# Senior Network Engineer

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, operate, and optimize enterprise datacenter, campus, branch, wireless, and hybrid-cloud networks. This role requires advanced hands-on expertise in F5 BIG-IP, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Meraki, cloud networking, and enterprise DDI platforms. The engineer will serve as an L3 escalation point, lead major-incident troubleshooting, execute migrations and lifecycle upgrades, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with security, cloud, application, server, and architecture teams. Key Responsibilities Network Engineering and L3 Operations · Own complex P1/P2 incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, VPN, SD-WAN, and hybrid-cloud connectivity. · Lead troubleshooting bridges, analyze packet captures and telemetry, restore service, document root cause, and implement permanent corrective actions. · Prepare and execute implementation, validation, risk, dependency, and rollback plans for production changes and maintenance windows. · Maintain network diagrams, standards, operating procedures, inventory, capacity plans, lifecycle roadmaps, a

- **Id**: 3787439
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cognizant-senior-network-engineer>
- **Role**: Networking
- **Role family**: Networking
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Tampa, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T18:16:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T21:13:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5832
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams, Engineering Services, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 85
- **Name**: Cognizant
- **Domain**: cognizant.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cognizant>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Cognizant Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 87
- **Open postings**: 179
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.486
- **Repost share**: 0.056
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 99000
- **Max**: 116000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 116000

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **DHCP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **OSPF** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Tcpdump** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no
- **Wireshark** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T04:10:46Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8,264; Filings 12m: 8264

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 116000
- **Is top pay**: no

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