This is a fixed term position that ends three years from the employee’s start date.
This position offers flexible work arrangements, including remote work within the Austin Metro area.
Note: This position is not fully remote and will require occasional on-site work, typically 10-20 days per year.
This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses).
Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state.
Your skills will make a difference.
You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working for our campus.
The University of Texas at Austin and Enterprise Technology provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include:
Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
Training and conference opportunities
Tuition assistance
Athletic ticket discounts
Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card
For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards
Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work.
This is a senior-level network engineer position in the Enterprise Technology Core Networking team that will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient network services in support of the university’s network services. This includes configuring and operating network devices (routers, switches, wireless access points, firewalls), as well as supporting services, such as Infoblox DDI and VPN services, to support the university’s enterprise and research and education functions.
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Provide consultation services for university customers for implementing and integrating new technologies and services on the campus network. (50%)
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Design, deploy, and operate network services to support the university’s enterprise and research and education functions. (40%)
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Provide operational support for the campus Infoblox DDI system. (10%)
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Perform other related functions as assigned.
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U.S. Citizen, resident, or officially recognized asylee - Applicant selected will be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position.
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
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7+ years of current/recent network engineering experience with Cisco IOS-XE and IOS-XR routers and switches.
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5+ years of current/recent network engineering experience Fortinet firewall systems.
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2+ years of current/recent experience working with Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management) systems.
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Working knowledge navigating and configuring mainstream consumer devices (macOS, Windows, iOS, Android).
Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
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DevOps experience building and implementing network automation processes.
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Experience with Python, Perl, and UNIX shell scripts.
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Experience working in large university environments (30000+ students) supporting academic (instructional and research) and administrative functions.
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Experience with enterprise networks running retro-packet network architectures.
$120,000 + depending on qualifications
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May work around standard office conditions
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Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
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Use of manual dexterity (ex: using a mouse)
Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm. Occasional work outside standard hours is required (e.g., maintenance or incident response). Hours over 40 per week accrue compensatory time. The role includes 24x7 escalation and the expectation of being reachable when not on PTO.
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Resume/CV
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3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
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Letter of interest
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
