Senior Network Engineer

Location: City of Albany

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Albany, NY, United States of America time type:
Full time posted on:
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** What success looks like in this role:*
* · Provide Network Engineering support for all network segments and applications.
· Act as L2/3 escalation for P1/P2 incidents; lead triage, stabilization, and post-incident RCA with clear corrective actions.
· Troubleshoot advanced routing, switching, wireless, firewall, load balancing, and VPN issues across multi-vendor environments.
· Optimize performance (QoS, congestion control, path selection) and reduce chronic incident recurrence.
· Design and implement high-availability network architectures (redundant core/edge, SD-WAN, data center fabrics, segmentation).
· Own changes from design review through implementation and validation, aligning with GxP/GMP change control and documentation.
· Enforce network security baselines (micro-segmentation, NAC, firewall policies, IDS/IPS, secure VPN, certificate management).
· Collaborate with Info Sec on risk assessments, hardening, and compensating controls.
· Manage and optimize connectivity to public cloud (Azure/AWS):
Express Route/Direct Connect, hybrid routing, private endpoints.
· Support SD-WAN policy design, traffic steering, and cloud edge security integration.
· Maintain robust observability (SNMP, flow telemetry, synthetic tests, packet captures, logs, NPM/APM tools).o Utilize NPM tools (e.g., Solar Winds, Thousand Eyes), packet capture (Wireshark), Net Flow/sFlow/IPFIX, syslog/SIEM – or similar tools
· Build automation for configuration compliance and repeatable changes (e.g., Ansible/Netmiko/Python), including templating and guardrails.
· Author and maintain network standards, runbooks, validated configurations, and diagrams (as-built/target state).
· Execute ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration Management) with precise records suitable for audits.
· Mentor L1/L2 engineers; provide technical guidance and training.
· Partner with OT, Lab IT, Manufacturing, Application, and Security teams to deliver solutions aligned to business and regulatory needs.
· Ability to rack/stack equipment and work in data center/lab/manufacturing areas with appropriate PPE.
· Work with cross-functional teams to design solutions for expanding connectivity while maintaining overall network performance and integrity.
** You will be successful in this role if you have:
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* Experience:

4-6 years’ relevant network experience with network related certification(s) (CCNA or CCNP).
· Routing/Switching:
Expert knowledge of IPv4/IPv6, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP/VRRP, STP/RSTP/MST, MLAG/VPC, ECMP, multicast fundamentals.
· Technology:

Experience with Cisco (Catalyst/Nexus/Meraki) required - Juniper, Arista; SD-Access; OT protocols and segmentation ae a plus.
· Expert knowledge of routing and switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP).
· Data Center:

Experience with spine-leaf/fabric designs; familiarity with VXLAN/EVPN and L2/L3 overlays.
· Security:

Experience with firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point), VPN/IPsec/SSL, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, ACLs, NAT, secure management (SSH/TLS/SNMPv3).
· Wireless/NAC:
Enterprise WLAN (controllers, RF design, WPA2-Enterprise/802.1X), NAC (e.g., Cisco ISE), role-based access policies.
· SD-WAN:
Policy-based path selection, application steering, HA design, integration with cloud edges.
· Load Balancing: F5/NGINX/AVI or equivalent for L4–L7 services, TLS offload, persistence, health monitors.
· Cloud Networking:
Azure VNets, VNet peering, Private Link/Express Route; AWS VPCs, TGW, Direct Connect; hybrid routing and security patterns.
· Experience with zero-trust network principles, micro-segmentation platforms, and certificate/PKI operations.
· Observability:
Hands-on with NPM tools (e.g., Solar Winds, Thousand Eyes), packet capture (Wireshark), Net Flow/sFlow/IPFIX, syslog/SIEM.
· Automation/Scripting:
Practical experience with Ansible and Python for network tasks (templates, compliance checks, bulk updates).
· Process: ITIL familiarity and disciplined change management in 24x7 production settings.
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Soft Skills:

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