City Of New York

NETWORK ENGINEER

City Of New York$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Baccalaureate degree in computer science, engineering, or related field plus 4 years experience in IT infrastructure, datacenter, or cloud operations.
  • Alternatively, a baccalaureate degree with 8 years experience in IT infrastructure, datacenter, or cloud operations is acceptable.
  • Equivalency in education and experience may be considered for candidates.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure LAN, WAN, and MAN networks.
  • Ensure reliability and performance of enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Manage and optimize over 150 firewalls and 1,000+ switches.
  • Diagnose and resolve network and security issues to maintain 24/7 availability.
  • Configure firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection/prevention systems to protect data.
  • Evaluate network device data to comply with security standards and mitigate risks.
  • Design routing protocols for redundancy and minimal service disruption.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options.
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match.
  • Generous paid leave and holiday schedule.
  • Training and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Information Technology Services (ITS) is recruiting for four (4) IT Infrastructure Engineer, to function as Network Engineers, who will; - Perform highly complex technical work in the design, implementation, administration, and support of secure Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN). - Ensure the reliability, security, and performance of enterprise network infrastructure supporting DSS, HRA, and DHS operations. - Manage and maintain over 150 firewalls and 1,000+ switches by configuring, monitoring, and optimizing technologies (e.g., Juniper, Fortinet, Arista, Mist) to ensure network performance, reliability, and security across the production environment. - Diagnose and resolve network, remote access, and security issues by analyzing logs, firewall policies, and system alerts to maintain 24/7 network availability and ensure timely resolution for over 23,000 users and design and implement network infrastructure and security controls by developing configurations and architectures that enhance system performance, resiliency, and compliance with agency standards. - Configure firewalls, VPNs (IPsec/SSL), proxy services, and intrusion detection/prevention systems by applying agency policies to safeguard data privacy, enforce access controls, and protect network assets; analyze system logs, security reports, and monitoring tools to identify performance issues, detect anomalies, and escalate or resolve incidents to maintain optimal network health. - Evaluate data from routers, switches, and firewalls using tools (e.g., NetFlow, Syslog, Riverbed NetIM, FortiManager) to ensure compliance with security standards and proactively mitigate risks and collaborate with other NYC agencies and cloud providers (e.g., Azure, AWS) to implement and troubleshoot network connectivity and security solutions that support cross-agency operations. - Design and implement routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP) for multi-site network environments by ensuring redundancy, failover capability, and minimal service disruption and conduct research and documents network technologies and best practices by performing vendor evaluations, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept testing to recommend infrastructure improvements. Hours/Shift: 9:00am - 5:00pm IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER - 95714 Qualifications 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or, 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or, 3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Additional Information

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