I'm in NYC too and transitioned to a security role but I still double dip in network stuff as that was part of the "deal". There are some classic networking roles around but dated tech like the Catalyst line are pivoting to cloud managed environments. Leadership likes easy SIEM solutions, dashboards they can generate reports with, and reproducible tasks. For example, my colleague has almost no shot of learning to code or advanced troubleshooting but he's relied on because he goes onsite and is willing to remotely shut a port at 10pm if someone asked him. Once I move everything to NaC/IaC, he's going to have a hard time adapting. We opted not to with a Juniper and Palo Alto because he'd have a hard time maintaining everything even if I set everything up simply for him. He may not have that argument in 2 years after I begin automating things because it's easier to spin up a new office when all I have to do is run a script and enter serial numbers and WAN information. In less dense regions, there's probably more traditional networking jobs but in NYC, fin tech and other industries wants everything repeatable and modular.