University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sr Network Engineer
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, us, 01546
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.
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 and judgement within defined policies
Contributes to the development of organizational goals and objectives
Represents the organization as the principal customer contact
Often performs project leadership duties
Performs other duties and responsibilities as required
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:
Public Cloud provider experience specifically AWS and Azure and ways to interconnect from premises data centers to the cloud via AWS Direct Connect and Azure Express Route
Azure cloud experience in the following areas: software defined networking, VNETs and VNET peering, private and service endpoints, network insights, application gateway and load balancers, Azure NSGs and Firewalls
Experience with automation integration, NetOps integration and associated principles and solutions
Solid understanding of basic IP addressing constructs such as CIDR IP ranges and subnetting
Understanding of basic Layer 2 technologies such as VLANs, IEEE 802.1.q, LACP protocol, and switch to switch port-channel configuration and setups
Extensive routing protocol configuration experience with designing, configuring and troubleshooting complex BGP configurations in a JunOS (Juniper Networks) environment
Candidate should have an understanding of how to create advanced BGP routing configurations that will take advantage of various techniques to provide optimal outbound and inbound Internet routing, servicing multiple geographical locations, each with their own access
Some operational experience with OSPF routing on Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and Dell-OS 10 switching platforms
Administration or setup of Palo Alto Networks firewalls with a deep understanding of PanOS, and Panorama policy management
Candidate should be comfortable with testing and working in a virtual or physical lab to test all network configurations before deployment
Expected to produce meaningful documentation using tools like Visio to provide final configuration artifacts for turnover to an operations team
Advanced troubleshooting skills for resolving routing issues. Also, some knowledge and use of Wireshark to capture and analyze packet flows for the troubleshooting of application or network performance issues
Some experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, Python) is a plus
Knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting of Layer 2-3 switching technologies from Cisco Systems, as well as Checkpoint firewall configuration and setup
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 Palo Alto 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 Medical School’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
Palo Alto, CISCO CCNP, Checkpoint CCSA
Proven ability to create network designs with associated Bill of Materials and configuration
Development of network product roadmaps and features
Creation of product comparison tables as supporting details for recommendations
Contribute to and define requirements for network projects
Remain in touch with new and current vendor solutions, services and products
Deliver professional services such as network assessment, migration, and troubleshooting for net new and changes to various network environments
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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.
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 and judgement within defined policies
Contributes to the development of organizational goals and objectives
Represents the organization as the principal customer contact
Often performs project leadership duties
Performs other duties and responsibilities as required
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:
Public Cloud provider experience specifically AWS and Azure and ways to interconnect from premises data centers to the cloud via AWS Direct Connect and Azure Express Route
Azure cloud experience in the following areas: software defined networking, VNETs and VNET peering, private and service endpoints, network insights, application gateway and load balancers, Azure NSGs and Firewalls
Experience with automation integration, NetOps integration and associated principles and solutions
Solid understanding of basic IP addressing constructs such as CIDR IP ranges and subnetting
Understanding of basic Layer 2 technologies such as VLANs, IEEE 802.1.q, LACP protocol, and switch to switch port-channel configuration and setups
Extensive routing protocol configuration experience with designing, configuring and troubleshooting complex BGP configurations in a JunOS (Juniper Networks) environment
Candidate should have an understanding of how to create advanced BGP routing configurations that will take advantage of various techniques to provide optimal outbound and inbound Internet routing, servicing multiple geographical locations, each with their own access
Some operational experience with OSPF routing on Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and Dell-OS 10 switching platforms
Administration or setup of Palo Alto Networks firewalls with a deep understanding of PanOS, and Panorama policy management
Candidate should be comfortable with testing and working in a virtual or physical lab to test all network configurations before deployment
Expected to produce meaningful documentation using tools like Visio to provide final configuration artifacts for turnover to an operations team
Advanced troubleshooting skills for resolving routing issues. Also, some knowledge and use of Wireshark to capture and analyze packet flows for the troubleshooting of application or network performance issues
Some experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, Python) is a plus
Knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting of Layer 2-3 switching technologies from Cisco Systems, as well as Checkpoint firewall configuration and setup
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 Palo Alto 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 Medical School’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
Palo Alto, CISCO CCNP, Checkpoint CCSA
Proven ability to create network designs with associated Bill of Materials and configuration
Development of network product roadmaps and features
Creation of product comparison tables as supporting details for recommendations
Contribute to and define requirements for network projects
Remain in touch with new and current vendor solutions, services and products
Deliver professional services such as network assessment, migration, and troubleshooting for net new and changes to various network environments
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