Senior Security Architect

Senior Security Architect

Location: Anywhere in United States, remote

We are looking for Senior Security Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client leaders.

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The candidate must provide high and detailed Low-Level designs for network and security, implementation skills and combine technical intelligence with communication and presentation abilities. This candidate needs to have strong hands-on experience in Cisco networking and ideally experience with Cisco ASA and/or Palo Alto Firewalls. This position requires to do the specific device configuration of all networking equipment.

Candidate must be an individual contributor capable of self-directed work showing strong leadership and client relationship skills, focused on driving the complete network project.

Candidate must assume ownership of assigned task/project and make relevant design decisions needed to provide requested result based on client recruitments that meet the CIS Technical Standards. Typically reports to supervisor and Program managers during project phase, Works with CIS Architecture Review Board. Works on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring innovative technical or industry knowledge. Works with overall Project management and timelines and communications. Will also provide a leadership role and individual contributor role for overall Network Architecture Projects.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The candidate must have a strong specialized skills with knowledge and experience and responsible for:

Datacenter/remote office and MFG extensive experience

• Design and Implementation
• VLANs, VPC, Segmentation
• Coordinating with Vendors for Support
• Network appliances and firewalls Health Check Monitoring & Reporting
• Configuring and Managing and Data or Voice circuits (SD-WAN, MPLS, Internet, SIP)
• Handle routing tables and IP addresses
• Handling network security infrastructure, IDS/IPS, including firewalls, proxies, web filters, ACLs, and network access control
• Fixes Network Performance issues
• Remote Restarts of Component after Outage/Activities
• Handling Firewall policies on Cisco ASA, Palo Altos, Firepower Devices, Site to Site VPN and ACLs
• Routing/Switching Issues/Changes
• WAN/LAN solve
• Performing VLAN/Port MACD
• Network appliance and firewall Firmware/Software Upgrades
• Coordinating Vendor Dispatch Management
• Configure Manage F5 or similar Load Balancer
• Connectivity and link consistency tests
• network Hardware Diagnostics
• Perform network traffic analysis as needed
• Routing and switching optimization
• Perform Bandwidth Management and Optimization (LAN and Wireless)
• Decommission & Shutdown Activities
• SOP & Run book Creation & Documentation
• Ability to monitor network appliance CPU and memory and interface utilization issues
• Some experience with Intrusion detection and IPS a plus
• Automation experience is a plus, such as automated network device
• Python or other scripting experience

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive network architecting experience with Palo Alto and Cisco networking, other WAN technologies and Cisco SD-WAN Viptela and Meraki SD-WAN
• Exceptional communication both written and spoken skills – able to speak to top executives, business and technical leaders. Able to adapt vocabulary and style for each situation; able to represent complex ideas with effective documents and visuals and to adapt presentations to the expectations and background of the audience
• Extensive collaboration and customer management skills - able to work effectively on common tasks; establish trust, gain support, instill confidence, take actions which respect the needs and contributions of others; find common ground; provide great solution solutions; and share credit with team; all while achieving the objectives of both the team and customers
• Applied knowledge of enterprise networking architecture WAN and LAN frameworks, methods, and tools, network and security concepts and technologies
• Hands-on experience of server hardware and virtualization technologies including VLAN/ VXLAN
• Good to have experience of cloud networking technologies - AWS, Azure, Private cloud, etc.
• High availability networking infrastructure designs and methodologies.
• Must know systems monitoring and incident handling, capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Solid understanding of SOX, PCI-DSS, or HIPAA regulatory compliance. Understanding of FDA IT compliance and quality control and/or Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) a plus.

Education and Certifications:

• Minimum of 15+ years’ experience in networking both datacenters and remote offices or MFG facilities including leading complex network projects.
• Current (not expired) technical certifications preferred (CISSP, HPE, Silver Peak, Cisco (CNP, CCIE) Red Hat, VMware).
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business, information systems or related field or demonstrated 12+ years IT related work experience.

Other Requirements/Skills:

• Exceptional decision-making and problem and fix solving skills.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Exceptional personal time management, planning and organizational skills.
• Home office setup (fast Internet, phone or mobile phone, etc.)

***Applications will be accepted until 8/19/2024

Salary and Other Compensation:

• The annual salary for this position is [$99,782 to $161,000] depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability

Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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