Sr Network Engineer

Department:  Northwestern University Qatar
Division: Information Technology (NUIT)
Requisition #: 12852
Location: Qatar
Full Time Percent: 100.00
Grade:ITS/82
Salary: TBD

Job Summary

The Senior Network Engineer, Qatar is responsible for the design and operation of the telecommunications and networking infrastructure supporting Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q).  Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, Qatar, this position is the go-to technical staff member that leads the design, engineering and implementation of communications services at NU-Q, including voice, data, and video and teleconferencing services.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Planning, managing, tracking and engaging in core communications infrastructure activities to achieve the program goals and financial objectives of the NU-Q community;
  
• As needed, installing, managing and monitoring the networking infrastructure and the associated service elements in concert with NUIT in the US, including voice, data, video and teleconferencing services;
  
• Using requirements gathering techniques such as fit/gap analysis, interviews, joint application development sessions, conducting or participating in business process review sessions to obtain and document operational and business requirements;
  
• Investigating new technologies and strategies for communication system deployment and integration into the production campus communication infrastructure at NU-Q;
  
• Setting forth design development, engineering, security and testing methodologies, and as needed, executing those methodologies and tracking progress against plans;
  
• Providing technical analysis of telecommunications and networking software and hardware at NU-Q; 
  
• As needed, writing requirements documents for evaluation of purchased applications;
  
• Coordinating vendor product demonstrations, evaluating vendor products and developing acquisition recommendations; 
  
• Developing relationships with vendors;
  
• In partnership with other groups (including NU departments, the Qatar foundation, technology counterparts of other University City schools and NUIT management in NU-Evanston), Supporting the development of requirements for new services and applications to meet the needs of the campus community at NU-Q;
  
• Developing security definitions for the operation and management of the NU-Q campus communications systems; 
  
• Leading in the maintenance of and the safeguarding integrity of university data;
  
• Executing data backup and recovery routines on a specified schedule or as requested;
  
• Participating in the resolution of problems;
  
• Possibly representing Northwestern University and make presentations at industry and academic conferences;
  
• Performing other related duties as required or assigned.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired;
  
• 5-10 years experience in a large complex network environment;
  
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP protocol suite;
  
• Key competencies relate to conceptual ability, dependability, decision making, initiative, creativity, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment, being willing to assist in other areas of IT as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise with TCP/IP protocol suite, including 8-10 plus years of experience;
  
• Direct experience with switching and routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, SIP and MPLS, data center design best practices and enterprise network best practices;
  
• Experience with quality of service across enterprise networks, VoIP and high availability networking environments;
  
• Experience providing a secure networking environment (both wired and wireless), including deployment and operations of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems and flow analysis tools.
  
  Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
  
  Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Members of historically underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.  Employment eligibility verification required upon hire.
  
  Apply by 3/31/08 for full consideration.  All final candidates will undergo a comprehensive background check.
  

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Northwestern University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer.

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