Network Engineer

Urgent Opening Position: : Network Engineer L3 Location:   (New York)- Onsite Duration : Contract 12+  Job Description: Responsibilities Responsibilities : Design, implement, and maintain WAN, LAN, and SDWAN infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability. Provide technical expertise and strategic guidance on network architecture, upgrades, and emerging technologies to meet evolving business needs. Translate business requirements into technical solutions, producing low-level designs and solution implementation. Lead network projects, acting as both team leader and individual contributor to deliver on time and within budget. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and managed service providers, ensuring requirements are understood and met effectively. Create and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including configurations, designs, standards, and operational processes. Assist with incidents & escalations related to networking services or performance, troubleshooting to resolution the problem areas as needed. Ensure compliance with security and reliability standards, implementing best practices for network resilience and risk mitigation. Produce and gain peer review approvals of RoC (Record of Change) documents for network changes. Gain change management approvals for network changes by submitting well‑formed ServiceNow change requests with all required details. Stay current with industry trends and technologies, recommending improvements and innovations to enhance network capabilities. Prepare operational readiness: create/maintain configuration standards, as‑built documentation, and support runbooks; store artefacts in SharePoint; hand off for UTOC management. Key Skills and Expertise Required :  Minimum Cisco CCNP certification level required CCIE certification is desirable In depth knowledge of Wireless LAN and NAC solutions (Cisco WLAN, Cisco ISE, Aruba WLAN, Aruba ClearPass)  In depth knowledge of SD-WAN solutions (CISCO Viptela)  In depth knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), carrier WAN and Internet services. In-depth knowledge of Cisco LAN switching technologies including STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLANs, EtherChannel and switch stacking. Proficient in configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, implementing QoS, and managing network segmentation and redundancy. Ability to produce detailed designs, implementation plans, and operational support documents. Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination across multiple environments. Email ID : [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]