Network Engineer

Indiana University; Bloomington (IN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Health savings account

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Tuition subsidy

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Indiana University’s GlobalNOC is seeking an entry-level UITS Software & Network Engineer to design, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot WANs, data centers, firewalls, and VPNs across national networks. You'll work with Juniper, Cisco, and Ciena hardware and support cross-campus clients in a dynamic, mission-driven environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration, documentation, and continuous learning, with hybrid work from Bloomington and occasional travel to client sites in the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field is required.
• Some experience in network engineering or related experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implements customer migrations and new deployments following change procedures to mitigate customer impact and downtime.
• Helps handle network emergencies, troubleshoot connectivity issues, answer trouble tickets, and participate in rotating on-call.
• Helps create accurate documentation and entries in our DB for network management.
• Role requires breadth and developing depth in all network layers, security, network hardware, and customer experience to deliver optimal solutions.
• Communicates well across Engineering, Service Desk, Systems/Software, and Project Management, as well as customer organizations.

Skills

Communication skills

Professionalism

Time management

Quality commitment

Flexibility

Knowledge seeking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cisco equipment

Juniper equipment

Ansible

Git

Perl or Python

Trouble ticketing system

Network equipment installation

AC/DC power

Fiber/Copper

Job description

UITS SOFTWARE & NETWORK ENGINE (UA-NENG-IUBLA)

GlobalNOC network engineers have an exciting role designing, deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting networks for client organizations across the nation and their connections around the globe. Specializing in 24x7x365 management of complex higher education and government research networks, using some of the most advanced networking technology available, you will have room to grow in your career as a network professional at GlobalNOC.

Established in 1998 at Indiana University (IU), the GlobalNOC's mission is to advance the future of research, education, and the public interest through the support and evolution of networks. With our staff of 120 plus, we provide comprehensive contracted network management services to over 20 large-scale networks. As part of IU, we operate as a non-profit; we focus on developing great technical staff, and providing excellent service to our clients.

Why work here?

• Make a difference. Our networks are all higher education, research, and public service oriented, and we're enthusiastic about the missions of our clients. Each of us is curious and motivated to master the skills that will help our clients, our community, our world, and ourselves.
• Grow your skills and career. With the 20 plus networks we operate and manage, and the size and variation of our client networks, you won't be pigeon-holed doing just one thing. Taking time to investigate, read, or study new things isn't just ok, it's required and supported.
• Enjoy the life-friendly moderate cost of living of the Midwest, or work remotely. In Indiana, we have two locations- Do you like the intellectually stimulating environment of university town? Bloomington might be for you. Prefer to enjoy life in the big city? We have a location in downtown Indianapolis. We also support fully remote engineers under the right circumstances.
• Our people and attitude. GlobalNOC is non-profit, and is committed to a culture of positive work/life balance, varied workforce, and open information sharing. We value an exploring mindset and seek ways to learn more and deepen our expertise, sharing with our clients and each other. We have frequent internal seminars, as well as funds to attend training, conferences, and certifications. And yes, people here really are super-friendly.

This entry-level position is situated in GlobalNOCs federal/research network engineering team. You will be working with other technical staff, management, and customers to understand and address a variety of operational problems in wide area networks (WANs), data centers, firewalls, and remote access VPNs which are connected through national-scope IP/MPLS networks. The equipment you will be managing includes vendors such as Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, and Ciena.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Implements customer migrations and new deployments, while following change procedures to mitigate customer impact and downtime.
• Helps handle network emergencies, troubleshoot connectivity issues, answer trouble tickets, and participate in rotating on-call.
• Helps create accurate documentation and entries in our DB for network management.
• Role requires breadth and developing depth in all network layers, security, network hardware, and customer experience in order to deliver the optimal solution for our customers.
• Communicates well across multiple teams including Engineering, Service Desk, Systems/Software, and Project Management, as well as our customers organizations at several levels, over technologies such as Slack and Zoom/Meet/Teams.

General responsibilities

• Provides design, evaluation, development, and deployment of network system software and hardware technology.
• Identifies and resolves problems, issues, and assignments in providing daily network operational support.
• Implements improvements to ensure network performance and reliability.
• Performs basic network analysis to support the growth and expansion of IU-managed networks.
• Assists project teams and addresses technical network issues.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in Computer Science or related field)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Preferred

• Some experience in network engineering or related experience

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.

Preferred

• Experience with network device and policy configuration on Cisco and Juniper.
• Working with Ansible and Git.
• Scripting in Perl or Python.
• Experience using a trouble ticketing system.
• Experience installing networking equipment.
• Experience working with both AC and DC power.
• Experience running fiber/copper connections.

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Travel will sometimes be required to customer sites across the US to install, test, and turn up their WAN connections.

Note: Federal background checks and/or nondisclosure agreements on behalf of the GlobalNOC's customer base may be required to fulfill employment requirements.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement from the Bloomington, Indiana campus, subject to change based on university policy and business needs.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Core

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: Network Admin, Analysis, & Eng

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