About the Role
Determining requirements, designing, building, testing, and maintaining networks, as well as developing processes to monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, perform backups, and optimize systems within an internetworking UNIX environment while also providing strategic guidance to align network initiatives with organizational goals in the Space and Geophysics Laboratory.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement network architectures that support various workloads including cloud-native, on-prem, and hybrid environments with flexibility for zero-trust, micro-segmentation, or legacy protocol compatibility as needed.
- Troubleshoot multi-layered network issues across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments including legacy protocols.
- Automate network configuration and provisioning using configuration management tools, or scripting tools enabling reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure for reproducibility and scaling.
- Lead incident response for network outages or performance issues while prioritizing up time availability.
- Other related functions as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Three years developing and maintaining complex networking environments including developing and maintaining complex multilayer issues in hybrid, multi-cloud, or in a Cisco network environment-specific topologies.
- Demonstrated strong proficiency with BGP, TCP/IP protocols and packet header structure.
- Must currently hold, or be able to obtain within the first six months of employment, a DoD 8140 compliant security certification (e.g., Security+).
- US Citizen.
- Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position.
Skills
- BGP
- TCP/IP protocols
- packet header structure
- UNIX administration
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- GRE
- VLANs
- serial links
Location
- PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Three years developing and maintaining complex networking environments
- Ten or more years of experience developing and maintaining complex networking environments
- Minimum of five years of experience in networking engineering, systems administration, or infrastructure operations.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Salary/Compensations
- $104,000-$174,000+/negotiable depending on qualifications.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
- Retirement contributions
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Paid holidays
About the Company
- Applied Research Laboratories is part of The University of Texas at Austin.
- Visit our website (www.arlut.utexas.edu) for additional information about Applied Research Laboratories.
Equal Opportunity
- The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
