Network Engineer
- Cognizant
- 8 - 13 years
- Hyderabad
- 5 months ago
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Job Description
Role Summary
The Network Architect is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end delivery, operations, and continual improvement of enterprise network services. This role manages a team of network engineers, administrators, and security experts, ensuring robust, secure, and high-performing network infrastructure across Cisco Viptela, SD-WAN, LAN, WAN, Routing & Switching and pharma domains. The manager drives operational excellence, client engagement, and cost optimization, while ensuring compliance with industry standards and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Viptela Design Authority: Serve as the design authority for the global Cisco Viptela SD-WAN fabric, including the architecture of vManage, vSmart, vBond, and vEdge/cEdge components across large-scale campus, branch, and data center environments.
- Complex Policy Design: Architect and implement advanced service policies, data policies, and application-aware routing (AAR) to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for critical business applications (e.g., VoIP, video conferencing, cloud SaaS).
- Network Transformation: Lead the strategic planning and execution of migrating traditional MPLS/VPN environments to the SD-WAN fabric, ensuring zero-downtime cutovers and managing co-existence scenarios.
- Cloud Integration: Design and implement robust SD-WAN integration with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure) using cloud on-ramps, virtual gateways, and optimizing connectivity to SaaS platforms (e.g., Office 365).
- Viptela Components: Expert-level knowledge of the entire Viptela architecture, including OMP (Overlay Management Protocol), TLOCs, and IPsec tunneling.
- Routing: Mastery of underlying routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and their interaction with the SD-WAN overlay.
- Cloud Integration: Proven experience with cloud on-ramps and virtual Viptela deployments in AWS/Azure.
- Automation: Proficiency in automation/scripting using vManage API, Python, and/or Ansible.
- Security: Strong understanding of security controls in an SD-WAN context (Cloud Security/Umbrella, ZBFW).
- Technical understanding of cloud networking and integration with SD-WAN (e.g. AWS, Azure).
- Excellent knowledge of networking principles including TCP/IP, routing protocol (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP), WAN/LAN architecture.
- Ensure operational hygiene: proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and compliance with ITIL processes.
- Oversee capacity planning, reporting, and disaster recovery for network infrastructure.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & ConsultingFunctional Area / Department: IT & Information SecurityRole Category: IT Infrastructure ServicesRole: IT Infrastructure Services - OtherEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: CognizantLocation(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills: Sdwan Viptela Routing And Switching Cisco Aci Cisco Nexus Cisco Wireless
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