Sr Network Engineer

Sr Network Engineer

Minimum Salary


US-MA-Worcester

Job Location


5 hours ago(9/8/2026 4:57 PM)

Requisition Number


2026-51907

# of Openings


1

Posted Date


Day

Shift


Exempt

Union Code


Non Union Position - Non Unit Professional (W60)

Position Type


Full-Time

Min


USD $130,000.00/Yr.

Max


USD $148,000.00/Yr.

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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 uses judgement within defined policies
• Contributes to the development of organizational goals and objectives
• Represents the organization as the principle customer contact.
• Often performs project leadership duties
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required

Qualifications

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

• Knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting of Layer 2-3 switching technologies vendor products from Cisco Systems well as Checkpoint firewall configuration and setup
• Knowledge of Cisco wireless, ISE and Prime
• Experience with implementing and supporting wireless infrastructures from large Enterprise vendors utilizing Cisco Systems equipment
• Good understanding of best practice Data Center network support
• Expert level knowledge of routing protocols to include OSPF, and BGP with an overall understanding of routing concepts / design
• 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 Checkpoint 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 University'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
• Working knowledge of Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switching platforms
• Working knowledge of Brocade Extension switches
• CISCO CCNP, CheckPoint CCSA