ability to build, cultivate, and promote strong relationships with internal customers at all levels of the organization, as well as with IT counterparts, business partners, and external groups.
Ability to deploy and execute datacenter and cloud network technologies; firewall technologies, intrusion detection / prevention, micro-segmentation, and software defined network, and software defined WAN.
Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Nexus switches.
Hands-on experience in Cloud Networking for Azure and AWS.
Extensive experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions : Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto (FW IDS / IPS functions), Cisco VPN and Zscaler VPN.
Extensive experience with programming / scripting languages and frameworks in support of automation, such as Python or Ansible.
Ability to design Ansible networking playbooks (and / or via Python scripts, REST API) for Palo Alto, Zscaler, Cisco IOS / IOS-XE / NX-OS.
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