Network Engineer

🚨 Hiring: Senior Network CNI Test Engineer
📍 Location: New York, NY – Onsite
🏠 Local Candidates: New York & New Jersey only
💼 Experience: 8+ Years
Work Authorization: USC & GC Only
📅 Interview: Ready for Onsite Interview

🔹 Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Network CNI Test Engineer with strong expertise in enterprise networking, network hardware certification, automation, Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud-native networking. The role focuses on network hardware/software testing, certification, automation, interoperability, and performance validation.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
Test and certify routers, switches, and network hardware.
Execute functional, interoperability, scalability & performance testing.
Certify software releases, patches, SMUs and CVE/security updates.
Troubleshoot hardware, software, protocol and performance issues.
Develop automation using Python, Ansible, APIs & IaC.
Build and maintain automated test frameworks; Robot Framework is a plus.
Support Kubernetes CNI, eBPF and Cilium environments.
Analyze packet captures using Wireshark & tcpdump.
Perform network security, vulnerability and CVE validation.
Collaborate with vendors and engineering teams on certification initiatives.
🔹 Required Skills
Networking: LAN/WAN, Routing & Switching, Cisco Catalyst/Nexus, Arista, IOS/IOS-XE/NX-OS, BGP, OSPF, IGMP, PIM, Multicast, STP, CEF, TCAM
Testing: IXIA, Spirent, Wireshark, tcpdump
Automation: Python, Ansible, GitHub, APIs, IaC
Cloud/Container: Linux, Kubernetes, CNI, kubectl, eBPF, Cilium
🔹 Preferred
AWS/Azure | Data Center Networking | NAC/802.1X | QoS | IPSec | MAB | Port Security | DDoS Mitigation | Router Hardening | 10G–100G Networking | Virtualization