Network Security Engineer Jobs in New York
Network Security Engineer jobs in New York represent one of the most active markets in the country, concentrated in financial services, healthcare systems, media, and enterprise technology across New York City, Albany, and Buffalo. Major employers with a lasting hiring presence include JPMorgan Chase, Northwell Health, and IBM, which maintains significant operations in the state. The most sought-after specialties are cloud security architecture, zero-trust network design, and security operations center engineering at both mid-level and senior grades. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Title: Lead Network Security Specialist Infrastructure
Location: Rochester, NY
Salary Range: $106,000 - $132,500
Schedule: On Site, Office, 5 days
Job Summary
Serves as senior technical advisor responsible for implementing enterprise network security solutions using current and emerging technologies. Leads the engineering, installation, maintenance and administration of technical aspects for the OSG Infrastructure team supporting Critical Infrastructure. Responsible for translating business requirements into secure network solutions or process designs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide timely responses to all incidents, tasks and requests assigned to meet Service Level Agreements.
- Work with internal clients, suppliers/contractors, project teams and other technical staff to identify, design and support technical solutions.
- Design, plan and implement changes to the environment for improvements or projects
- Provide maintenance of infrastructure technologies following the change management process
- Lead the technical implementation plans in support of infrastructure technologies
- Leads others to solve problems
- Leads contractors to deliver services to projects and or operational duties as needed
- Leads functional teams or projects as assigned
- Lead the evaluation, selection, and testing of hardware and software products
- Maintain regulatory compliance under NERC/CIP guidelines
- Maintain high quality security controls surrounding the critical SCADA systems
- Perform/coordinate special assignments from OSG Infrastructure Management
- Provide 24x7 on call support
- Provide professional and technical mentoring for team members
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience Required:
- AS Technical Related Degree with 12+ years’ technical experience, or BS Technical Related Degree with 8+ years’ technical experience; or MS Technical Related Degree with 5+ years’ technical experience
- Position requires a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment
- Position requires professional experience with more than one of the following areas: Data Center Operations, Disaster Recover/Business Continuity Planning & Execution, Security & Compliance Management, Infrastructure Operational Policies & Procedures, and/or Technical Project Coordination
- Position requires Operational experience in an Enterprise Environment configuring and maintaining Cisco Routers/Switches/Firewalls such as Cisco Nexus 9K, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ASR Routers, Cisco 4K Routers, Cisco ISE, Cisco Firepower, Cisco ASA
- Position requires Operational experience in an Enterprise Environment configuring and maintaining Next generation firewalls such as Checkpoint and Palo Alto
- Skills/ Abilities:
- Expert within network infrastructure, operations & network security
- Proficient in professional standards and trends within area of expertise
- Proficient in deploying Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA firewalls along with implementing VPN’s
- Knowledge of multiple security technologies, to include network security, NAC, Micro segmentation, network security architecture
- Implementing security technologies such as SAML and PKI Infrastructure
- Network Access Control systems in a large enterprise
- Experience with authentication systems such as RADIUS, TACACS+, SSO, LDAP Experience planning, researching, and developing security policies, standards, and procedures
- Experience with architecting in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
- SD-WAN and other tunneling\encryption transport technologies
- Network Security Automation and DevOps
- Strong Routing and Switching experience (BGP, OSPF, VPC, VXLAN, vain traffic engineering, Multicast, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with packet capture software such as Wireshark, WinDump, tcpdump, etc.
- Experience with installing and configuring Citrix Netscalers in an Enterprise High Availability environment
- Experience with installing and configuring Cisco ISE in a distributed deployment with multiple personas
- Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
- Experience working in a regulated environment
- NERC/CIP experience a plus
- Experience with Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
- Experience using Solarwinds Orion platform suite of tools
Competencies
- Growth & Continuous Improvement
- Initiative & Change
- Focused on Results
- Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership (people managers/leaders)
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance‑based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways
For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid
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Company:
NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORPMobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com .
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date:
November-27-2026Position Information
Job Title: Lead Network Security Specialist Infrastructure
Location: Rochester, NY
Salary Range: $106,000 - $132,500
Schedule: On Site, Office, 5 days
Job Summary
Serves as senior technical advisor responsible for implementing enterprise network security solutions using current and emerging technologies. Leads the engineering, installation, maintenance and administration of technical aspects for the OSG Infrastructure team supporting Critical Infrastructure. Responsible for translating business requirements into secure network solutions or process designs.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide timely responses to all incidents, tasks and requests assigned to meet Service Level Agreements.
- Work with internal clients, suppliers/contractors, project teams and other technical staff to identify, design and support technical solutions.
- Design, plan and implement changes to the environment for improvements or projects
- Provide maintenance of infrastructure technologies following the change management process
- Lead the technical implementation plans in support of infrastructure technologies
- Leads others to solve problems
- Leads contractors to deliver services to projects and or operational duties as needed
- Leads functional teams or projects as assigned
- Lead the evaluation, selection, and testing of hardware and software products
- Maintain regulatory compliance under NERC/CIP guidelines
- Maintain high quality security controls surrounding the critical SCADA systems
- Perform/coordinate special assignments from OSG Infrastructure Management
- Provide 24x7 on call support
- Provide professional and technical mentoring for team members
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience Required:
- AS Technical Related Degree with 12+ years’ technical experience, or BS Technical Related Degree with 8+ years’ technical experience; or MS Technical Related Degree with 5+ years’ technical experience
- Position requires a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment
- Position requires professional experience with more than one of the following areas: Data Center Operations, Disaster Recover/Business Continuity Planning & Execution, Security & Compliance Management, Infrastructure Operational Policies & Procedures, and/or Technical Project Coordination
- Position requires Operational experience in an Enterprise Environment configuring and maintaining Cisco Routers/Switches/Firewalls such as Cisco Nexus 9K, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ASR Routers, Cisco 4K Routers, Cisco ISE, Cisco Firepower, Cisco ASA
- Position requires Operational experience in an Enterprise Environment configuring and maintaining Next generation firewalls such as Checkpoint and Palo Alto
- Skills/ Abilities:
- Expert within network infrastructure, operations & network security
- Proficient in professional standards and trends within area of expertise
- Proficient in deploying Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA firewalls along with implementing VPN’s
- Knowledge of multiple security technologies, to include network security, NAC, Micro segmentation, network security architecture
- Implementing security technologies such as SAML and PKI Infrastructure
- Network Access Control systems in a large enterprise
- Experience with authentication systems such as RADIUS, TACACS+, SSO, LDAP Experience planning, researching, and developing security policies, standards, and procedures
- Experience with architecting in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
- SD-WAN and other tunneling\encryption transport technologies
- Network Security Automation and DevOps
- Strong Routing and Switching experience (BGP, OSPF, VPC, VXLAN, vain traffic engineering, Multicast, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with packet capture software such as Wireshark, WinDump, tcpdump, etc.
- Experience with installing and configuring Citrix Netscalers in an Enterprise High Availability environment
- Experience with installing and configuring Cisco ISE in a distributed deployment with multiple personas
- Experience with Zero Trust Architecture
- Experience working in a regulated environment
- NERC/CIP experience a plus
- Experience with Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
- Experience using Solarwinds Orion platform suite of tools
Competencies
- Growth & Continuous Improvement
- Initiative & Change
- Focused on Results
- Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership (people managers/leaders)
What We Offer:
- Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
- Generous performance‑based bonuses
- 12% 401(k) match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways
For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid
#LI-Onsite; #LI-CH1
Company:
NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORPMobility Information
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.
At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at careers@avangrid.com .
Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.
Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.
Job Posting End Date:
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What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in network security engineer jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a closely related field
- Active CISSP, CCNP Security, or CompTIA Security+ certification strongly preferred by New York employers
- Hands-on experience configuring firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and VPN infrastructure
- Proficiency with SIEM platforms such as Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel for threat monitoring
- Familiarity with NIST and CIS security frameworks applied in regulated industries like finance or healthcare
- Experience supporting compliance requirements under New York SHIELD Act or financial sector regulations
Network Security Engineer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a network security engineer in New York?
Start with a bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or information technology, then earn vendor-neutral certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or Cisco's CCNP Security, which New York employers consistently list as preferred credentials. New York does not require a state-issued license for this role, but candidates who can demonstrate compliance knowledge specific to New York's SHIELD Act or financial regulations issued by the Department of Financial Services stand out in competitive hiring pools.
How much do network security engineers make in New York?
Network security engineers in New York earn a median of about $134,660 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $83,110 for the lowest 10% to over $216,220 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire network security engineers in New York?
Employers hiring network security engineers in New York right now include Point72, Avangrid, and M&T Bank, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. New York's concentration of global financial institutions, major hospital networks, and enterprise technology firms makes it one of the deepest pools of network security hiring in the United States.
Which New York cities have the most network security engineer jobs?
The cities with the most network security engineer openings in New York are New York, Buffalo, and Rochester. New York City accounts for the largest share by far, driven by its dense cluster of financial institutions, media companies, and corporate headquarters, while Albany attracts openings tied to state government agencies and healthcare systems, and Buffalo draws demand from regional banks and growing technology operations in western New York.
Are there remote network security engineer jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than many technical roles, because much of the work involves monitoring dashboards, analyzing logs, and managing cloud-based infrastructure that can be done off-site. About 71% of network security engineer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong employer flexibility in this field. Threat analysis, security engineering, and policy roles tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions requiring hands-on data center or on-premises network access stay primarily on-site.
How can I get hired as a network security engineer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a help desk or IT support role at a large New York employer, using that foundation to move into a junior security analyst or network operations center position. Northwell Health, New York-Presbyterian, and major financial firms periodically hire entry-level security analysts through structured associate programs. Earning CompTIA Security+ and building a home-lab portfolio demonstrating firewall configuration or vulnerability scanning gives candidates a concrete edge, and New York City's CUNY system offers cybersecurity continuing education that hiring managers recognize.
Where can I find and apply to network security engineer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to network security engineer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state updated in real time. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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