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# Sr Network Engineer

- **Company:** The Walt Disney Company
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $129,300.0 - $173,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Border Gateway Protocol, Catalyst (Software), Cisco Routers, Common Lisp Object Systems, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Linux, Network Topologies, IPv6, IP Multicasting, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Multicasting, Network Architecture, Routing, Cisco Nexus Switches, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Overlay Transport Virtualization, Peering, Ansible, Data Streaming, TCP/IP, Scripting, Nx-os, Caching, Firewalls (Computer Science), Firepower, Terraform, Open Network Automation Platform, Cisco
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3505226921&tx=JP6761FFI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree (preferably in a technical/engineering field) or equivalent practical experience.
 * 5+ years of network engineering experience in large-scale production environments, with an advanced understanding of TCP/IP and expert-level BGP and IGP (OSPF/IS-IS) routing.
 * Cisco NX-OS, IOS-XR, and IOS-XE expertise; strong familiarity with Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.
 * Experience with data center switching, including CLOS/leaf-spine fabric and VXLAN/EVPN overlays.
 * Hands-on network automation and scripting experience (Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar).
 * Ability to efficiently resolve network issues with varying degrees of complexity, including packet-level analysis.
 * Setup and maintenance of network log management and observability/traffic-analytics tooling (e.g., Kentik or similar).
 * Knowledgeable in network security procedures, best practices, and network documentation/diagramming.
 * Familiarity with multicast configuration and troubleshooting.
 * Experience with cloud networking (AWS/GCP transit gateways, Direct Connect).
 * Excellent communication and customer presentation skills; ability to collaborate across multiple teams., * Experience operating a large-scale global backbone or CDN in media, streaming, or web-scale/hyperscale environments.
 * Experience with CDN/content delivery concepts, including caching, anycast routing, and egress/peering traffic management.
 * Expert level understanding of multicast configuration and troubleshooting.
 * Experience with segment routing/traffic engineering.
 * Experience in multi-vendor network topologies.
 * Current CCIE or CCNP.
 * A propensity to experiment with emerging technologies.
 * Experience with:

BGP4, OSPF, IS-IS, Segment Routing, IP Multicast, VXLAN/EVPN, packet-capturing tools, TCP/IP, Linux, and IPv6. Representative hardware: Cisco Nexus (all series), Cisco 8000 series (IP backbone), Catalyst 9000 series, Cisco Firepower NGFW, Arista EOS

## Description

* Design, configure, test, and maintain data center, backbone, and CDN/edge network infrastructure (routing, switching, and optical/transport) that delivers Disney+ and our other streaming platforms.
 * Identify, diagnose, and resolve network problems across backbone, data center, and CDN/edge sites, including complex multi-site streaming incidents.
 * Partner with Engineering and Operations teams to define network standards and architecture, and lead capacity planning, traffic engineering, and peering/egress management across backbone and CDN links.
 * Daily maintenance and problem resolution, operating system patches and software upgrades, routine hardware configuration, and network automation/tooling to reduce manual work.
 * Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation and post-incident reviews.