Senior Grid Infrastructure & Security Engineer

Avangrid; Town of Vestal (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

401(k) match 12%

Health/dental/vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Career advancement

Job summary

Avangrid is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to lead and support operational policies for OSG infrastructure. The role focuses on incident response, coordination with internal teams and vendors, and implementing changes to improve performance and security in a high-stakes environment.

The ideal candidate brings extensive networking, security, and data-center experience, with a strong emphasis on compliance, automation, and on-call availability.

Qualifications

• Education: BS/BA in Business, CS or technical field; MS preferred.
• Experience: 7+ years in enterprise infrastructure; multiple domains.

Responsibilities

• Respond to incidents and requests to meet SLAs.
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, and project teams on technical solutions.
• Design, plan, and implement infra changes for projects.
• Maintain change-management compliant infrastructure.
• Lead evaluations and testing of hardware/software products.
• Ensure compliance with NERC/CIP and security controls.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support and mentorship.

Skills

Security standards

NERC CIP compliance

SD-WAN

Networking protocols

Routing & Switching (BGP/OSPF)

Security tools

Scripting

VLAN/VXLAN

Education

BS/BA in technical field

AS/BS/MS with years of experience

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Job description

Avangrid is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to lead and support operational policies for OSG infrastructure. The role focuses on incident response, coordination with internal teams and vendors, and implementing changes to improve performance and security in a high-stakes environment.

The ideal candidate brings extensive networking, security, and data-center experience, with a strong emphasis on compliance, automation, and on-call availability.