• Sr. Cisco Network Engineer

    Insight Global (Niskayuna, NY)


    Job Description

    An employer is looking for a hybrid Sr Cisco Network Engineer (L3) in the Niskayuna, NY area. This position will serve as the L3 Site Engineer working directly with their Aerospace customer. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced Cisco-based network infrastructures. This role provides third-level support, resolves complex network issues, and ensures high availability, security, and performance across enterprise environments. The position involves collaboration with IT teams, project managers, and clients to deliver robust networking solutions for professional services engagements.

     

    - Perform all aspects of technical deployment projects, including an implementation plan, methods of procedures, additional technical resource identification, and execution of work.

     

    - Engineer and configure all of the customer orders within the scope of the role, based on the accepted processes and established timeframes (OLAs).

     

    - Work with Network Planning to manage growth and capacity plans by monitoring network performance and communicating specific capacity needs, when they arise.

     

    - Responsible for leading in the implementation of network designs that consistently deliver performance, reliability, and scalability within the established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

     

    - Participate in on-call rotation for escalation support of technical issues, supporting the 24x7 production network environment.

     

    - Represent Network Engineering on cross-functional product/project teams, in the development, launch, and administration of data services. Role as a technical resource on specific engineering projects, as deemed necessary by the business.

     

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    Skills and Requirements

     

    - 5+ years of experience of hands on network engineering in an enterprise environment

     

    - Strong expertise of Cisco technologies (routing/ switching = Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Wireless = Meraki, Security = ASA, ISE, SDN = SDWAN)

     

    - Cisco certifications – CCNA, CCNP

     

    - Strong communication skills - Professional Services background

     

    - Bachelors Degree

     

    - F5 load balancer experience