Senior Network Test Engineer — Certification & Automation

BU Consultants; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BU Consultants is seeking a Senior Network Test Engineer in New York, NY to lead testing of LAN/WAN, data center, and campus networks. You will guide certifications, validate patches, and work across vendors with hands-on testing in lab environments.

The role requires 8 years of experience, strong Python/Ansible skills, and CCIE/CCNP-level knowledge, plus excellent communication to present results to management.

Qualifications

• 8 years of Network Engineering experience.
• Expertise in LAN/WAN, Data Center and Campus/Branch networks.
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, IGMP, PIM, Layer 2 protocols, and Spanning Tree.
• Hands-on with Cisco Catalyst/Nexus platforms.
• Experience with Cisco IOS/XE/NX-OS code certification, bug scrubs, and feature validation.
• Experience with Arista platforms is highly preferred.
• Strong Python and Ansible skills.
• Good Linux administration and networking knowledge.
• Experience with Wireshark, tcpdump, Git/GitHub.
• Strong understanding of network hardware testing and lab certification.
• Experience with IXIA and/or Spirent.
• Strong troubleshooting and protocol-level networking knowledge.
• CCIE or strong CCNP-level expertise.
• Excellent communication, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Test and certify network hardware, software releases, patches, SMUs, and code upgrades.
• Perform functional, performance, interoperability, and reliability testing in network lab environments.
• Rapidly evaluate and certify patches/CVEs and assess associated network and business risks.
• Design and execute testing strategies for routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and document hardware, software, performance, and compatibility issues.
• Develop test automation using Python, Ansible, APIs, IaC, and Robot Framework.
• Create and maintain engineering standards, configuration templates, testing guidelines, and technical documentation.
• Work closely with network vendors and internal engineering teams on PoCs, product evaluations, certifications, and new technologies.
• Present testing results, recommendations, risks, and certification findings to technical and senior management.
• Support production teams with expert-level troubleshooting and vulnerability/bug analysis.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and recommend improvements to network testing and certification processes.

Skills

8 years Network Engineering

LAN/WAN & Data Center

BGP & OSPF & L2

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus

Cisco IOS/XE/NX-OS

Python & Ansible

Linux administration

Wireshark & tcpdump

CCIE or CCNP-level

Communication & presentations

Tools

Arista

IXIA/Spirent

Git/GitHub

Robot Framework

kubectl

F5

A10

Juniper SRX

Job description

BU Consultants is seeking a Senior Network Test Engineer in New York, NY to lead testing of LAN/WAN, data center, and campus networks. You will guide certifications, validate patches, and work across vendors with hands-on testing in lab environments.

The role requires 8 years of experience, strong Python/Ansible skills, and CCIE/CCNP-level knowledge, plus excellent communication to present results to management.