Senior Infrastructure Specialist

Avangrid; City of Rochester (NY); In loco; USD 96.000 - 121.000; Tempo pieno

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Competitive benefits

Bonuses

12% 401(k) match

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Descrizione del lavoro

Avangrid in New York seeks a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to define, maintain, and support OSI infrastructure policies and practices for secure, resilient operations across critical SCADA systems.

You will lead incident response, collaborate with vendors and internal teams, and drive changes to improve performance while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong security controls.

Competenze

• Seven+ years of infrastructure experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience with networking protocols and dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF).
• Knowledge of security controls for SCADA/OSG environments.
• Experience with SDN and load balancing; related certifications preferred.

Mansioni

• Provide timely incident responses to meet SLAs.
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, and project teams to design and support solutions.
• Plan and implement changes to the environment for improvements or projects.
• Maintain infrastructure security and regulatory compliance (NERC/CIP).
• Lead technical implementation plans and vendor evaluations.

Conoscenze

Network infrastructure

Security technologies

SD-WAN

Routing & switching

DevOps experience

Formazione

BS/BA Degree in IT or related

Strumenti

Packet Capturing software

Cisco Nexus

NAC deployment tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Information

Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Specialist

Location: Binghamton, NY or Rochester, NY

Pay Range: $96,400 - $120,500

Schedule: Office, 5 days

Job Description

Purpose: Definition, maintenance, and support of Operational Smart Grids (OSG) infrastructure operational policies, standards, best practices, procedures, tools, and projects in support of efficient, resilient, and secure operations of OSG supported applications and facilities.

Directly works within technical teams and external vendors to provide operational support for a diverse set of operational enterprise services. Monitor operational performance to identify opportunities for improvement. Align the operational requirements with relevant global/corporate operational requirement(s), security framework(s) and/or associated regulatory compliance.

Must also be a self-starter/motivator for accomplishing tasks and have the ability to work without supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely responses to all incidents, tasks and requests assigned to meet Service Level Agreements.
• Work with internal clients, suppliers/contractors, project teams and other technical staff to identify, design and support technical solutions.
• Design, plan and implement changes to the environment for improvements or projects.
• Provide maintenance of infrastructure technologies following the change management process.
• Lead the technical implementation plans in support of infrastructure technologies.
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and testing of hardware and software products.
• Maintain regulatory compliance under NERC/CIP guidelines.
• Maintain high-quality security controls surrounding the critical SCADA systems.
• Perform/coordinate special assignments from OSG Infrastructure Management.
• Provide 24x7 on call support.
• Provide professional and technical mentoring for team members.

Key Technical Working Skills

• Organizational expert within network infrastructure, operations & security subject areas.
• In-depth knowledge of professional standards and trends within area of expertise.
• Proficiency in multiple security technologies, including network security, NAC, Micro segmentation, network security architecture.
• Experience with Network Access Control deployment in a large enterprise.
• SD-WAN and other tunneling\encryption transport technologies desired.
• Network Security Automation and DevOps experience is a plus.
• Strong Routing and Switching experience (BGP, OSPF, VPC, vain traffic engineering, Multicast, etc.) is required for assisting in troubleshooting and interactions with other team members.

Qualifications

Education

BS/BA Degree in Business, Computer Science, or other technical discipline. Will consider additional years of relevant experience and/or related technical certifications in lieu of degree requirement.

Required Experience

• Networking, Networking protocols, Experience with Dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) on firewall hardware, familiarity with firewall technology (Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto), Security tools, scripting.
• Experience with SDN and load balancing (Associated certifications are preferred).
• Virtual Switching experience with Cisco Nexus Technology is plus.
• Extensive experience with Packet Capturing software is a must (4+ years)

Other Experience

Position requires a minimum of seven (7) years' experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment.

Position requires professional experience with more than one of the following areas:

• Data Center Operations, Disaster Recover/Business Continuity Planning & Execution, Security & Compliance Management, Fundamental understanding of UNIX Operating Systems (OS), Linux OS, Microsoft OS, VMware, Citrix is a plus.

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance-based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career-advancement pathways

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at [e-mail].

Company Information

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee's management.

Job Posting End Date

November-18-2026