Cloud, Network and Security Specialist

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.

At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story.

Position Summary

As a Cloud, Network and Security Specialist, you will be responsible for building deep technical relationships with stakeholders, business owners, and decisions makers, providing technical guidance to the team, developing, and implementing technical strategies, Proof of Concepts in Security, Networks and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Manage multiple project technical teams executing Transition, Transformation and support services in Security, Network and Cloud Platforms, overseeing the development of systems and data protection. Provide technical guidance to broad scope, ambiguity and high degree of Security and Network technical challenges.

Mandatory Skills

Has specialized knowledge in following technologies/tools:

• Security Risk and Incident management
• Cisco ASA, Palo Alto and Checkpoint VSX Firewalls/VPN’s
• Symantec Endpoint Protection 11,12.1 and 14
• Manual risk remediation and forensics
• MS Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Manual risk remediation and forensics, knowledge on PCI-DSS security standards
• Project, Program and Delivery Management

Roles And Responsibilities

As a Cloud, Network and Security Specialist, you will be performing below mentioned duties, which are not limited to:

• Demonstrating proficiency in a wide range of IT/OT infrastructure, Network, Security, and platforms technologies for uplifting the client Infrastructure posture
• Work with business unit point persons to perform Cybersecurity Inherent Risk Assessments based on the FFIEC Cyber Assessment Tool Inherent Risk Profile.
• Collect domain-level assessment results and work with control owners to perform enterprise-wide cybersecurity Control Effectiveness Assessments based on the Cyber Risk Institute Profile
• Build Domain solution for client business with latest Infrastructure technologies like Cloud Computing, Digital, IoT, Block Chain, micro services and AI bots based on the current security business challenges. Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in the IT sector, leading internal initiatives, and the development of best practices.
• Overall gap assessment in Cloud Security, AI and Azure infrastructure. Symantec manhunt IDS: high speed network intrusion detection system to protect enterprise networks against internal and external intrusions.
• Accountable for overall Network Security Operations, implementations, and Post implementation audits. Manage all network and security issues of the organization ensuring timely resolution without breaching SLA. Implementation of Firewall, Load Balancer and IDS/IPS
• Perform ad-hoc cybersecurity capability /maturity assessments, frequency, and impact analysis in response to regulatory requirements and industry standards (OCC, FRB, FINRA, MAS, HKMA, PRA, NIST, ISO, COBIT, etc.). Identify and report /escalate significant compliance and control issues and help develop solutions by working closely with program owners.
• Prepare and advise senior leaders in managing information risk primarily from the regulatory perspective. Provide input during policy development regarding the applicability/impact of proposed policies and procedures.
• Make sure that services are being seamlessly delivered to the clients of an organization. They are end to end accountable for services, such as leading BAU/project teams, rectifying reliability issues, monitoring progress, tracking KPIs, and managing budgets
• Implementation of roadmaps for business process analysis, data analysis, diagnosis of gaps , business requirements and functional definitions , best practices application , meeting facilitation , and contributes to project planning. Contribute towards client cost cutting objectives by providing cutting edge solutions which meets client objectives
• Execute higher scale and complex technical solutions. Chair discussion with client business and technical teams and drive value additions and early realization of technical solution as appropriate
• Specialized in business transformation, with a focus on operational and performance improvement. As a Program Director, one should work very closely with the client, solution major client digital projects and play a key role in meeting client business needs
• Design and manage significant business transformation programmes, leading teams of consultants to deliver substantial financial benefits.

Qualifications & Certifications (Optional):

• Certified in IBM Watson, IOT

Salary Range: >$100,000
Date of Posting: 6-Jun-25

Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.

For a complete list of open opportunities with Cognizant, visit http://www.cognizant.com/careers. Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check.

Ce que nous offrons

• La possibilité d’avoir une carrière avec un impact. Ici, vous avez la possibilité de partager vos idées transformatrices pour aider notre entreprise et nos clients à améliorer le quotidien de tous.
• Prenez votre carrière en main grâce à notre écosystème d'apprentissage et de développement. Et lorsque vos ambitions changent ou que nous vous offrons de nouvelles occasions, nous vous aidons à pivoter en vous proposant des formations et des conseils pour trouver des postes qui pourraient mieux vous convenir.
• L’occasion de s'épanouir au sein d’une communauté diversifiée. Nous célébrons les expériences et perspectives d’autrui et encourageons un sentiment d'appartenance à travers nos groupes d'affinité et nos initiatives en matière de diversité et d'inclusion.
• Rémunération compétitive qui comprend un salaire concurrentiel et une pension avec des contributions équivalentes.
• Des prestations de soins de santé et financières flexibles pour vous soutenir, ainsi que vos personnes à charge admissibles, dès le premier jour au travail.
• Une vraie conciliation travail-vie personnelle. Nous offrons des vacances, des modalités de travail flexibles, des occasions de bénévolat, des événements sociaux et bien d’autres afin que vous puissiez être au mieux.

À propos de nous
Cognizant est l’un des leaders mondiaux des services professionnels. Nous transformons les modèles commerciaux, opérationnels et technologiques de nos clients pour les adapter à l’ère numérique. Notre approche consultative, basée sur une connaissance sectorielle, aide nos clients à concevoir, développer et gérer des entreprises plus innovantes et plus efficaces. Basée aux États-Unis, Cognizant (membre du NASDAQ-100 et l’un des meilleurs employeurs du monde en 2024 selon Forbes) figure régulièrement parmi les entreprises les plus admirées au monde. Découvrez comment Cognizant aide ses clients à garder une longueur d’avance grâce au numérique sur le site www.cognizant.com.

Renseignments suppplémentaires sur l'emploi
Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, de l'information génétique, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée telle que décrite par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.

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Bien que notre système vous permette de postuler dans n'importe quelle langue, les langues requises pour ce poste et le niveau de compétence varient. Une connaissance de base de l'anglais est nécessaire pour les communications internes à l'échelle de l'entreprise. De plus, pour les postes situés au Québec, une maîtrise de l’anglais professionnel est requise afin de communiquer avec nos clients à travers le monde.