Senior Network Engineer

New York, NY, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago
Contract W2
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract Independent
12 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Network
  • Cisco

Summary

Typical Software Used for Engagement:

  • Microsoft Office
  • Visio
  • SSH
  • Cisco Transport Controller
  • Terminal server software

Typical Hardware Used for Engagement:

  • A Microsoft Windows capable laptop

Mandatory Qualifications

  • 7+ years hands-on experience as a Senior Network Engineer + Cisco Optical Network Solutions (ONS).

Knowledge:

  • Cisco Catalyst route/switch
  • Cisco Nexus route/switch
  • Cisco ASR routing
  • BGP
    • IBG
    • EBGP
  • Serve as senior escalation point for complex enterprise networking issues; mentor and guide junior engineers.
  • Implement and operate core services across routing/switching, wireless LAN, WAN/MAN, firewalls, load balancers, IPAM, and optical systems.
  • Provide packet capture support and analysis of traffic flows.
  • Drive network automation and standardization (configuration templates, network-as-code, centralized management) to improve reliability and speed of delivery.
  • Provide Cisco ONS engineering support:
    • Work with Cisco TAC to troubleshoot and rectify ONS issues.
    • Travel to CUNY’s NYC locations to swap out ONS hardware.
    • Install new ONS hardware including cabling.
  • Fiber cabling:
    • Provide troubleshooting support.
    • Cleaning of cables.
    • Replacing of cables.
  • Perform structured root cause analysis for recurring or high-impact incidents and recommend corrective actions to improve reliability.
  • Develop and maintain automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Python, Bash, PowerShell, GitHub/Git, or similar platforms.
  • Build repeatable automation workflows for configuration backup, compliance checks, drift detection, device validation, provisioning, and low-risk network changes.
  • Ideal candidate may be asked to participate in the development of a phased Network-as-Code approach, including source-of-truth alignment, configuration validation, peer review, automated testing, and controlled deployment.
  • Ideal candidate may be asked to work closely with DevOps, DevSecOps, security, cloud, systems, and application teams to integrate network automation into broader enterprise workflows.
  • Intermediate skills in Cisco and Meraki Wi-Fi technologies is required.
  • Strong understanding of routing, switching, IP subnetting is desired with solid understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, switching, subnetting, BGP, OSPF/EIGRP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, wireless, datacenter technologies, and firewall concepts.
  • Candidate may be asked to perform field replacements of failed equipment on the ONS based optical networking.

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Day-to-day operation needs for Cisco technologies including ONS, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR, and WiFi solutions Aironet, and Meraki.
  • LAN, WAN, and cloud connections.
  • Developing MOPs, submitting changes in ServiceNow, and implementing changes.
  • Troubleshooting, trouble isolation, and trouble correction.
  • Occasional field services across CUNY sites in the 5 boroughs to replace failed modules on ONS platform.
  • Incident responses, and trouble ticket management including ticket closure.
  • Network level support to campus IT, and infrastructure teams.
  • Managing TAC support with vendor and circuit repairs with carriers.
  • Responding to network incidents and network priorities as determined by CUNY.
  • This role has onsite requirements.
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  • Dice Id: 10217276
  • Position Id: 732622-15352-1790690335
  • Posted 1 day ago
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