Senior Network Engineer II at The Nielsen Company
New York, NY
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Jul 22, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior network engineering role focused on corporate end-user connectivity, primarily covering office LAN and wireless infrastructure at a flagship Manhattan office on a hybrid schedule. Day-to-day work involves managing Wi-Fi performance, handling escalations from helpdesk and NOC teams, and supporting authentication systems, with significant upcoming involvement in a company-wide firewall refresh and VPN migration. Suits an experienced network engineer comfortable bridging technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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).
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 (8)
The role is hybrid (3 days/week in Manhattan), not fully remote.
The title 'network engineer' carries no explicit seniority level, but the JD frames the role as 'mid-to-senior level' and requires 10–15 years of experience; requirements support a Senior classification.
SOC is Medium confidence: the role primarily operates and administers existing LAN/wireless infrastructure (15-1244), but the firewall refresh/VPN migration project work and SD-WAN/SASE/ZTNA scope push toward Network Architects (15-1241) as a plausible runner-up.
Palo Alto is listed alongside Fortinet as an 'or' option for firewall vendor familiarity; Fortinet is captured as an alternative.
SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA, and next-generation firewalls are explicitly called 'a big plus,' so they are marked preferred.
No compensation figures are published in the posting beyond a reference to a 'posted base salary range' existing; no actual numbers were provided.
Bachelor's degree is listed as 'or equivalent experience,' so no hard degree requirement is set. Specialized certifications (e.g., CCNP, PCNSE) are mentioned as a plus but not named specifically.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Wi-Fi / wireless LAN.
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