Senior Network Engineer at InterSystems
Boston, MA
$127,000–$187,000
Jul 20, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level network engineering role focused on designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure across hybrid datacenter and multi-cloud environments. Day-to-day work spans Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto firewall management, cloud networking on AWS and Azure, and contributing to automation and zero-trust segmentation efforts. Suits an experienced network engineer comfortable in regulated, high-availability settings who wants to work across both security and infrastructure domains.
Senior level · 8+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
Pay in the description: $127,000–$187,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 70 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 15–110
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $119,338 (middle half $97,590–$141,760). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits at the boundary between network operations (15-1244) and infrastructure automation/software development (15-1252). The JD emphasizes design, implementation, and operation of network infrastructure as the primary function, with automation contributions as secondary — 15-1244 is the better fit, but the automation and IaC emphasis makes 15-1252 a plausible runner-up.
Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, and Cisco wireless are listed under the required qualifications section but qualified with 'preferred', so they are treated as preferred rather than hard gates.
Terraform is listed under required qualifications but introduced with 'e.g.' (familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform), indicating the specific tool is interchangeable; treated as preferred with common alternatives noted.
Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE) are explicitly 'encouraged', not required; treated as preferred.
Experience in 'highly available, regulated environments' is noted as preferred in the JD; no degree is stated as required.
The posting does not specify a work location beyond InterSystems' Boston HQ; remote status is not offered, so remote is set to false.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Cisco routing and switching.
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