Cognizant
Singapore
Posted 1 day ago Permanent Competitive
Global Network Lead
Responsibilities :
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : May 12 2023
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
- Overall responsibility for the company's network vision, architecture, design and Operational Excellence.
- Translate the business requirements for connectivity into a clear Network Architecture and Solution roadmap.
- Envisions the future network architecture and solution for Wide and Local Area networking, including wireless.
- Leads the architectural design for future networking in close cooperation with the internal team as well as our selected partner for sourcing the network.
- Leads the Operational Excellence for day to day run of the network, based on pro-active monitoring, pro-active and adaptive maintenance and where required corrective actions.
- Coordinates and manages the company's engineering team and provide technical lead to train and manage network engineering resources and other third-party service provider.
- Primary interface responsible for network related services carried out by the company's service providers.
- Guides and monitors the outsourcing partner on compliance with SLA's and other commitments and provide management reports and other qualitative data to measure the effectiveness of service provided.
- Understands the legacy company's networking design and implementation standards to assure accurate service delivery by our current outsourcing partner.
- Is an active member of the Change Advisory Board for changes in the IT Landscape.
- Leads incident management as well as pro-active and re-active problem management in the Network domain.
- Develops in cooperation with the manager the target Operating Model. The organizational structure and ongoing workflows to deliver/maintain rigorous networking standards and practices across the engineering staff and the company.
- Work closely with the assigned engineering staff to develop each team member in their assigned role.
- Coordinate solutions and necessary escalations with vendors and network engineer for service delivery issues.
- Actively contribute to improve and map LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP processes within ITIL framework.
- Understand complex LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP integration with WAN, LAN, Wireless, VoIP customer network.
- Work with Business Units, Development team, and IT Infrastructure team members to ensure overall performance meets/exceeds service level objectives.
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Information technology, with a focus on infrastructure.
- At least 8 years of experience in network solutioning role in global distributed organization.
- Experience in a global role is a strong plus
- Experience as network architecture and has a clear vision on future networking in global organisations.
- Has experience in guiding applications team on application behaviour on Wide Area Networks.
- Excellent communication skills to guide IT management and stakeholders on the Network Transformation journey.
- Understand and has experience with the translation of the Business requirements to technical architecture and solutions.
- Industry Technical Certifications are required: CCNP, CCDP or CCIE and CCVP and CCNA Wireless, CWNA or CWNP, experience with Microsoft, Linux, Networking.
- Excellent knowledge on Legacy LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP technology, (Cisco Router, Cisco Switch, Cisco Wireless, Cisco VoIP, Cisco ISE, Cisco ASA Firewall, Checkpoint Firewall, Juniper Pulse Secure, RSA, Fortinet and or Aruba/Silver Peak etc.).
- Can think out of the box and has a can-do attitude.
- Some travel might be required (10-15%).
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : May 12 2023
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
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