Sr Network Engineer

Requisition : 82651

PSEG Company : PSEG Long Island

Salary Range : $ 107,600 - $ 170,300

Work Location Category : Hybrid

We’re one of the country’s largest energy companies, with a vision of powering a future where people use energy more efficiently and it’s safer and delivered more reliably than ever. We’re also deeply connected to the communities we serve, with more than 13,000 employees working together to support our customers and make a difference every day.

Here, you’ll have the stability and exciting opportunities that come with being a Fortune 500 company — along with a supportive, friendly work environment where your contributions are valued.

We offer a flexible work environment designed to balance employee needs with collaboration and operational excellence. Roles fall into two categories:

• Onsite: Employees work onsite daily.

• Hybrid: A blend of remote and onsite work, with at least three onsite days per week required.

As an employee, if you are regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, you will have access to a wide range of comprehensive benefits designed to support your total well-being: medical, dental, vision, paternal leave and family leave programs, behavioral health programs, 401(k), life insurance, tuition reimbursement, and generous paid time off.

More than 13,000 people already call PSEG their work home, taking pride in providing safe, reliable service to millions of customers. If you’re looking for a place where you can build a meaningful career and help power and support our communities, we’d love to welcome you to the team.

PSEG is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Job Summary

The position is responsible for driving Engineering and supporting other Network Engineers in their day-to-day operational activities. You will additionally work on high level design documentation, creating high-level topology drawings, and testing new technology. The IT Engineer is a direct report to the Technology Group Product Manager with understanding of business goals, business processes, and technology expertise in these areas.

The IT Engineer Principle I is involved in the full technology life cycle and is responsible for designing, configuring, testing, implementing and supporting enterprise IT/OT network infrastructure. IT Engineer will work closely with Analysts and Product Managers to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and physical design of technical solutions. IT Engineer may be assigned to either implementation or support functions. Implementation involves creating new technology-based solutions whereas support involves upgrades, maintenance or issue resolution to existing technology solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, con figuration, development, documentation and testing of enterprise LAN, WAN, Datacenter, wireless, internet and network security technology solutions to meet business or technology requirements.

• Provide advanced hands-on support for Cisco based routing, switching and security technologies in IT/OT areas

• Support network segmentation and cybersecurity initiatives, including VLAN/VRF segmentation. Firewall enforcements, ACLs, NAC and Zero Trust related network controls

• Develop and maintain network diagrams, configurations, SOPs, implementation plans, troubleshooting procedures and as-built documentation

• Ensure network devices comply with organizational security standards, vulnerability remediation requirements, software lifecycle standards, and configuration baselines

• Collaboration with internal and external teams/vendors to ensure proper integration of technology solutions while maintaining the highest levels of network availability and performance.

• Peer review of designs, implementation plans, software code, configuration settings or other artifacts

• Work with IT Product teams and other IT/OT areas as appropriate throughout the development, testing and implementation life cycle, including participation in troubleshooting of production issues

• Participating in the planning and execution of critical patches and version upgrades

• Applies operational break fixes and performs other proactive maintenance activities until permanent solutions can be implemented.

• Makes solutions and solution parts production-ready by following the standard change management processes, completing required forms, following procedures, completing version control documents, etc.

Job Specific Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field

• A minimum of 6 years of professional technology solution engineering

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities through technology solution ownership and adoption, projects or other work experiences.

• Demonstrated experience translating business outcomes, business requirements and technical requirements into technical designs for new technology solutions or enhancements to existing technology solutions, while following architectural standards and organizational policies

• Diverse experience in network/systems/security design and implementation of data network infrastructure based on mostly Cisco's equipment and technologies

• Experience in designing, implementing, and supporting data and converged network infrastructure including most of the following: 802.lx, vPC, VXLAN, Routing Protocols including OSPF and BGP, LAN/WAN/Wireless protocols, Network Management tools Load Balancers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Next-Gen Firewalls, and other network related technologies in support of a large corporate network

• In-depth knowledge of Cisco IOS,IOS-XE, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS, technologies

• Experience with Datacenter virtualization technologies including hands on experience with Cisco Nexus platform including Spine/Leaf, 9k, 7k, 3k switching

• In-depth hands-on experience with Cisco ASR 8500/9000, 4000 ISR UC routers and Catalyst 9K, 4K, switching environments

Desired Qualifications:

• Cisco certifications -, CCNP Routing and Switching, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Some positions at PSEG require access to information covered by the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 (Part 810). If applicable, the successful applicant must prove they are: (1) a citizen or national of the USA; OR (2) a lawful permanent resident of the United States (Non-Conditional Permanent I-551 / Green Card / Permanent Resident Card holder); OR (3) a citizen, national, or permanent resident of a “Generally Authorized” destination on the attached list and not also a citizen, national, permanent resident of any country not listed; OR (4) a “Protected Individual” under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3)).

As an employee of PSEG Long Island, you should be aware that during storm/outage restoration efforts, you may be required to perform functions different from normal operations and work extended hours beyond your regular work schedule. You may also be required to work on premise or in an alternate location as directed by the company.

For all roles, PSEGLI’s drug and alcohol testing program includes pre-employment testing, testing for cause, and post-incident/accident testing.

Employees who are hired or transfer into a federally regulated role (including positions covered by USDOT, PHMSA, or NRC regulations) are subject to random drug and alcohol testing, inclusive of marijuana. Although numerous states throughout the country have legalized marijuana/cannabis products recreationally and medically, the use of these products are prohibited for employees in federally regulated roles. Please note that the use of CBD products may result in a positive drug test for THC/Marijuana and such use is not a legitimate medical explanation for a positive result.

If you are a current PSEG employee and offered an opportunity with PSEG Long Island, you will be treated as a new hire. Please note that as a new hire to the Long Island subsidiary, your benefits will change and generally will be consistent with other similarly situated PSEG Long Island new hires. Similarly, for PSEG Long Island employees who accept job opportunities with PSEG or any of its subsidiaries (other than PSEG Long Island), their benefits will change and generally be consistent with other similarly situated new hires of that company.

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