Cognizant Technology Solutions - Englewood, CO
posted 2 months ago
Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS) is dedicated to facilitating digital transformation by driving core modernization across various layers. The Senior Network Engineer will play a crucial role in helping customers transform their infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving demands of the digital era. This position involves a holistic approach to deliver significant results for customers by achieving cloud-driven modernization and operational transformation, ensuring that businesses operate in a secure environment. In this role, the Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for verifying requests for firewall rule openings and other security-related requests in Checkpoint and Cisco firewalls, implementing these changes while adhering to established processes. The engineer will also handle requests for new virtual IP creation in F5 LTM and GTM, coordinating with requestors as necessary to ensure compliance with standards. Troubleshooting GRE and IPSec VPN tunnels and related issues in Cisco and Checkpoint devices will be a key responsibility, alongside a solid understanding of EIGRP and BGP routing protocols. The engineer will work within a Service Now ticketing environment, managing incidents and requests, and will represent changes during Change Management Calls to secure necessary approvals. Testing, troubleshooting, and validating changes with application team validators will also be part of the role, as well as collaborating with vendor support teams to resolve infrastructure-related issues. A good understanding of enterprise switching environments and basic troubleshooting skills is essential, along with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from different geographies for continuous support.