Senior Network Engineer Jobs in Merrick, NY (NOW HIRING)

VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of the organization's enterprise network infrastructure. Reporting to the Director of Network Engineering, this role ensures the availability, performance, security, and scalability of the corporate network supporting business operations, production services, cloud infrastructure, and media delivery. 

The Senior Network Engineer will provide technical leadership across campus, data center, WAN, cloud, and remote office networking while partnering closely with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud Engineering, and Application teams to deliver resilient, high-performance network services. The ideal candidate has extensive experience supporting complex enterprise environments and is comfortable working across multiple network technologies and vendors. 

Key Responsibilities 

Enterprise Network Engineering 

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available enterprise network infrastructure across corporate offices, data centers, and remote locations.  
• Develop and maintain network architecture standards, documentation, and operational procedures.  
• Ensure network performance, reliability, scalability, and security across the enterprise.  
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and recommend improvements aligned with business needs.  
• Evolve monitoring and alerting using available monitoring and AI tools 

LAN, WAN & Campus Networking 

• Design, configure, and support enterprise LAN and WAN infrastructure.  
• Manage routing, switching, segmentation, and network resiliency.  
• Support campus networking, branch office connectivity, and remote user access.  
• Lead network refresh, expansion, and modernization initiatives.  

Carrier & Site Connectivity 

• Manage relationships with telecommunications providers and network service vendors.  
• Design, deploy, and support site-to-site connectivity across multiple geographic locations.  
• Oversee Internet services, MPLS, SD-WAN, Direct Connect, and other carrier-provided connectivity solutions.  
• Coordinate carrier installations, circuit upgrades, troubleshooting, and vendor escalations.  

Network Security 

• Deploy and maintain secure network infrastructure utilizing firewalls, VPN technologies, network segmentation, and access controls.  
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement security best practices and compliance requirements.  
• Support network monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and incident response activities.  
• Design, implement, and support enterprise wireless networking solutions.  
• Ensure reliable, secure, and high-performing corporate Wi-Fi services across multiple office locations.  
• Optimize wireless coverage, capacity, and user experience.  

Media & Production Networking 

• Support network infrastructure used for media production, content distribution, and video delivery services.  
• Collaborate with broadcast and production engineering teams to ensure reliable transport of media workflows.  
• Troubleshoot network issues impacting live production and business-critical services.  

Cloud Networking 

• Support networking within public cloud environments, including AWS, and assist with hybrid cloud connectivity.  
• Configure and maintain cloud networking components including VPCs, routing, VPNs, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, load balancing, and security controls where applicable.  
• Partner with cloud engineering teams on cloud infrastructure initiatives.  

Operations & Technical Leadership 

• Monitor network health, performance, and capacity.  
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and problem management.  
• Develop operational documentation, standards, and runbooks.  
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24x7 production environment.  

• Significant experience designing and supporting enterprise network infrastructure in large corporate environments.  
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies, including routing, switching, and wireless solutions.  
• Extensive experience administering Palo Alto Networks firewalls and network security technologies.  
• Experience managing enterprise WAN connectivity, carrier services, and site-to-site networking.  
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs, QoS, multicast, DNS, DHCP, and network security principles.  
• Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical network environments.  
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Preferred Experience 
• Experience supporting media production, broadcast, streaming, or video delivery networks.  
• Experience with cloud networking in AWS, including hybrid connectivity and cloud-native networking services.  
• Experience with SD-WAN technologies.  
• Familiarity with network automation and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python.  
• Experience with enterprise network monitoring and observability platforms.  
• Relevant industry certifications such as Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or equivalent.  

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.

VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.

VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.