Sr Network Engineer

UMass Chan Medical School; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UMass Chan Medical School is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support local and wide area networks across multi-platform environments. You will lead third-level support, plan and maintain LAN/WAN, review products, monitor performance, and drive complex networking initiatives.

Qualified candidates bring 7+ years of experience, a CS/IS degree or equivalent, strong communication skills, and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Management Systems, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of related work experience including project management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Provide third level support to end users.
• Plan, procure, install and maintain LAN/WAN in a multi protocol environment.
• Review products and recommend hardware, software or contract changes.
• Monitor network functions and evaluate operations and network performance.
• Lead projects and act as principal customer contact.
• Develop resolutions to complex problems with defined policy guidance.
• Contribute to organizational goals and objectives.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Networking concepts

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Management Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Cisco switching

Checkpoint firewall

Cisco wireless

ISE

Prime

F5 load balancer

DNS

SolarWinds Orion

Riverbed APM

Catalyst/Nexus

Brocade

CCNP

CheckPoint CCSA

Job description

Overview:

GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Senior Network Engineer is a technical specialist role in the Network administration area supporting local and wide area networks in a multi platform, protocol, and operating system environment. Responsibilities:

Major Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Director of Network and Telecom, provides third level support to end users
• Plans, procures, installs and maintains local and wide area networks in a multi protocol environment
• Reviews products and recommends acquisition or modification of hardware, software or contract services
• Monitors network functions and evaluates operations and network performance
• Involved in the implementation and maintenance of major subsystems
• Acknowledge and resolve user service requests utilizing the service request management system
• Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods
• Develops resolutions to complex problems that require frequent use of creativity uses judgement within defined policies
• Contributes to the development of organizational goals and objectives
• Represents the organization as the principle customer contact.
• Often performs project leadership duties
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Management Systems, or equivalent
• 7+ years of related work experience including project management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting of Layer 2-3 switching technologies vendor products from Cisco Systems well as Checkpoint firewall configuration and setup
• Knowledge of Cisco wireless, ISE and Prime
• Experience with implementing and supporting wireless infrastructures from large Enterprise vendors utilizing Cisco Systems equipment
• Good understanding of best practice Data Center network support
• Expert level knowledge of routing protocols to include OSPF, and BGP with an overall understanding of routing concepts / design
• Working knowledge of F5 load balancer configuration and management with interaction of DNS components
• Experience with the implementation and configuration of Enterprise class firewalls from Checkpoint Technologies. Understand firewall integration, rule creation, and safeguard policy configuration
• Demonstrate a clear understanding and expertise for deployment of networking technologies in a virtualized environment and be able to present these concepts in conjunction with the University’s Networking team
• Working knowledge and use of network troubleshooting tools to solve complex network problems from Solarwinds Orion and Riverbed’s Application Performance Management systems
• Working knowledge of Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switching platforms
• Working knowledge of Brocade Extension switches
• CISCO CCNP, CheckPoint CCSA