Associate Network Engineer - New Grad

About the role

The Associate Network Engineer joins Susquehanna’s Network Services team, supporting a global enterprise network while developing engineering skills. The role combines network monitoring, troubleshooting, design participation, solution implementation, and hands-on learning across WAN, LAN, enterprise, carrier, security, systems, storage, virtualization, and DevOps technologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and support the firm’s global enterprise network.
• Troubleshoot network issues and perform root-cause analysis across the environment.
• Contribute to network design discussions and participate in solution implementations.
• Coordinate configuration changes and recommend network optimizations.
• Support firm-wide projects involving new hardware and software implementations.
• Help improve network monitoring and configuration management products.

Learning and Collaboration

• Rotate across networking teams and partner with senior engineers and technical leads.
• Begin with operational tasks and progress toward developing and deploying company-wide solutions.
• Test new configurations in the lab before firm-wide implementation.
• Collaborate with technologists, business teams, and Security, Windows, Linux, Virtual, Storage, and DevOps teams.
• Receive hands-on guidance and mentoring from the first day.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, networking, engineering, or a similar technical major.
• Experience supporting LAN networks and troubleshooting OSI Layer 1–3 problems.
• Knowledge of network hardware, local area networks, internet protocols, and Ethernet.
• Knowledge of fiber and copper wiring standards and wireless technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Network switching experience is a plus.
• Scripting and DevOps experience using Python, Ansible, and Git is highly preferred.