Network Engineer (Promo-Opportunity)

UMass Lowell•Lowell, MA

16h

About The Position

This is an internal promotional opportunity for current UML employees in the same bargaining unit to advance within the Network Engineer career progression. Placement may be at the Associate Network Engineer (P17), Network Engineer (P18), or Senior Network Engineer (P19) level, depending on qualifications, experience, and demonstrated competencies. The posting anticipates placement at the Network Engineer level, P19. At the Associate level, the role requires foundational hands-on experience supporting network engineering, infrastructure, routing, switching, wireless systems, physical cabling, and related technologies. At the Network Engineer level, the role involves increasingly responsible network engineering and design in a complex environment, including supporting enterprise routing, switching, wireless, authentication, and network services. At the Senior level, the role requires advanced design, configuration, automation, troubleshooting, and support of network infrastructure and services in a complex enterprise or university environment. The position is full-time, benefited, and in the SEIU professional union. Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter; names and contact information for three references are required at the time of application. The anticipated salary range for the P19 level is a minimum of $77,885, with a 25th quartile of $89,568 and a midpoint of $101,251.

Requirements

Applicants must be current UML employees in the same bargaining unit.
Associate Network Engineer: Associate's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or four years of directly related full-time network or infrastructure experience in lieu of the degree.
Associate Network Engineer: At least two years of hands-on experience in network engineering, network support, infrastructure support, or related technical work.
Associate Network Engineer: Working knowledge of OSI model concepts, Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, OSPF, BGP, SNMP or API-based monitoring, Wi-Fi standards, WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise, 802.1X, RADIUS, and Windows, Linux, or network operating systems.
Associate Network Engineer: At least two years supporting routing, switching, wireless systems, physical cabling, copper and fiber terminations, network closets, and related technologies in an enterprise or university setting.
Associate Network Engineer: Strong customer service orientation, problem-solving skills, and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
Network Engineer: Bachelor's degree or higher in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or ten years of directly related full-time enterprise network engineering experience in lieu of the degree.
Network Engineer: At least six years of hands-on network engineering and design experience with increasing responsibility in a complex environment.
Network Engineer: At least six years designing and supporting routing, switching, wireless systems, physical cabling, cabling standards, copper and fiber terminations, and related technologies.
Network Engineer: At least three years implementing and supporting enterprise wireless standards, WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise, 802.1X, RADIUS, certificate-based authentication, guest/BYOD access, or comparable authentication systems.
Network Engineer: Thorough understanding of OSI, Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, telemetry, NetFlow/sFlow/IPFIX, QoS, and data network technologies; experience with cable and packet diagnostics, monitoring dashboards, and basic use of APIs, scripting, or configuration-management tools.
Senior Network Engineer: Bachelor's degree or higher in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or eleven years of directly related full-time enterprise network engineering experience in lieu of the degree.
Senior Network Engineer: At least seven years of progressively responsible hands-on network engineering and design experience in a complex enterprise or university environment.
Senior Network Engineer: Advanced experience designing, supporting, configuring, automating, and troubleshooting routers, switches, wireless systems, and related network services using command-line interfaces, APIs, scripting, and configuration-management or automation tools.
Senior Network Engineer: Advanced experience with cabling standards, copper and fiber terminations, diagnostic tools, packet analysis, monitoring, and related technologies, including at least three years supporting enterprise wireless standards, RF troubleshooting, WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise, 802.1X, RADIUS, NAC, and authentication systems.
Senior Network Engineer: Advanced working knowledge and demonstrated ability to apply OSI, Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, VoIP, RADIUS, NAC, segmentation, QoS, bandwidth management, Windows, Linux, network operating systems, and modern monitoring or observability systems.

Nice To Haves

Associate Network Engineer: Experience with enterprise campus switching and wireless, firewalls, unified communications, NAC/RADIUS, telemetry, packet analysis, and observability.
Associate Network Engineer: Current role-relevant certification such as Cisco CCNA, CompTIA Network+, Juniper JNCIA-Junos, HPE Aruba Networking, Arista, Extreme Networks, or comparable; credentials do not replace demonstrated capability.
Network Engineer: Current role-relevant associate- or professional-level certification, such as Cisco CCNA or CCNP, CompTIA Network+ or Security+, Juniper JNCIA-Junos or JNCIS, or current certifications from HPE Aruba Networking, Arista, Extreme Networks, or comparable providers.
Network Engineer: Experience in a multi-vendor campus environment with switching, wireless, firewalls, unified communications, NAC, RADIUS, cloud or hybrid connectivity, source control, repeatable automation, and monitoring or observability platforms.
Senior Network Engineer: Demonstrated mastery of one or more advanced network domains.
Senior Network Engineer: A master's degree or current advanced role-relevant certification, such as Cisco CCNP or CCIE, Juniper JNCIP or JNCIE, or professional/expert-level certifications from HPE Aruba Networking, Arista, Extreme Networks, or comparable providers. Such credentials may support but do not by themselves establish qualification.
Senior Network Engineer: Experience with multi-vendor enterprise networks, NAC, cloud or hybrid connectivity, Python, Ansible or comparable automation, APIs, source control and change validation, streaming telemetry, packet analysis, security operations coordination, and modern monitoring or observability platforms.

Responsibilities

Support and design enterprise network routing, switching, wireless systems, physical cabling, and related technologies, according to the assigned career level.
Configure, support, and troubleshoot network infrastructure and services, including wireless standards, authentication systems, and network access technologies.
At the Senior level, automate and troubleshoot routers, switches, wireless systems, and related network services using command-line interfaces, APIs, scripting, and configuration-management or automation tools.
Support cabling standards, copper and fiber terminations, diagnostic tools, packet analysis, monitoring, and related technologies.
Use network monitoring, telemetry, observability, and diagnostic tools to support network operations.
At the Senior level, coordinate network security operations and support segmentation, QoS, and bandwidth management as applicable.