Senior IP Reliability Engineer – Scale & Automate Networks

Optimum Communications Inc.; Bethpage (NY); On-site; USD 82,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum Communications Inc. is seeking a Level 3 IP Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable IP transport networks for enterprise and carrier environments.

The role requires deep routing knowledge, automation skills, and collaboration with architecture, operations, and NOC teams to ensure performance and reliability. A strong emphasis on documentation and cross-team coordination is included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in IP networking and infrastructure support, with 4+ years in reliability-focused roles.
• Expert-level routing protocol knowledge (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and transport protocols (TCP/UDP/ICMP).
• Proficient in infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, Python).
• Experience with observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).

Responsibilities

• Design and validate Layer 3 network topologies, addressing schemes, and route policies.
• Lead troubleshooting of routing issues involving BGP, OSPF, MPLS, and multicast.
• Monitor network health using telemetry, SNMP, and flow-based tools; respond to anomalies.
• Implement change requests, maintenance windows, and upgrades with minimal service impact.
• Automate recurring network tasks using Python, Ansible, or other tools.
• Collaborate with IP architects and security teams to align on policies, segmentation, and access control.
• Participate in capacity planning, traffic analysis, and latency optimization efforts.
• Maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, and SOPs for internal use.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support network integration for new services or infrastructure rollouts.

Skills

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS

Python scripting

Ansible

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

SNMP

SDN

AI tools mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

SNMP

Job description

Optimum Communications Inc. is seeking a Level 3 IP Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable IP transport networks for enterprise and carrier environments.

The role requires deep routing knowledge, automation skills, and collaboration with architecture, operations, and NOC teams to ensure performance and reliability. A strong emphasis on documentation and cross-team coordination is included.