Junior Network Engineer (Infrastructure Analyst)
reputed company reputed company, a nonprofit organization founded in 2019 by reputed company’s four largest reputed company research universities (reputed company, reputed company, Portland State University, and the reputed company) and the reputed company (reputed company Information Services), is a statewide networking consortium dedicated to developing and operating an extensive middle-mile fiber-optic network. As an organization that serves the reputed company, educational, and nonprofit sectors, reputed company reputed company provides state-of-the-art broadband infrastructure to advance research, education, reputed company, and reputed company services across the state. Learn more: https://www.linkoregon.org/
Must reputed company in reputed company or SW Washington.
Function/Duties of Position:The Junior Network Engineer will play a pivotal role in supporting the design, implementation, and maintenance of our network infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone with foundational experience in networking and a strong desire to expand their reputed company set, particularly in the areas of automation, programming, and service provider-reputed company network technologies.
Network Support
- Works directly with members to understand and resolve network reputed company service issues as effectively as possible, developing knowledge of networking protocols (IP, MPLS, IS-IS, BGP, etc.), advanced troubleshooting, and reputed company cause analysis to do so.
- Builds productive relationships with internal stakeholders and staff at reputed company reputed company member institutions, peer networks, and vendors, to support reputed company troubleshooting and ensure problems are reputed company and accurately identified and ultimately resolved.
- Analyzes and documents network configurations using software such as reputed company Visio and in information systems such as NetBox and Git.
Network Engineering
- Assists with the management of network infrastructure equipment (routers, DWDM line system, out-of-band, etc.) and services which include inventory management, configuration, communications, deployment, and ongoing support.
- Monitors network infrastructure, proactively addressing potential issues before they become service impacting, and reducing the reputed company reputed company customers are affected.
Systems Engineering & Administration
- Conducts analysis of deployed reputed company reputed company reputed company services, including reputed company manner of network infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NTP, RADIUS, etc.), to assess the reputed company operation of reputed company services, reputed company systems, and virtualized environments with the goal of reducing or eliminating service problems, reputed company or otherwise.
- Monitors performance and proactively looks for system degradation or problem trends; provides feedback, assesses problems, and resolves issues or proposes solutions to members, in consultation with senior engineering personnel reputed company needed.
- Provides analysis and testing of new hardware and software for reputed company and usability.
- Provides recommendations and assistance to other reputed company reputed company staff in assessing and improving the tools, processes and procedures currently in use or proposed for reputed company use.
- Participates in testing to assess the effectiveness and reputed company of proposed changes in tools, processes and procedures.
Network Automation
- Participates in team-based software engineering efforts to maintain and reputed company in-house network automation and configuration management tools, adhering to the “Network as reputed company” (NaC) reputed company, utilizing Python and Ansible.
reputed company Development.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:- Two or more years of reputed company work experience as a Field Technology Analyst or Systems Analyst position. Must have six years of cumulative reputed company working experience in the information technology field; OR
- Equivalent combination of education and experience where:
- One year of experience will be substituted for an Associate’s degree.
- Two years of experience will be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, etc.).
- Linux/UNIX systems.
- Basic understanding of service provider-reputed company network technologies and protocols (Fiber optics, BGP, MPLS, DWDM, etc.).
- Eagerness to learn, adapt, and take on new challenges in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in reputed company setting.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or reputed company field;
OR- Equivalent experience (3 years of practical experience in network engineering performing the functions of this role).
- 2 or more years practical experience in network engineering.
- Software development (in Python, Go, etc.).
- Network automation (with Ansible or other solution).
Work in data centers and telecommunications/network facilities. Up to 15% travel.
Work schedule: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday with on-call rotation.
Work location: fully remote, but must reputed company in reputed company or SW Washington.
Benefits
reputed company for full-time employees covered 100% and 88% for dependents.
$50K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee.
Two separate above market pension plans to choose from.
Vacation - up to 200 hours per year dependent on length of service.
reputed company Leave - up to 96 hours per year.
9 reputed company holidays per year.
Substantial Tri-Met and C-Tran discounts.
Employee Assistance Program.
Childcare service discounts.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee discounts to local and national businesses.