IT Engineer Senior - Networking

University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Lawrence, KS

Educational Services

About the position

The Senior Network Engineer position at KU Information Technology involves advanced planning, technical design, implementation, configuration, administration, and problem resolution for the university's network infrastructure. The role supports critical services including wired and wireless LANs, VPNs, and security firewalls, while collaborating with various departments and vendors. This hybrid position requires participation in an on-call rotation and offers opportunities to work with advanced technologies in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Tier 3 support for network outages and problem resolution.
• Utilize network management tools and monitoring systems to recognize potential problem areas.
• Recommend solutions to address recurring problems.
• Work independently and in collaboration with customers and vendors to implement projects addressing future network infrastructure, service, and security needs.
• Design and implement configuration changes necessary for the operational management of network infrastructure.
• Administer network monitoring, capacity management, switch software management, and IP address management.
• Collaborate with other departments, vendors, and management to recommend solutions for network infrastructure projects.
• Perform the research and discovery necessary to define the scope of work.
• Maintain data network documentation, network management systems, and status reports.
• Ensure network procedures and documentation standards are followed.

Requirements

• Associates degree and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in data networking, IT enterprise systems, or large scale computing.
• Three (3) years of experience with systems design, development, installation, configuration, and problem diagnosis.
• Two (2) years of network-related experience including experience configuring enterprise switches and routers, and the use of routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Experience in IP address management and subnetting as evidenced in application materials.
• Two (2) years of experience with network protocols, such as TCP/IP and UDP.
• Effective written communication skills as demonstrated in application materials.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience with network security technologies such as firewalls, remote access (VPN) and intrusion prevention/detection systems.
• Advanced network configuration, such as multicast, QoS, IPv6, MPLS, VSS, VPC, and datacenter overlay technologies such as VXLAN and VTEP.
• Experience with high speed, low latency research and science DMZ networks and data centers.
• Experience in the configuration of network support applications, such as monitoring, configuration automation, and DNS/DHCP servers.
• Telecom Experience with VOIP, SIP, e911 and related technologies in a Microsoft Teams environment.
• Programming skills in Python and experience with Ansible applied to switch and router configurations.
• Experience designing, configuring and managing enterprise wireless systems - Aruba Networks experience is a plus.
• Professional certifications related to job duties such as: Aruba ACMA, ACMP, ACMX. Juniper JNCIA-Junos or JNCIS-ENT. Cisco CCNA or CCNP.
• Experience with UNIX and Microsoft operating systems.
• Experience managing and leading projects.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discount programs