Sr. Network engineer III

MGT; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MGT is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer III for a long-term assignment. The role covers design, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of Riverbay's enterprise network, spanning Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki, Nexus, UCS, VPN, and wireless technologies.

You will develop standards, documentation, and disaster recovery plans while ensuring high availability. The position requires leadership, collaboration with stakeholders, and the ability to scale network

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in network design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring.
• Experience with IPsec, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, IPv4.
• Strong communications and writing skills.
• Disaster Recovery experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Wi‑Fi 6, 5G cellular tech.

Responsibilities

• Design, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and optimization of Riverbay's enterprise network infrastructure.
• Develop network standards and documentation.
• Implement network security measures and DR initiatives.
• Maintain high network availability and provide technical leadership.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure reliable, secure, scalable network operations.

Skills

Network design

TCP/IP

Routing protocols

Disaster recovery

Network security

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Cisco devices

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Meraki

Nexus

Cisco UCS

VPN

Firewalls

Job description

MGT is seeking an experienced Senior Network engineer III to fill a long-term assignment for one of their clients, Selected candidate will be an employee of MGT as a Full time.

The selected candidate will be responsible for the design, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of Riverbay's enterprise network infrastructure, including Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki, Nexus, Cisco UCS, VPN, firewall, storage, and wireless technologies. Responsibilities also include developing network standards and documentation, implementing network security measures, supporting disaster recovery initiatives, maintaining high network availability, providing technical leadership, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable network operations. The selected search firm shall provide a full-service executive recruitment process. The objective is to identify highly qualified professionals capable of maintaining, securing, and enhancing Riverbay's enterprise network infrastructure while supporting the organization's long-term technology initiatives

SCOPE OF WORK

Experience with network architecture for LAN and WAN technologies, including design, development, installation and diagram creation, site surveys

Providing weekly updates to senior management and senior staff.

Project management experience is a plus

Disaster Recovery Experience

Experience with all Cisco network devices, new and old, including wired, wireless, routers, switches, load balancer, firewalls, and VoIP

Experience with routing protocols, including TCP/IP, IPv4, and OSI routing framework

Experience with storage infrastructure and virtualization is a plus that includes iSCSI standard, NAS, and SAN infrastructure and configuration

Switching and configuration options (VLANS, DHCP, VPN's, NAT)

Experience working with backward compatibility- old and new Cisco devices

Responsible for the design, setup, configuration, and maintenance of all Fortinet routers, Cisco switches and other network appliances, Meraki Switches, Cisco UCS, Palo Alto, Nexus Switches and access points, backups, Cisco VPN, and FMC firewall configuration

Enforce technical support service levels agreements to meet problem resolution expectations and timeframes.

Maximize network performance by troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades.

Monitors, maintains, installs and troubleshoots critical components of the network to provide network access with limited interruption; resolves any network issues in a timely and professional manner; provides technical expertise to other IT staff to assist in solving technical network issues. Plan and implement network security measures to protect the organization's data and systems. Works with the internal/external teams to establish/update design principles and standards for all network components and configurations and keeps
network documentation current.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field 7+ years of experience in network design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and monitoring of the following network services: IPsec, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, IPv4 4+ years of combined Cisco Collaboration, VoIP troubleshooting, design, and configuration experience.

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Disaster Recovery experience preferred.

Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, etc.)

Experience with wireless networking technologies (Wi-Fi 6, WPA3, etc.)

Knowledge of cellular technologies (LTE, 5G) and related equipment (modems, SIM management)Familiarity with network monitoring and management tools (e.g.Wireshark)