Junior Infrastructure Engineer
MTA Headquarters · New York, NY
$92,397–$109,058from the description
Jul 26, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level infrastructure role focused on maintaining and monitoring IT systems across servers, networking, storage, cloud, and security. Day-to-day work involves routine maintenance, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and assisting with hardware and software installations. Suited to candidates with an associate's degree and at least two years of relevant experience who are building foundational skills across a broad range of infrastructure disciplines.
Junior level · 2+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 110 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 20–160
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,015 (middle half $98,091–$145,542). 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 (6)
The role is primarily infrastructure operations — server maintenance, networking, storage, patch management, and hardware lifecycle — which maps to 15-1244. However, the posting dedicates notable space to security tasks (firewalls, VPNs, access controls, security incident response), making 15-1212 a plausible runner-up.
The Associate's degree requirement is listed as the minimum, but the posting explicitly states 'an equivalent combination of education, certification, and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
The role is hybrid (2 days telework per week) rather than fully remote.
Skills such as Windows, Linux, virtualization, server hardware, networking, and cloud computing appear in the Job Summary as descriptors of expected familiarity ('incumbents may have familiarity with…'), and are reinforced throughout the Required Qualifications technical skills section; they are treated as hard gates.
Database servers and backup systems appear in the technical skills list under a descriptive/awareness framing and are marked preferred accordingly.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): patch management.
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