Senior Network Test & Certification Engineer :- NYC – Hybrid 3 days onsite – Need Local, Final Interview call in-person

Hello Folks,

 

Hope you are doing great!

 

This is Himank Jani from ApTask.

 

We have urgent requirements with one of our client’s, please review the job description below and let me know if you have any relevant candidates on your bench, Kindly share.

 

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Need only local candidate’s

 

Position : Senior Network Test & Certification Engineer

Location: NYC – Hybrid 3 days onsite – Need Local, Final Interview call in-person

Headcount: 2

Experience: 8+ years

Type of hire: FTC

Rate: $60 P/H on C2C - Max

 

JD:

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 mandate.

• 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

• 8+ years of hands-on Network Engineering experience.
• Strong BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP and enterprise routing/switching.
• Hands-on Cisco Catalyst/Nexus/ASR/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.

 

 

 

 

Best Regards,

Himank Deepak Jani

 

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