Network Engineer (Promo-Opportunity)

University of Massachusetts Lowell•Lowell, MA

2d•$77,885 - $101,251

About The Position

This is an internal promotional opportunity for current UML employees in the same bargaining unit, intended 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, based on qualifications, experience, and demonstrated competencies. The posting anticipates placement at the Network Engineer level, P19. The position is full-time, benefited, and in the SEIU professional union. The role involves network engineering and design in a complex enterprise or university environment. Depending on level, work includes supporting and designing routing, switching, wireless systems, cabling infrastructure, network services, authentication, monitoring, and troubleshooting. More senior levels require advanced configuration, automation, diagnostics, and expertise across network technologies and observability systems. Applicants must be current UML employees in the same bargaining unit. A resume, cover letter, and names and contact information for three references are required with the application.

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 of experience 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 of experience designing and supporting routing, switching, wireless systems, physical cabling, cabling standards, copper and fiber terminations, and related technologies.
Network Engineer: At least three years of experience 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: Demonstrated 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: Demonstrated 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.
Submit a resume and cover letter; provide names and contact information for three references at the time of application.

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 certification 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: Master's degree or current advanced role-relevant certification such as Cisco CCNP or CCIE, Juniper JNCIP or JNCIE, or professional/expert-level certification from HPE Aruba Networking, Arista, Extreme Networks, or comparable providers; these 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 routing, switching, and wireless systems.
Support physical network infrastructure, including cabling standards, copper and fiber terminations, and network closets.
Implement and support enterprise wireless standards, authentication systems, guest/BYOD access, and related technologies as applicable to the level.
Configure, automate, and troubleshoot routers, switches, wireless systems, and related network services using command-line interfaces, APIs, scripting, or configuration-management and automation tools, as applicable to the level.
Use cable and packet diagnostics, monitoring dashboards, packet analysis, and observability systems to assess and troubleshoot network performance.
Support network technologies and services including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, VoIP, NAC, RADIUS, segmentation, QoS, and bandwidth management, as applicable to the level.
Provide customer-oriented technical support and explain technical concepts to non-technical users at the associate level.