Overview

Utah State University is seeking a Network Engineer to join the USU IT organization in architecting, updating, and deploying efficient, effective, scalable, maintainable, highly available network architectures, services, and systems. This position offers top-tier benefits and work-life balance in Utah's best mountain valley. Selected benefits include: 22 Days of annual leave, 13 paid holidays, 14.2% retirement contribution: instantly vested, no matching required, non-taxable communications stipend, tuition discounts, substantial professional equipment budget, etc.

Responsibilities

• Contribute technically and culturally in USU enterprise-level network planning and design.
• Configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades.
• Monitor performance and ensure system availability and reliability.
• Monitor system resource utilization, trending, and capacity planning.
• Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues.
• Select and implement network security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the University's security team.
• Develop and maintain network automation tools.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Recent 1 years hands-on, professional working experience with enterprise networks or BS degree in technical field.
• Basic understanding of standards-based networking protocols (e.g., IPSEC, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, GRE). Preferred experience: Deeper, more advanced, network protocol knowledge/experience.
• Solid understanding of routing and switching concepts.
• Ability to work in a mixed-vendor environment. Preferred experience: Juniper and HPE / Aruba.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic, and network analytics tools.
• Ability to work well with peers and colleagues.
• US Citizenship required due to the security level of information

Preferred Qualifications:

• API and network automation experience.
• Firewall experience – Palo Alto a plus.
• Basic knowledge of MPLS, L3VPN, VRF-lite.
• Basic knowledge QoS.
• Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems

Position Classification Qualifications:

(definition of "equivalent combination" is 1 year of experience is equal to 1 year of education)

• Network Engineer I:
  • Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science (CS), or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Network Engineer II:
  • Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science (CS), or related field plus two years of related work experience is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Network Engineer III:
  • Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science (CS), or related field plus four years of related work experience is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Network Engineer SR:
  • Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science (CS), or related field plus six years of related work experience is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Documents

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Advertised Salary

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

University Highlights

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employees 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.

USU Land Acknowledgment

Please visit our website to learn about Utah State’s land acknowledgment of the eight tribes of Utah.

Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Hilary Renshaw, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 08/2022