Network Engineer 3

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

2d•$145,008 - $172,452•Remote

About The Position

UW Medicine IT Services (ITS) is hiring a Network Engineer 3 to support the infrastructure and applications used across UW Medicine. This is a fully remote, fully benefited temporary position expected to last 12 months, at 100% FTE (40 hours per week). The schedule is day shift during core hours of 08:00–17:00 Pacific Time, Monday through Friday, with participation in a 24x7 weekly on-call rotation. The Network Engineer 3 guides maintenance of existing infrastructure and designs, leads evaluations of advanced network technologies, identifies improvements, and designs and deploys solutions that improve reliability, security, and agility. The position develops future network architecture, provides advanced network consultation across UW Medicine, and shares technical expertise while mentoring junior engineers. UW Medicine ITS is a shared services organization supporting UW Medicine institutions and responsible for maintaining infrastructure and applications and implementing new services and applications. UW Medicine describes its mission as improving public health through medical knowledge, care, and preparation of future health professionals. The position offers 15 vacation days in the first year, 12 sick days, one personal holiday, 11 paid holidays each year, and a 403(b) match described as 100% matching with immediate vesting. The stated annual pay range is $145,008–$172,452.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 8 years of experience in network engineering, implementation, or operations.
Experience implementing, managing, and maintaining advanced security and network infrastructure for large-scale enterprise environments, including hardware/software firewalls, VPN, remote access, datacenter network switches, load balancers, and monitoring systems.
Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, multicast, and related troubleshooting, including capturing, correlating, and analyzing network packet traffic.
Advanced experience with routing and protocols including OSPF, BGP, multicast, STP, and MSTP in large environments.
Advanced experience developing and supporting production mission-critical systems and applications.
Advanced disciplined troubleshooting methodology and attention to detail.
Advanced experience maintaining detailed configuration and testing documentation.
Advanced experience with documentation, integration, customer-support documentation, and service development.
Advanced understanding of AAA and IP network security.
Advanced knowledge of the 802.11 family and related protocols.
Advanced experience with VLANs, DHCP, IP management, and other necessary data-network standards.
A successful track record of increasing responsibility and decision-making, including designing and deploying major, large-scale, leading-edge network constructs involving automation and virtualization technologies.
A successful track record evaluating and proof-of-concepting edge network technologies and tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Wireshark, Nmap, and Tcpdump or equivalents.
Proficiency with supported Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Proficiency with supported mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Experience in a hospital or 24x7 facility.
Experience with Palo Alto, Check Point, and Juniper.

Responsibilities

Guide maintenance of current infrastructure and designs.
Lead evaluations of advanced, high-level network technologies.
Identify areas for improvement and design solutions.
Develop and deploy methods and future network architecture to improve reliability, security, and agility.
Provide advanced consultation in areas of network expertise across UW Medicine.
Share technical expertise and mentor more junior engineers.
Participate in a 24x7 weekly on-call rotation.