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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
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.