Senior Network Engineer (Remote, 12-Month Contract)

University of Washington Medical Center; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Vacation time 15 days

Sick time 12 days

Personal holiday 1 day

Paid holidays 11

Job summary

University of Washington Medical Center is seeking a Network Engineer 3 for a fully-remote, 12-month temporary assignment. The role focuses on maintaining and redesigning UW Medicine's network infrastructure, evaluating advanced technologies, and deploying scalable solutions.

Responsibilities include leading high-level network initiatives, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in a 24x7 on-call rotation. A bachelor's degree and extensive networking experience are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering, implementation, or operations experience.
• Experience managing security and network infrastructure for large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP stack, IPv4/IPv6, Multicast, and related troubleshooting.
• Experience with routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, and MSTP in large environments.
• Ability to develop and support production mission-critical systems and applications.
• Strong documentation and testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and design current network infrastructure.
• Lead evaluations of advanced network technologies.
• Identify areas for improvement and design solutions.
• Develop methods to improve reliability, security, and agility and deploy future network architecture.
• Provide advanced network expertise across UW Medicine.
• Mentor junior engineers on technical topics.
• Participate in a 24x7 weekly on-call rotation.

Skills

TCP/IP

Routing protocols

Security architecture

Network troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Wireshark

Nmap

Tcpdump

Job description

University of Washington Medical Center is seeking a Network Engineer 3 for a fully-remote, 12-month temporary assignment. The role focuses on maintaining and redesigning UW Medicine's network infrastructure, evaluating advanced technologies, and deploying scalable solutions.

Responsibilities include leading high-level network initiatives, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in a 24x7 on-call rotation. A bachelor's degree and extensive networking experience are required.