Network Engineer 3

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

3d•$145,008 - $172,452•Remote

About The Position

UW Medicine IT Services (ITS) is hiring a Network Engineer 3 to support and advance network infrastructure used across UW Medicine. ITS provides ongoing support and maintenance for the infrastructure and applications serving UW Medicine’s hospitals, clinics, physician groups, School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest, and implements new services and applications that support the organization’s mission. This is a fully benefited, temporary position expected to last 12 months. It is a 100% FTE role, scheduled for 40 hours per week during day-shift core hours of 08:00–17:00 Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. The role is fully remote and participates in a 24x7 weekly on-call rotation. The position guides the maintenance of existing infrastructure and designs, leads evaluations of advanced network technologies, identifies opportunities for improvement, and develops and deploys solutions that improve reliability, security, and agility. It provides advanced network consultation across UW Medicine and shares technical expertise while mentoring more junior engineers.

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 enterprises, including hardware/software firewalls, VPN, remote access, datacenter network switches, load balancers, and monitoring systems.
Advanced knowledge of the TCP/IP stack, 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 close 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-concept testing edge network technologies and tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Wireshark, Nmap, and Tcpdump or equivalent tools.
Proficiency with supported Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Proficiency with supported mobile operating systems such as iOS (iPhone/iPad) 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 methods to improve reliability, security, and agility, and deploy future network architecture.
Provide advanced-level 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.