Senior Network Test & Certification Engineer : NYC

Role: Senior Network Test & Certification Engineer

Location: NYC – Hybrid (3 days onsite). In-person interview required.

Experience: 12+ years

Must have

10+ Years Enterprise Network Engineering
CCNP DevNet/DevCor or equivalent network automation
BGP / OSPF / TCP-IP/OSPF, L2/L3, routing, switching, failover
Cisco Catalyst / Nexus / ASR / ISR/IOS-XE/NX-OS
Network Testing, Validation & Certification
Python Automation
Ansible Automation
Linux Networking & Troubleshooting
GenAI / LLM / AI-Assisted Engineering
Network Automation APIs + Git/GitHub
L2/L3 Routing, Switching, Failover & Convergence
tcpdump / Wireshark / Packet Analysis
CVE / Patch Validation & Certification

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Network Test & Certification Engineer with strong enterprise networking, automation, Linux, and AI-assisted engineering experience. The engineer will be responsible for testing and certifying network hardware, software releases, patches, and new features before production deployment.

Key Responsibilities – make sure below highlighted skill in yellow are mandatory.

• Perform network lab testing, functional/regression testing, code and patch certification, performance and interoperability validation.
• Test and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, L2/L3, routing, switching, failover and convergence scenarios.
• Work with Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, ASR/ISR and IOS-XE/NX-OS environments.
• Develop network test automation using Python, Ansible, APIs and Git/GitHub.
• Use AI/GenAI and Agentic AI to accelerate test-case generation, log/configuration analysis, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, CVE/patch assessment and certification reporting.
• Perform Linux-based network troubleshooting using tcpdump, Wireshark and related tools.
• Document test results, defects, risks and production-readiness recommendations.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of hands-on Network Engineering experience.
• Strong BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP and enterprise routing/switching.
• Hands-on Cisco Catalyst/NexASR/ISR experience.
• Experience with network testing, validation or certification.
• Good hands-on Python and Ansible automation.
• Strong Linux networking and troubleshooting knowledge.
• CCNP DevNet/DevCor or equivalent network automation expertise strongly preferred.
• Exposure to GenAI/LLMs, AI-assisted automation or Agentic AI workflows.

Preferred Skills

IXIA/Spirent, Arista, Kubernetes/CNI, Cilium/eBPF, Robot Framework, multicast (IGMP/PIM), CVE/security patch validation, CI/CD and cloud networking.

Ideal candidate: A strong Network Engineer who can combine network testing + Python/Ansible automation + AI-assisted engineering to make network certification faster, more automated and more reliable.