What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Network Architect -Onsite position at Cognizant?
Job Responsibilities
The candidate must provide high and detailed Low Level designs for network and security,, implementation skills and combine technical intelligence with communication and presentation abilities. This canidate needs to have strong hands-on experience in Cisco networking and ideally experience with Cisco ASA and / or Palo Alto Friewalls.. This postion requires canidate to do the specific device configuration of all networking equipment.
Candidate must be an individual contributor capable of self directed work showing strong leadership and client relationship skills, focused on driving the complete network project..
Candidate must be able to assume ownership of assigned task / project and make relevant deisng decisions needed to provide requested deliverable based on client requriements that meet the CIS Technical Standards. Typically reports to supervisor and and Program managers during project phase, Works with CIS Architecture Review Board. . Works on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge. Works with overall Project management and timelines and communciation. Will also provide a leadership role and indivdiual contributor role for overall Network Architecture Projects.
The candidate must have a strong specialized skillset with knowledge and experience and responsible for : Datacenter / remote office and MFG extensive experience Design and Implementation
- Layer 2 / 3 technologies – VLANs, vPC, Segmentation
- Coordinating with Vendors for Support
- Network appliances and firewalls Health Check Monitoring & Reporting
- Configuring and Managing and Data or Voice circuits (SD-WAN, MPLS, Internet, SIP)
- Manage routing tables and IP addresses
- Managing network security infrastructure, including firewalls, proxies, web filters, ACLs, and network access control
- Trroubleshoot Network Performance issues
- Remote Restarts of Component after Outage / Activities
- Managing Firewall policies on Cisco ASA, Palo Altos, Firepower Devices, Site to Site VPN and ACLs
- Routing / Switching Issues / Changes
- WAN / LAN Troubleshooting
- Performing VLAN / Port MACD
- Network appliance and firewall Firmware / Software Upgrades
- Coordinating Vendor Dispatch Management
- Configure Manage F5 or similar Load Balancer
- Connectivity and link consistency tests
- network Hardware Diagnostics
- Perform network traffic analysis as needed
- Routing and switching optimization
- Perform Bandwidth Management and Optimization (LAN and Wireless)
- Decommission & Shutdown Activities
- SOP & Run book Creation & Documentation
- Ability to monitor network appliance CPU and memory and interface utilization issues
- Some experience with Intrusion detection and IPS a plus
- Automation experience is a plus, such as automated network device
- Python or other scripting experience
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Benefits : Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements :
Disclaimer : The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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Salary : $99,700 - $161,000
