• Location: New York NY
• Type: Perm
• Job #26053

Company Overview:
A leading global alternative investment manager offers clients primary and secondary investment solutions across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure asset classes. They are seeking an experienced Lead Network Engineer to join their Network Engineering team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and implement enterprise network infrastructure across data centers, cloud environments, and global offices.
• Design and operate highly available routing and switching environments leveraging technologies such as BGP, OSPF, Cisco Nexus, Cisco IOS, and Cisco ACI.
• Architect and maintain hybrid cloud networking solutions, including Azure networking connectivity, segmentation, and security integration.
• Design and maintain secure network architectures integrating Palo Alto firewall platforms, Cisco ISE identity services, and network access controls.
• Engineer and optimize SD-WAN and wireless networking environments, including Palo Alto Networks and Cisco solutions.
• Develop and maintain network disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity across critical infrastructure platforms.
• Lead technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex network incidents, including deep packet inspection and performance analysis.
• Evaluate new networking technologies through product assessments, proof-of-concept testing, and architecture validation.
• Develop reference architectures, high-level designs (HLD), and low-level designs (LLD) for current and future network platforms.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and self-healing network capabilities to improve operational efficiency and system resilience.
• Partner with vendors to drive feature enhancements, product improvements, and scalability initiatives aligned with the firm’s evolving infrastructure requirements.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and security engineering teams to ensure network designs align with enterprise security frameworks and compliance requirements.
• Define network performance metrics and reporting frameworks to communicate operational health and improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers while contributing as a hands-on technical expert.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, telecommunications, or related field.
• CCIE or equivalent expert-level networking experience.
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent cloud networking experience preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering and architecture.
• Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale enterprise network environments.
• Proven experience delivering complex infrastructure transformation or modernization projects.
• Expert knowledge of enterprise routing and switching protocols and platforms, including BGP, OSPF, Cisco Nexus, Cisco IOS, and Cisco ACI.
• Strong experience designing and operating Azure networking environments, including hybrid connectivity, segmentation, and cloud network architecture.
• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise network security solutions, including Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco ISE, and network access control technologies.
• Proven experience designing data center network architectures, supporting high availability, scalability, and performance for enterprise workloads.
• Experience deploying and supporting Prisma SD-WAN and Meraki wireless networking solutions within enterprise environments.
• Experience designing network disaster recovery architectures and highly available network infrastructures.
• Experience with network monitoring, telemetry, and self-healing network capabilities to improve operational visibility and reliability.

Compensation:
Salary: $125,000 – $125,000, Plus Bonus