Senior Network Engineer, Network and Computing Systems - University Information Services - Georgetown University
Full Time
Washington, DC 20007
Posted
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Senior Network Engineer, Network and Computing Systems - University Information Services - Georgetown University
The Network and Computing Systems (NCS) organization manages and provides support for the University’s integrated network (data/telecommunications/video), data center production control for academic and administrative processing, systems management of enterprise server infrastructure and facilities infrastructure project management.
The Integrated Network Operations (INO) team is responsible for network services implementation and third-level technical support, including the responsibilities of the Facilities Project Management (FPM) team, who are responsible for oversight and change management of the University’s cable plant infrastructure. These teams also work together to develop, present and manage projects for various University enterprise and departmental customers and provide the primary communication link to the Georgetown University Facilities division. The combined INO services teams are responsible for operations support of the University’s data/voice/video services and infrastructure, deployment of enterprise network equipment, and monitoring of enterprise network performance and video conferencing.
Job Overview
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for INO (data, voice, video and network cabling), with teams supporting daily functions, ticketing, on-call, troubleshooting, maintenance, and installation and management of network cable and related infrastructure.
They also ensure all network components are at consistent releases of software and firmware and manage network services including DNS and DHCP, and security services, including firewalls and ACLs. As well, they work closely and in collaboration with the Data Security Office, ensuring established standards are met.
To achieve this goal, NCS focuses on the following strategies:
- Reduce system downtime and increase operating efficiencies by ensuring that management of all systems and services follow defined standards and operating procedures and that all problems are resolved in a timely manner
- Prioritizing activities using a goal driven process that, in combination with external benchmarking and research, attempts to maximize the mapping of our team’s activities to user-prioritized, business goals (i.e., we strive to work on the highest value activities while saying ‘no’ to lower value distractions).
- Increasing collaboration at all levels (e.g., within and between teams, with other UIS divisions, and with our user communities).
The Senior Network Engineer maintains the critical enterprise network and voice systems and carries a cell phone for managing and participating in the resolution, communication and escalation of system events and outages. They work off-hours - in early mornings and late evenings - to accommodate the requirements of the change management procedures.
Work Interactions
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Network Engineering, the Senior Network Engineer is accountable to the VP and CIO of the University, and works directly with network managers at other schools, technical and non-technical staff within UIS and our customers - typically department heads and their administrators.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree – preference for Science, Technology, Engineering or Math Degree
- 5 years of experience in senior-level network engineering in a large, complex and diverse enterprise network Solid understanding of TCP/IP and network routing and switching protocols, including OSPF, EGRP, IGRP
- Experience managing security systems such as Firewalls, VPNs and network services such as F5 Load Balancers
- Excellent interpretive and listening skills
- Ability to address and present technical issues to technical and non-technical staff
- Mastery of e-mail and office productivity tools, such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software such as PowerPoint, and engineering diagramming such as Visio
- Basic understanding of the statistical analysis and budgeting
- Ability to design, monitor and improve quality control procedures
- Availability and willingness to work off-hours to manage some of the responsibilities of the change management procedures, as described above
Preferred qualifications
- Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification
- Experience with tools such as Cisco Prime, Nagios and SolarWinds.
- Experience with UNIX environment shell scripts, PERL and tools such as CVS
- Experience in Systems Programming/Development, Electrical, UPS and power distribution systems, high-density cabling systems
Work Mode: Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources Mode of Work Designation.
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