Senior Cloud Network Designer

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Role overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Network Designer to join our team with varied strengths. As a Senior Cloud Network Designer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing secure network and cloud environments in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will work closely with other IT professionals to assess, plan, and implement security solutions to protect interpersonal assets and ensure the availability and integrity of critical systems and data.

What you’ll do

Design, Implement, Build & Manage Network and Security Infrastructure

Design, Implement, Build & manage cloud (Azure and Google) infrastructures.

Develop the design for new infrastructure builds, re-architecting the existing infrastructure.

Ability to manage Palo Alto firewalls across multiple locations using Panorama, FortiGate firewalls using Fortimanager.

Hub and Spoke VNET model in Azure which includes, Azure Load balancers, Palo Alto Firewall VMs behind LB (using Terraform Codes).

Ability to deploy Virtual Network Gateway in Azure cloud provider using Terraform.

IPSEC Site to site VPNs for various external client connectivity in Palo Alto, FortiGate.

Manage BIG F5 LTMs and GTMs (GSLB, Troubleshooting on F5, Creation of Pools, VIPs, SNAT, Profiles, installing/renewing Certificates on the LTM boxes).

Build vital Policies and Configuration as per Customers requirement on Firewalls.

Review existing KB solutions and identify the need of new solutions based on the feedback from customers and the support team and provide regular inputs to knowledge content management.

Manage Bluecat which includes DNS record creations, IP Management, DHCP.

What you bring to the role

Google Cloud Skills: VPC, VPC Peering, DNS Peering, Cloud Routers, Interconnects, Google Load balancers. (Mandatory)

Azure Cloud Skills: VNET, VNET Peering, Azure different types of Load balancers, Azure routing (UDR), Azure VM Scaleset, Deploying Palo VM in Azure, Virtual Network Gateway, Azure Express circuit, Azure VPN solution, Private Link Service, Private Endpoints, Private DNS service. (Mandatory)

Ability to manage Palo Alto firewalls across multiple locations using Panorama, FortiGate firewalls using Fortimanager (Mandatory)

Ability to gather customer requirements and plan/Implement the changes according to the change management process.

CI/CD pipeline experience

IaC: Terraform and Gitlab

What we offer

The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.

Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.

The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.

Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.

True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.

Working arrangements

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3-4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Brampton, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Technical Skills

SNo Primary Skill Proficiency Level * Rqrd./Dsrd.

1 Cisco Meraki SDWAN PL1 Desired

2 Cisco Catalyst SDWAN(Viptela) PL1 Required

3 Azure Networking Services PL1 Desired

4 Cisco ISE PL1 Desired

5 Terrafor PL3 Desired

6 Ansible PL2 Desired

7 AWS Networking PL1 Desired

8 Wireless Networking - Cisco PL2 Desired

9 Switching & Routing Cisco PL1 Required

10 Google Cloud - Networking PL1 Required

11 WireShark PL2 Desired

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level Generic Reference

PL1 The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2 The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3 The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4 The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No