Network Engineer for Information Services
We are looking for a Network Engineer to work with our Information Services team. This employee will provide and maintain high-quality, reliable, flexible, and appropriate infrastructure networking technology solutions. This would be a great role for someone looking to expand their career into this type of role. You will work alongside support specialists, learn how cabling at UTHealth works, and support large buildings and small clinics. Switch deployments and local area network (LAN) switching will be part of the role. You need to be a good communicator with excellent customer service skills. You should understand basic network administration, and candidates with CCNA certification are preferred.
This is a full-time role that will be classified as exempt. You will work normal business hours in an office in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. UTHealth offers excellent benefits, including comprehensive and affordable healthcare coverage and a pension plan administered by the State of Texas.
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave days, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ well-being is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts include entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus, many more!
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing and maintaining high-quality, reliable, flexible, and appropriate infrastructure networking technology solutions.
Position Key Accountabilities:
1. Maintain major network infrastructure hardware and software packages by providing advanced configuration skills and knowledge of all carrier types and delivery methods.
2. Manages daily operations of a wide area campus network.
3. Assists in creating, engineering, developing, and installing network solutions to complex technical, procedural, and logistical problems.
4. Analyzes, designs, and administers the performance of network connections and/or configurations.
5. Manage the performance of major network software packages and modify network device configurations.
6. Oversees and/or performs the physical setup of a network, assuring the integrity of communications and connections.
7. Performs complex problem determination and resolution, identifying networking problems using network analyzers and traffic analysis tools, and has a technical understanding of the user community’s requirements.
8. Integrates services into the network, including telephony, data, video, and others.
9. Perform cost-benefit analysis on various hardware and/or network configurations.
10. Other duties as assigned
Certification/Skills:
- Cisco Network Associate certification (CCNA) is preferred.
- Arista Certified Engineering Associate (ACE-A)
- HPE Aruba Networking Certified Associate
- Network+ (Plus) Certification
- Project management experience
- Problem Solving/Troubleshooting
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant experience in lieu of education.
Minimum Experience:
Four years of experience in networking technologies.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visit http://go.uth.edu/careers!
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law.
UTHealth Houston has adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center.
In addition, all UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’s Houston rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements.
Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.
