Advanced Infrastructure Engineer
MTA Headquarters · New York, NY
$140,828–$166,223from the description
Jul 26, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure engineering role responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining complex IT systems — including servers, networking, cloud environments, storage, and security. The position leads project teams, develops disaster recovery plans, manages vendor relationships, and sets technical roadmaps. It suits an experienced infrastructure generalist with deep knowledge across hardware, operating systems, networking, and cloud platforms who is comfortable mentoring others and driving large-scale initiatives.
Senior level · 8+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 450 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 95–680
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 $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 (7)
The title 'Advanced Infrastructure Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level word; advertised seniority is set to Unspecified. The 8+ years requirement and broad leadership/ownership scope support a Senior classification.
The role sits at the boundary between infrastructure operations (15-1244) and software/platform engineering (15-1252). The primary day-to-day work described — designing, building, and maintaining physical and virtual IT infrastructure, networking, servers, storage, cloud, and security — aligns more closely with systems/network administration (15-1244). However, the breadth of cloud architecture, roadmap ownership, and technical leadership could also support 15-1252.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as required, but the JD explicitly states 'an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
The JD requires at least one relevant certification but does not mandate a specific one; the long list of possible certifications (AWS, Azure, Cisco, CompTIA, VMware, etc.) is captured as preferred skills rather than hard gates, since no single cert is mandated.
The role is hybrid (2 days telework per week), not fully remote.
Cloud platform skills (AWS, Azure) appear in the certifications list and technical skills narrative but are not explicitly gated as required for a specific platform, so they are marked preferred.
Salary range of $140,828–$166,223 is stated as an annual figure.
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