Senior Network Engineer – Onsite NYC, Field & Automation

Inizio Partners Corp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CUNY Central Office in New York is seeking a Specialist Level III – Senior Network Engineer for a 1-year onsite engagement beginning around October 21, 2026. You will oversee day-to-day operations across ONS, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR, Aironet and Meraki, with travel to campuses as needed.

The role requires 7+ years of hands-on experience, deep Cisco routing and network automation skills, and a proven track record mentoring junior engineers. This position is on-site in NYC with regular travel.

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on Senior Network Engineer experience.
• Experience with Cisco ONS, Cisco TAC, fiber cabling and related hardware.
• Expertise in BGP, OSPF/EIGRP, TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, firewalls, load balancers and IPAM.
• Proficiency in Cisco Meraki Wi‑Fi (Aironet).
• Network automation using Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Git; Network-as-Code exposure is a plus.
• Senior escalation point and mentoring junior engineers.

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

Senior Network Engineer

Cisco ONS troubleshooting

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus

Networking protocols

Cisco Meraki Wi‑Fi

Packet analysis

Network automation

Mentorship

Job description

CUNY Central Office in New York is seeking a Specialist Level III – Senior Network Engineer for a 1-year onsite engagement beginning around October 21, 2026. You will oversee day-to-day operations across ONS, Catalyst, Nexus, ASR, Aironet and Meraki, with travel to campuses as needed.

The role requires 7+ years of hands-on experience, deep Cisco routing and network automation skills, and a proven track record mentoring junior engineers. This position is on-site in NYC with regular travel.