Network Engineer I

Summary

The University of Utah's Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is seeking a Network Engineer I to support connectivity for scientific research. The role involves installation, maintenance, and documentation of CHPC's ethernet and Infiniband networks, with responsibilities including network design, engineering, and administration.

Responsibilities

• Racking, installing, and cabling switches and servers in the data center
• Cabling between different environments in the data center
• Documenting all switch assets appropriately in the central portal
• Working on scheduled or emergency downtimes in tight collaboration and support of the various system admin teams. This may occasionally involve long hours beyond the usual business hours to assist in resolving critical issues
• Working closely with the monitoring team and students to capture network telemetry, various counters, netflows, and other statistics
• Working with monitoring team, sysadmin teams, and students to visualize environments appropriately for active maintenance
• Developing skills with tools such as perfsonar to support large bandwidth transfers across the WAN between peer institutions and the cloud
• Working with the automation team to streamline deployments of network infrastructure in a consistent manner
• Learning and becoming proficient with Infiniband, RoCE and other cluster fabric technologies
• Attending relevant conferences and training events in support of CHPC and the research community
• Developing and maintaining awareness of new protocols, network techniques, and approaches to optimizing data flows across the LAN and WAN
• Working closely with university faculty and research teams to support national dynamic testbeds
• Sharing knowledge regarding basic network protocols, topologies, and new approaches to moving data efficiently
• Developing creative solutions in tight collaboration with various CHPC teams
• Communicating to teams and to the research community in a clear transparent manner

Skills

• Experience with LAN implementations and the use of tools such as VLANs, SVI, Spanning Tree, MLAG, Port Channel, Access Control Lists, etc
• Familiarity with Enterprise and WAN technologies such as OSPF, BGP, ECMP, etc
• Experience with the TCP/IP stack and the OSI model with IPv4
• Experience with different network device command line syntax
• Familiarity with network management and monitoring protocols such as SNMP
• Experience with Windows and Linux management, with good knowledge of the Command Line Interface
• Familiarity with basic scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or other languages
• Experience with fiber optics, data cables installation, cable management and data center inventory practices
• Willingness to learn, help and participate where needed
• Ability to lift and install equipment in a data center using available tools
• Ability to work in a data center environment for long periods of time
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability and willingness to document all work
• Familiarity with RoCE ethernet and other converged ethernet technologies
• Familiarity with IPv6
• Familiarity with MPLS, DWDM, eVPN and other overlay and circuit technologies
• Familiarity with Infiniband Administration
• Experience with network management, control, automation, and monitoring protocols such as Ansible, gRPC, Netconf, and/or Yang models
• Experience with Cable and Fiber Plant design and build approaches
• Familiarity with Firewall theory and configuration
• Familiarity with ProxMox, VMWare, or other hypervisors
• Familiarity with VxLAN, NSX, and other overlay technologies

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Experience with LAN implementations and the use of tools such as VLANs, SVI, Spanning Tree, MLAG, Port Channel, Access Control Lists, etc
• Familiarity with Enterprise and WAN technologies such as OSPF, BGP, ECMP, etc
• Experience with the TCP/IP stack and the OSI model with IPv4
• Experience with different network device command line syntax
• Familiarity with network management and monitoring protocols such as SNMP
• Experience with Windows and Linux management, with good knowledge of the Command Line Interface
• Familiarity with basic scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or other languages
• Experience with fiber optics, data cables installation, cable management and data center inventory practices
• Willingness to learn, help and participate where needed
• Ability to lift and install equipment in a data center using available tools
• Ability to work in a data center environment for long periods of time
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability and willingness to document all work

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with RoCE ethernet and other converged ethernet technologies
• Familiarity with IPv6
• Familiarity with MPLS, DWDM, eVPN and other overlay and circuit technologies
• Familiarity with Infiniband Administration
• Experience with network management, control, automation, and monitoring protocols such as Ansible, gRPC, Netconf, and/or Yang models
• Experience with Cable and Fiber Plant design and build approaches
• Familiarity with Firewall theory and configuration
• Familiarity with ProxMox, VMWare, or other hypervisors
• Familiarity with VxLAN, NSX, and other overlay technologies

Benefits

• Full-time staff with benefits
• Requires 90+% on site attendance
• Attending relevant conferences and training events in support of CHPC and the research community