IT Network Engineer – Design, VPN & Wireless (Remote-Eligible)

Usmd; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland College Park is seeking a mid-level IT Network Engineer to design, implement, and support wired and wireless infrastructure. The role includes life cycle management of routers, switches, VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless systems, plus documentation and run books.

The engineer will present technical topics, mentor colleagues, and join on-call rotations. A Bachelor’s degree is required with 3 years of relevant experience; Master’s is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• 3 years of professional network design, implementation, and escalation support.
• Hands-on knowledge of Aruba, Cisco routers/switches and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with network monitoring tools and basic software development concepts.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and implement wired and wireless network infrastructure improvements.
• Document designs, run books, requirements, and tests; keep diagrams up to date.
• Present technical topics to mixed audiences; mentor colleagues as needed.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide after-hours support when required.

Skills

IP routing

Ethernet switching

Wireless

QoS

Firewalls

VPN

BGP EVPN

OSPF

NAC

DNS/DHCP

IP multicast routing

VxLAN / EVPN

Network management

Network automation

Python

Ansible

Infoblox DDI

Aruba/Cisco equipment

Palo Alto Firewalls

Grafana

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

PRTG

Nagios

Grafana

Infoblox DDI

Ansible

Job description

University of Maryland College Park is seeking a mid-level IT Network Engineer to design, implement, and support wired and wireless infrastructure. The role includes life cycle management of routers, switches, VPNs, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless systems, plus documentation and run books.

The engineer will present technical topics, mentor colleagues, and join on-call rotations. A Bachelor’s degree is required with 3 years of relevant experience; Master’s is preferred.