Network Test Engineer

iSite Technologies Corp.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

iSite Technologies Corp. in NYC seeks a Senior Network Test Engineer to lead certification and validation efforts for LAN/WAN designs. The role emphasizes independent work, project leadership, and extensive hands-on testing in lab environments.

The ideal candidate has CCIE or CCNP level experience, 10+ years in networking, and strong skills with OSPF, BGP, multicast, and IP routing. Collaboration across platforms including Cisco/Arista is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years networking experience
• CCIE or CCNP level experience preferred
• Experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and code/feature certification/validation

Skills

OSPF

BGP

IGMP

PIM

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Cilium

Python

GitHub

Ansible

Robot Framework

kubectl

Tools

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Nexus

Arista 7280/7504/7060

IXIA/Spirent

Ansible

ROBOT Framework

Job description

• Senior level, experienced, can lead projects and work independently.
• Experience required with extensive experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and code/ feature certification/ validation.
• Experience with testing design and certification of products in LAB environments is highly desirable.
• CCIE or at a min CCNP level experience.

Job role :Network Test Engineer

Experience: 10+

Location : NYC

Skills

• Senior level, experienced, can lead projects and work independently.
• Experience required with extensive experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and code/ feature certification/ validation.
• Experience with testing design and certification of products in LAB environments is highly desirable.
• CCIE or at a min CCNP level experience.

Skills Required

• Demonstrate knowledge of working with protocols such as OSPF, BGP, IGMP and PIM.
• Experience with Cisco Platforms such as Catalyst and Nexus.
• Knowledge of certification of new code, and bug Scrubs on IOS/ XE/ NXOS/ and limited XR.
• Good foundation in Linux administration, networking, and automation.
• Cloud-native networking concepts, including Kubernetes architecture, container networking (CNI), and operational tools such as kubectl.
• Familiarity with eBPF-based networking and security, particularly platforms such as Cilium is major plus. This includes policy enforcement, observability, service load balancing, BGP integration, and troubleshooting using eBPF maps and kernel-level telemetry
• Good knowledge of Python, Github.
• Ansible playbooks authoring and how to integrate Ansible with ROBOT framework for seamless automation is beneficial.
• Some proficiency in the ROBOT Framework is a big plus
• Experience with Arista Platforms such as 7280, 7504, 7060 etc.
• Experience developing strategies with multiple vendors.
• Experienced with creating design documents for each certification which includes engineering guidelines.
• Experience with Tools such as IXIA and / or Spirent to test and certify various designs and troubleshoot networks issues.
• Excellent knowledge of IP Routing, BGP, OSPF, and layer2 protocols like Spanning-tree.
• Understanding of network protocols, network platforms such such as Cisco/Arista to design and troubleshoot new implementations.
• Good protocol level understanding/ Wireshark.
• Multicast: IGMPv2/3, PIM-SM, Static RP, RP-Anycast, MSDP.
• IP Routing Platforms, ISR4k, ASR1K, Catalyst.
• Cisco/ Arista Switching Platforms Catalyst switches.
• strong knowledge of Switching and Switching mechanisms like CEF, TCAM.