Cognizant North America
Network engineer - onsite
Cognizant North America, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75215
* 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. * Transforms the organization by leveraging and enabling automation, orchestration, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). * Serves as an advocate for business stakeholders into IT and helps evangelize the role of network engineering technology back to the business * Presents innovate forward thinking concepts and technology to improve business processes * Contributes to our positive, team-oriented culture by developing and maintaining cooperative relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, and accepting and providing constructive feedback
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience * Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training * Airline Industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications * CCNP - Security, DC, Routing, Switching, CCIE, PCNSE (Palo Alto) * 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, Zsclaer, Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS * Have good hands-on knowledge on Panorama and its template hierarchy. * Have a comprehensive knowledge on routing protocol BGP (community strings, route maps, route filters. attributes). * Strong experience in building site to site VPN tunnels for both Cisco and Palo Alto's platform. * Strong communication skills and ability to work with business to deliver project timelines. * Good with tools like Power BI or be able to create dashboards for projects. * Good in IAC for Cloud and Datacenter deployments.
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. * Transforms the organization by leveraging and enabling automation, orchestration, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). * Serves as an advocate for business stakeholders into IT and helps evangelize the role of network engineering technology back to the business * Presents innovate forward thinking concepts and technology to improve business processes * Contributes to our positive, team-oriented culture by developing and maintaining cooperative relationships, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, and accepting and providing constructive feedback
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience * Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training * Airline Industry experience
Skills, Licenses & Certifications * CCNP - Security, DC, Routing, Switching, CCIE, PCNSE (Palo Alto) * 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, Zsclaer, Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS * Have good hands-on knowledge on Panorama and its template hierarchy. * Have a comprehensive knowledge on routing protocol BGP (community strings, route maps, route filters. attributes). * Strong experience in building site to site VPN tunnels for both Cisco and Palo Alto's platform. * Strong communication skills and ability to work with business to deliver project timelines. * Good with tools like Power BI or be able to create dashboards for projects. * Good in IAC for Cloud and Datacenter deployments.