Senior Network Platform Engineer - Hybrid NYC, Cloud

Gotham Technology Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gotham Technology Group is seeking a Senior Network Platform Engineer in New York to design, operate, and continuously improve a global network. You will own significant portions of the network across data centers, cloud environments, internet edge, WAN, and market connectivity.

The role emphasizes automation, telemetry, and scalable infrastructure engineering, with a focus on EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, and modern data center fabrics. Strong collaboration across teams is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years in network or infrastructure engineering within enterprise, cloud, or financial services.
• Deep expertise in BGP, OSPF, EVPN/VXLAN, multicast, QoS, ECMP.
• Strong data center networking knowledge: leaf-spine, virtualization, high-performance fabrics.
• Automation focus with Python, APIs, Git; familiarity with Ansible or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and improve global network infrastructure across data centers and cloud.
• Develop modern data center fabrics using EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, leaf-spine, and ECMP.
• Maintain highly available routing and switching for production apps and cloud services.
• Implement network services: BGP, OSPF, multicast, DNS, load balancing, and WAN edge.
• Build automation for provisioning, validation, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate across Linux/Windows, security, and developer teams to align networking with apps.
• Evaluate new networking technologies and drive reliability and observability.
• Participate in on-call rotation to ensure uptime and rapid incident response.

Skills

Network engineering

Infrastructure engineering

Automation

BGP

OSPF

EVPN/VXLAN

Leaf-spine architectures

Hybrid/multi-cloud networking

Troubleshooting

Performance optimization

Network observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Python

Git

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Gotham Technology Group is seeking a Senior Network Platform Engineer in New York to design, operate, and continuously improve a global network. You will own significant portions of the network across data centers, cloud environments, internet edge, WAN, and market connectivity.

The role emphasizes automation, telemetry, and scalable infrastructure engineering, with a focus on EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, and modern data center fabrics. Strong collaboration across teams is expected.