Position InformationPosition TitleSenior Network EngineerWorking TitleLocationOlympiaEEO StatementAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For more information regarding Evergreen's non-discrimination policies or to report discrimination, please visit the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity webpage at www.evergreen.edu/equalopportunity or contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Officer at (360) 867-5371, Room 3102 Library Building, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505.Union RepresentedNoOvertime EligibleNoMonthly FTE1.0Salary Step (minimum monthly amount)$7,151.00Salary Step (maximum monthly amount)$8,223.00Cyclic PositionNoCyclic Detailsn/aProject PositionNoEnd Daten/aSpecial NoteThis is a full-time, overtime exempt position on the Olympia campus of The Evergreen State College. This position is an "at-will" appointment, exempt from Washington State Civil Service rules and the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements.Position PurposeAs a senior network engineer, the position installs, configures, and maintains networking infrastructure such as routers, switches, and network appliances, as well as implements, configures, and maintains complex security and access controls for wireless and wired infrastructure across two college campuses. This position provides tier 2/3 support for the college's networking environment.Nature and ScopeAs part of the Technology Operations team, this position is responsible for researching, designing, engineering, planning, analyzing, and implementing the college's data network and related infrastructure, including the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all associated hardware and software systems. This position assists in maintenance and repair of the physical IT spaces on the Olympia and Tacoma campuses.Essential FunctionsServe as a senior networking expert for installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining the hardware networking infrastructure such as routers, switches, wireless access points, cabling, and network appliances, as well as implementing access controls, quality of service (QOS), internet filtering, content inspection, IDS/IPS, port-based authentication and security information event management (SIEM) to maintain a highly available and secure networking environment.Research, analyze, and manage the college's LAN, WAN, wireless and internet connections to meet the changing needs of the college.Install and configure complex networking equipment and systems.Manage and support enterprise firewall hardware, software, and operating systems.Identify and independently resolve operational problems for major, mission critical organization-wide networks that have high risk/impact such as routing, switching and enterprise ISP services.Troubleshoot complex networking problems, using techniques in fault isolation, traffic analysis, packet sniffing and other network troubleshooting tools.Install, configure, and upgrade hubs, switches, routers, wireless access points, quality of service (QOS) software, network appliances, and security information event management (SIEM) software to maintain a highly available and secure networking environment.Working with other network engineers, conduct capacity assessments and planning to maintain and improve network performance and reliability that meets and exceeds the college's business objectives.Implement network security controls that are appropriate to business needs and are consisten