Network Engineer IV

University of Louisville; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Louisville is seeking a senior network engineer to design, implement, operate, and manage complex campus networks and services for faculty, staff, and students.

The role requires independent problem solving, project leadership, and broad experience with enterprise networking equipment, protocols, and security. Some work may occur on campus at night or weekends; on-call may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and six (6) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage campus, data center, and remote-site networks including routers, switches, and wireless access points.
• Support VoIP, cloud connectivity, guest access, wireless onboarding, and security controls.
• Diagnose outages, resolve performance issues, and coordinate with internal teams and vendors.

Skills

Advanced network troubleshooting

Enterprise networking

Project leadership

AI for troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and six (6) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 9 (Salaried)

Position Description

This senior-level network engineering position with the University of Louisville provides advanced technical expertise for the design, implementation, operation, administration and management of highly complex university networks and services used by faculty, staff and students. This position independently resolves complex network issues, leads network projects and improvements, and requires broad knowledge and experience with enterprise network equipment, protocols, applications and services used across the university.

Work is performed in both an office setting and in a variety of campus locations including campus buildings, network wiring closets and the campus data center. Some work may be performed remotely, but staff may need to be present on campus for some work activities. Maintenance work may require presence on campus on nights and weekends.

Please include an example of a network project that you have led.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently monitor and manage equipment comprising the university's campus, data center and remote-site networks, including routers, switches, wireless access points, Internet and Internet2 connectivity, and related services such as network security, IP addressing, DNS and DHCP. Be an active participant in the design, implementation, and configuration of those services.
• Support administration of network-related applications and services, including VoIP, cloud connectivity, guest access, wireless onboarding, network monitoring, authentication and security controls.
• Diagnose and resolve outages, connectivity issues and performance problems; provide escalation support for trouble tickets and service requests and coordinate resolution with internal teams, vendors and service providers.
• Capable of leading technical activities for network projects, upgrades and scheduled maintenance windows, including development of implementation plans, risk mitigation, testing, change documentation and post-implementation validation. We are a 24/7 operation and thus some work may occur outside normal business hours.
• Analyze network performance, capacity, availability and security metrics; recommend and implement improvements that increase reliability, resiliency, scalability and user experience.
• Develop and maintain network standards, diagrams, configurations, procedures and operational documentation; contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity planning for network services.
• Maintain current knowledge of networking technologies, security and industry practices through training, self-study, certifications and professional development activities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced knowledge of enterprise network architecture, routing, security, switching and related network services.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, communicate recommendations and coordinate complex changes across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work to meet multiple, competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities with keen attention to detail.
• Proven self-starter with the ability to work independently with limited direction and oversight.
• Effective oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI to troubleshoot, design, and analyze.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promoti