Senior Network Engineer: Cisco SDA, ISE & Nexus Expert

Kforce Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in New York, NY seeks a Senior Network Engineer to support and optimize a large Cisco enterprise network. You will troubleshoot SDA fabric, Catalyst Center, and ISE services, while maintaining high-density wireless environments.

The role requires leadership during P1 outages and close collaboration across infrastructure, security, cloud, and applications teams. Responsibilities include incident response, root cause analysis, and adherence to change management processes using

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco SDA
• Experience administering Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center)
• Strong experience in large-scale Cisco routing and switching environments
• Expertise with Cisco ISE: authentication, authorization, profiling, and network access control
• Experience with Cisco Secure Firewall technologies
• Hands-on with Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controllers
• Solid wireless troubleshooting skills
• Understanding of Nexus Data Center technologies: VXLAN, EVPN, NDFC

Responsibilities

• Support and operate a large-scale Cisco enterprise network environment
• Troubleshoot SDA fabric deployments and Catalyst Center infrastructure
• Administer Cisco ISE services and network access policies
• Support high-density enterprise and healthcare wireless environments
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Secure Firewall technologies
• Lead major incidents during P1 network outages
• Conduct root cause analysis and remediation
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams
• Follow ServiceNow change and incident processes
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support model

Skills

Cisco SDA

Catalyst Center

Cisco ISE

Secure Firewall

Nexus Data Center

Wireless troubleshooting

Routing protocols

Azure networking

Job description

Kforce Inc. in New York, NY seeks a Senior Network Engineer to support and optimize a large Cisco enterprise network. You will troubleshoot SDA fabric, Catalyst Center, and ISE services, while maintaining high-density wireless environments.

The role requires leadership during P1 outages and close collaboration across infrastructure, security, cloud, and applications teams. Responsibilities include incident response, root cause analysis, and adherence to change management processes using