Network Enginner
437 Madison Avenue, 27th Floor New York, NY 10022 US
Job Description
Hybrid Network Engineer opportunity with a leading Financial Services firm in Midtown Manhattan (10022).
This is a hands-on hybrid role (2–3 days onsite) focused on designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure using Cisco (IOS/NX-OS) and Juniper (Junos OS) technologies. You’d play a key part in network design, operations, and incident response, while collaborating across infrastructure, security, and cloud teams.
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-level network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in Cisco and Juniper technologies, take ownership of network projects, and ensure high availability, reliability, and security of our network systems. This role also includes network incident response and proactive improvement of our infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Network Design & Implementation
- Design, configure, and deploy secure and scalable LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, and data center network solutions.
- Develop high-availability network architecture, including redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery connectivity.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and cloud engineering teams to support hybrid (on-prem + cloud) network environments.
- Perform daily monitoring, maintenance, patching, and lifecycle management of routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and network appliances.
- Maintain accurate network documentation: diagrams, IP address plans, topology, standards, configurations, and runbooks.
- Act as Tier-2/3 escalation for network-related incidents and outages, performing root cause analysis and timely resolution.
- Proactively identify network risks, performance bottlenecks, or security vulnerabilities and implement corrective actions.
- Lead enterprise network upgrade projects, migrations, and new office/data center builds.
- Evaluate new networking technologies and tools to enhance reliability, security, and observability.
Meet Your Recruiter
John Vagie
Managing Director
John Vagie is a seasoned IT staffing professional with more than two decades of success across recruiting, account management, and leadership roles. With a strong foundation in both technology and talent strategy, John has served in a variety of roles guiding high-performing teams and consistently exceeding hiring and sales goals. His hands-on background as a Technical Consultant prior to entering the staffing industry gives him a unique edge in the industry.
John specializes in both contract and permanent placements. He is known for his ability to assess candidate qualifications with precision, communicate effectively with hiring managers and technologists, and deliver staffing solutions aligned with complex technical environments. A Microsoft Certified professional and multi-year President’s Club honoree, John pairs technical know-how with a deep commitment to service.
His career in staffing began by chance while interviewing for a technical role, the team quickly recognized his rare blend of expertise and interpersonal strengths and encouraged him to consider recruiting instead. It turned out to be the perfect fit.
What drives John is the ability to transform lives through career opportunities. Whether he’s helping a candidate land their next role or guiding a client through a critical hire, he approaches every relationship with care, integrity, and a strategic mindset.
Outside of work, John enjoys coaching kids’ sports and sharing his surprisingly vast knowledge of random trivia. His perfect day would consist of the beach, some sunshine, and time with family and friends.