Senior Network Engineer

Job Type

Full-Time

Senior Network Engineer provides technical leadership in the design, operation, security, and continuous improvement of the University's enterprise network routing and switching infrastructure. As a member of the Network Routing and Switching team, this role helps ensure the availability, reliability, scalability, and security of mission‑critical network services that support the University's research, teaching, and administrative missions. The Senior Network Engineer manages and monitors network infrastructure, leads complex troubleshooting efforts, contributes to secure network architecture, supports major projects, and helps establish standards and practices that improve the resilience and effectiveness of network services.

• Monitor, analyze and verify scalability, performance, high availability, and data integrity for networking and security using service management best practices.
• Configure and regularly update all monitoring, alerting, and reporting for network routing and switching services.
• Maintain documentation and configuration information for networking and monitoring systems using service management tools including knowledge management, change management, and event management.
• Provide operational support for all advanced network routing and switching services to OIT and the University community.
• Routinely apply critical bug fixes, security updates, and required configuration changes, following established change management procedures.
• Lead and provide advanced troubleshooting assistance and root cause analysis for network incidents.
• Regularly review network routing and security system log files and resolve any issues identified.
• Routinely review, test, and verify backup and restore procedures for networking and monitoring systems.
• Provide on‑call support on a routine schedule to perform network upgrades, execute maintenance changes, and effectively resolve major incidents outside normal business hours.

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of secure network architectures, including segmentation, access control, routing security, campus edge connectivity, and firewalls.
• Participate in security assessments of existing networks, identify potential risk areas, and take proactive measures to protect network resources from unauthorized access.
• Lead and participate in the design and creation of secure network architectures, developing access control policies, implementing encryption protocols, and configuring and managing firewalls.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry best practices, trends, and technologies, including the responsible use of artificial intelligence capabilities, from a network security perspective.
• Analyze security‑related network events, trends, and operational findings to recommend architecture, configuration, or control improvements.

• Collaborate with University departments to deploy and manage highly reliable, advanced network routing and switching solutions; design and implement necessary security services for campus and border networks to ensure the safety of the University's network.
• Participate in architecture reviews and lifecycle planning for campus and data center network infrastructure.
• Design and manage the configuration of network core devices, Internet border routers, building routers, and connectivity to service providers.
• Participate in and manage the analysis, design, installation and management of network infrastructure and network systems, through the full lifecycle of development, quality assurance, user acceptance testing and production.

• Proactively participate in development opportunities to continuously develop professional and technical skills Ensure compliance with asset, change, incident, and problem management processes and policies.
• When provided access to personal, proprietary and/or otherwise confidential data, maintain such data in the strictest confidence and follow procedures to ensure the privacy, security and proper…