
Staff Network Engineer, Infrastructure
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,000 - $178,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Monitor, manage, and troubleshoot wired/wireless networks and services across local and remote sites.
- Design, deploy, and maintain new network infrastructure at existing and future Biohub locations.
- Collaborate with the Information Security team to secure network components, infrastructure, and connected devices.
- Provide advanced support, including second-level help desk escalation and troubleshooting complex cross-functional issues.
- Apply security patches, upgrades, and configuration changes in line with change management policies.
- Perform ongoing system and network maintenance, with occasional travel as required.
Requirements
- 8 years of professional networking experience with strong skills in installing, configuring, and maintaining network equipment (including, but not limited to, Juniper switches/routers).
- Expertise in next-generation firewalls, security protocols, and core networking services (DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF).
- Hands-on experience with wireless networking, including configuration, optimization, AP placement, and performance tuning.
- Strong troubleshooting abilities, with proven success diagnosing and resolving complex network and system issues.
- Proficiency in UNIX system administration, change management practices, and patch cycles.
- Familiarity with physical networking (cabling, connectors, transceivers) and use of monitoring tools to ensure performance and reliability.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams while managing multiple priorities.
- Preferred: experience in research or HPC environments, automation/Infrastructure-as-Code, Palo Alto Networks, and Infiniband networking.
Benefits
- Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select family-forming benefits.
- Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
networkinginstalling network equipmentconfiguring network equipmentmaintaining network equipmentnext-generation firewallssecurity protocolsDNSDHCPBGPOSPF
Soft Skills
troubleshootingcommunicationdocumentationcollaborationmanaging multiple priorities