Senior Infrastructure Specialist

$92,100 - $115,200/Yr

Avangrid - Binghamton, NY

Full-time - Senior

Binghamton, NY

Utilities

About the position

The Senior Infrastructure Specialist at Avangrid Service Company is responsible for the definition, maintenance, and support of Operational Smart Grids (OSG) infrastructure policies and procedures. This role involves collaborating with technical teams and external vendors to ensure efficient and secure operations of OSG applications and facilities. The specialist will monitor operational performance, align requirements with corporate standards, and provide 24x7 on-call support while mentoring team members.

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.
• 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 professional and technical mentoring for team members.

Requirements

• BS/BA Degree in Business, Computer Science, or other technical discipline, or equivalent experience and/or certifications.
• Minimum of seven (7) years' experience working with infrastructure solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with networking protocols (vxLAN, vPC, Spanning tree) and dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP).
• Experience with firewalls (Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto) and security tools.
• Proficiency in scripting and SDN/load balancing.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with security technologies such as SAML and PKI Infrastructure.
• Experience with architecting in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Network Security Automation and DevOps experience.
• Strong Routing and Switching experience (BGP, OSPF, VPC, multicast).

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $92,100 - $115,200.
• On-site work schedule.
• Opportunities for professional development and mentoring.