Cognizant Hiring! Full Time Network Engineer in - Ricebowl

Job Description:

• Minimum 8–10 years of experience in enterprise network engineering, with at least 5 years in network architecture, solution design, or technical consultancy.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale on-premises enterprise network infrastructure, including campus networks, data centres, WAN, Internet edge, and wireless environments.
• Experienced designing and supporting hybrid network architectures integrating on-premises infrastructure with GCC environments.
• Strong understanding of data centre networking, including core, distribution, and access layer design, network segmentation, redundancy, and high availability.
• Experienced with hybrid connectivity technologies such as ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site VPN, MPLS, SD-WAN, and Direct Connect (or equivalent).
• Familiarity with ICT policies, cybersecurity requirements, and cloud governance frameworks is an advantage.
• Familiarity and experience with procurement work related network infrastructure equipment and professional services is an advantage.
• Experienced leading network design reviews, architecture governance, technical assurance, and project consultancy across multiple concurrent initiatives

Technical Expertise

Candidates should have hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and supporting:

On-Premises Infrastructure

• Enterprise Campus LAN/WAN
• Data Centre Networks
• Core, Distribution, and Access Switching
• Enterprise Wireless Networks
• Internet Edge and DMZ Architecture
• Network Segmentation and Micro-segmentation
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery Network Design
• Load Balancers and Reverse Proxies
• IP Address Management (IPAM)
• Network Monitoring and Performance Management

Hybrid Cloud Networking

• Microsoft Azure Networking
• Hybrid Connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway)
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Application Gateway
• Azure WAF and WAF policy
• Azure NSG
• Azure Front Door
• Azure Virtual WAN
• DNS and Hybrid Name Resolution

Enterprise Routing & Switching

• OSPF
• BGP
• VRRP/HSRP
• VLAN
• VXLAN
• QoS
• MPLS
• IPv4/IPv6
• NAT

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