Senior Network Engineer

Inizio Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Inizio Partners is seeking a Specialist Level III – Senior Network Engineer for the CUNY Central Office engagement in New York on site. The role requires deep hands-on expertise across WAN/LAN, ONS, and campus network infrastructure.

You will manage incident response, deploy changes via ServiceNow, and help train local network staff while regularly traveling to campuses across NYC and Long Island. Must be able to work 9am–5pm EST with after-hours as needed and be legally authorized to work in

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on Senior Network Engineer experience.
• Experience with Cisco ONS, TAC, fiber cabling, onsite hardware swaps/installs.
• Proficiency in VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/DHCP, IPAM.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day operations across ONS, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR, Aironet and Meraki; LAN/WAN and cloud connections.
• Writing MOPs, submitting and implementing changes in ServiceNow.
• Incident response, ticket management, Cisco TAC and carrier coordination.
• Field replacement of failed ONS modules at CUNY sites.
• Training and knowledge transfer to CUNY network engineering/NOC staff.

Skills

Cisco ONS troubleshooting

Catalyst & Nexus routing

BGP/OSPF/TCP-IP

Network automation with Ansible/Terra-

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Git

Job description

• Position: Specialist Level III – Senior Network Engineer
• Client: CUNY Central Office, 395 Hudson Street, New York, NY (onsite)
• Duration: 1 year
• Hours: 9am–5pm EST, plus after hours/weekends as needed
• Travel: Regular travel to CUNY campuses across the five NYC boroughs and Long Island
• Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the US

Mandatory Qualifications:

• 7+ years hands-on Senior Network Engineer experience
• Cisco Optical Network Solutions (ONS): troubleshooting with Cisco TAC, onsite hardware swaps/installs, fiber cabling (troubleshoot, clean, replace)
• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus route/switch, Cisco ASR routing
• BGP (iBGP/eBGP), OSPF/EIGRP, TCP/IP, VLANs, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, firewalls, load balancers, IPAM
• Intermediate Cisco and Meraki Wi-Fi (incl. Aironet)
• Packet capture and traffic flow analysis; structured root cause analysis
• Network automation using Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Git or similar (config backup, compliance, drift detection, provisioning); Network-as-Code exposure a plus

Key Duties:

• Day-to-day operations across ONS, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR, Aironet and Meraki; LAN/WAN and cloud connections
• Writing MOPs, submitting and implementing changes in ServiceNow
• Incident response, ticket management, Cisco TAC and carrier coordination
• Field replacement of failed ONS modules at CUNY sites
• Training and knowledge transfer to CUNY network engineering/NOC staff