Network Engineer

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We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to work supporting one of our clients as a Network Engineer,

Requirements:
• BS or equivalent plus 8-10 years’ experience in network engineering support environment
• Hands On problem solving in an enterprise level network environment
• ADVANCED ENGLISH is a must
• Fulfill network related requests :
• Configure and/or deploy switches, routers, firewalls
• Design against standard architecture.
• Perform analysis and diagnosis of highly complex networking problems
• Prepare and maintain up to date documentation detailing configuration of deployed solutions & generates network configurations
• Plans and executes network upgrade and migration activit

Technical Expectation:

• Experience and expertise in network operations and service optimization in highly available, network infrastructure solutions in a large-scale, multi-site, international environment. Some design experience is also a requirement.
• Strong background in Networking (Layer 2 Ethernet switching/forwarding, Multicast, Layer 3 Switching/Routing/VxLAN) and Data Center virtualization
• WAN circuits and Dynamic IP Routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, BGP, PIM Multicast)
• Experience on the latest hardware and operating systems (IOS-XR, NX-OS, EOS, Junos, Arista and Mellanox, Cumulus)
• Experience in inter-AS connectivity (eBGP, MPLS, eVPN, VRF)
• Experience in Data Center fabrics and corresponding technologies like VxLAN, BGP EVPN
• Hands on experience in using Arista Cloud Vision products like CVP, CVA and CVX
• High Availability protocols and Global Server Load Balancing technologies
• Next generation Firewalls( Palo alto), install, support and maintain the Palo Alto suite(PA-3XXX,5XXX,VM-100, M-100,M-500) of products.
• The Engineer will be responsible for the development, implementation, Maintenance and enhancement of security infrastructure systems and equipment.
• Understanding Cisco VPN ( Stateful firewalls, SSL, Splt tunnel etc.) and work experience in CISCO ASA/ Firepower
• Knowledge of network management, network availability and capacity management
• Experience in Citrix NetScaler Load balancers all types of VServers and F5 (GTM)
• Good knowledge on Capture pcap on Citrix NetScaler and analyze logs
• Experience on SDWAN, DHCP, DNS & Linux
This position requires travel, International-USA (Santa Clara). The candidate must be willing and able to travel on short notice.
Must possess a valid passport and necessary visas for travel.
Location: Guadalajara, client offices. Hybrid mode

Why Cognizant?

Improve your career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide

Receive ongoing support and funding with training and development plans

Have a highly competitive benefits and salary package

Get the opportunity to work for leading global companies

We are committed to respecting human rights and build a better future by helping your minds and the environment

We invest in people and their wellbeing.

We create conditions for everyone to thrive. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or for any other reason covered.

At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger!

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