Senior Network Engineer - 100% Remote (12-Month)

University of Washington; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 145,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Washington is seeking a Network Engineer 3 for UW Medicine IT Services. The role is 100% remote with a 40-hour work week and core hours 08:00–17:00 PST, Monday–Friday.

You will maintain and advance a large, secure network infrastructure, lead evaluations of new technologies, and mentor junior engineers. The position requires 8+ years in network engineering or operations, a bachelor's degree in a related field, and deep expertise in TCP/IP, routing protocols, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 8+ years in network engineering or operations.
• Experience securing large-scale enterprise networks (firewalls, VPN, datacenter switches).
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and design current infrastructure and network architectures.
• Lead evaluations of advanced network technologies.
• Identify improvements and deploy reliable, secure solutions.
• Provide high-level consultation across UW Medicine IT Services.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

Skills

Network engineering

Security architecture

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related

Tools

Wireshark

Tcpdump

Nmap

Cisco/Juniper hardware

Job description

University of Washington is seeking a Network Engineer 3 for UW Medicine IT Services. The role is 100% remote with a 40-hour work week and core hours 08:00–17:00 PST, Monday–Friday.

You will maintain and advance a large, secure network infrastructure, lead evaluations of new technologies, and mentor junior engineers. The position requires 8+ years in network engineering or operations, a bachelor's degree in a related field, and deep expertise in TCP/IP, routing protocols, and security.