NETWORK ARCHITECT
Company: University of Washington
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 1, 2025
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Job Description:
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and we will be happy to assist you. jump to contentBenefits: As a
UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life
programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this
position, please visit our website, click here.As a UW employee,
you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in
our state, and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless
energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build
stronger minds and a healthier world. By being deeply invested in
our work, showing compassion in our interactions, and embodying the
spirit of a team player, each member contributes to a thriving
community. UW is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse
staff; your experiences, perspectives, and unique identities will
be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community
strives to create and maintain working and learning environments
that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
UW Information Technology (UW-IT) is the central information
technology organization for the University of Washington,
responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the
UW's IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UW-IT provides
critical technology support to all three campuses, UW Medicine, and
research operations around the world, partnering with the UW
community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and
service."
Within the Infrastructure division of UW-IT, the Networks &
Communications Technologies (NCT) unit supports several networks of
varying scales from campus to international - including the three
University of Washington campuses (approximately 100,000 students &
staff) with associated labs and facilities throughout the region;
UW Medicine (3 hospitals and over a dozen clinics across the
state); the Washington State K20 Education Network (connecting -400
school districts); the Pacific Northwest Gigapop - the regional
point of presence for research & education networking; the Pacific
Wave international R&E peering facility; and the C3 optical
ring around Lake Washington. We also design, deploy, and operate
partner-owned fiber, DWDM, and commercial third-party ethernet &
cellular services. These networks use both open-source and
commercial management systems to ensure stable and reliable
operation for our customers.
UW-IT has an outstanding full-time opportunity for a Network
Architect in our Network Design and Architecture (NDA) team. This
senior network engineer is responsible for looking to the future of
network architecture to ensure that UW and its partners and
affiliates deploy efficient, cost-effective, leading-edge network
constructs in support of research, teaching, learning and medicine.
These services are foundational to the missions of the University
of Washington and our networking partners.
ABOUT US
We are skilled IT professionals dedicated to the use of technology
to support the missions of the University and our partners. We are
committed to:
Teamwork, transparency, self-motivation, and individual
accountability.
A collaborative workplace that promotes cross-disciplinary
interaction.
Agility, responsiveness, and iterative means of delivering
strategic value sooner.
Self-directed time for learning, innovation, and professional
development.
Effective use of tools and processes to free people to do what they
do best.
A healthy work/life balance, where our best work happens in a
40-hour work week.
ABOUT YOU
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives -
on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees
offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and
dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW is
committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff; your
experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at
the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to
create and maintain working and learning environments that are
inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
By applying for the position, you are telling us:
You are a successful, experienced senior network engineer with
seven or more years of experience designing, deploying and
supporting advanced, large-scale, critical, high-volume networks in
Campus and/or Metro environments.
You have relevant industry experience developing Datacenter and
Cloud strategies and suitable network architectures.
You are driven to understand our community's needs, translate for
others, and ask yourself questions like "What are their needs?" and
"What are they trying to do?"
You believe in open engagement, dialog, clear communication, trust,
and respect as the foundations for effective partnerships.
Your decisions are guided by vision, informed by data and process,
and driven by a desire to make things work better.
You are motivated to work in higher education, at a public
institution, and more specifically, at the UW.
You have an entrepreneurial spirit, agile mindset and desire to
influence the evolution of the services we provide.
This position has three primary roles:
Network Architecture and Design - Construct a strong framework that
defines strategic integration of automation and virtualization
within UW's and UW's partner networks, assuring that this framework
accommodates the requirements of our UW customers as well as the
operation teams delivering and supporting the networks. Clearly
document architectures and designs. Work with Wired and Wireless
Service Owners and Managers to prioritize efforts to help achieve
increased efficiency, reduced costs, mitigation of risk, and
increased network reliability and sustainability. Work with
customers and leaders to develop a strong Cloud and Datacenter
strategy and suitable network architecture. Facilitate integration
of network-related automation and virtualization efforts with and
between many UW-IT groups, including Infrastructure Software Tools
and Enterprise Architect teams. Integrate and promote common
best-practices around advanced network service constructs including
software tools and DevOps practices such as Change control. Oversee
design of network modifications and network standards. Provide
direction and expertise to assist with the deployment and
transition into operational mode for new network technologies.
Provide direction on staff skills and processes required to design,
deploy, and operate networks with integrated automation and
virtualization components. Mentor and train others in advanced
network technologies.
Network Services - Solutions Researcher, Evaluator, and Developer -
Oversee and provide direction on evaluating and testing of new
technologies. Engage with peers in higher education, NRENs and
industry and track results of others' implementation of modern
network constructs, including Cloud access. Stay abreast of new
technologies. Routinely engage with appropriate vendors. Acquire,
test and evaluate equipment to discover new technologies to meet
UW's network needs.
Project Lead on P1/P2/P3 projects - The network engineer will
delegate, oversee, and substantially contribute to the preparation
and submission of Business Cases that may lead to high-profile,
strategic Wired or Wireless Networks projects approved and
supported by UW-IT senior management. Once approved, this network
engineer may act as Project Lead and oversee the development,
delivery, milestones, reporting, and project-close activities. The
network engineer may have responsibility for multiple, simultaneous
projects.
This network engineer position reports to the Director of Network
Design & Architecture.
REQUIREMENTS:
DESIRED:
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
This professional position requires the employee to fulfill the
requirements of the job. This may entail occasional situations
where work outside of standard work days is required to meet
deadlines or respond to emergency situations.
This is an essential position and is required to report to work
remotely when UW suspends operations.
Application Process:The application process may include completion
of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information
that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may
include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any
assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as
soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an
assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not
complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next
time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it
later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are
ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and
you will not be considered for this position until all required
assessments have been completed.Committed to attracting and
retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor
your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our
community strives to create and maintain working and learning
environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.To request
disability accommodation in the application process, contact the
Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu
.Applicants considered for this position will be required to
disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or
current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their
current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required
under Washington state law .
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Keywords: University of Washington, Bellevue , NETWORK ARCHITECT, IT / Software / Systems , Seattle, Washington
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