Network Engineer

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The Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN) has seismic stations located at approximately 400 sites throughout Southern California. Under general direction, this position is responsible for the administration and management of system-level networking infrastructure in Pasadena, in AWS, and at remote field locations, including routers, switches, gateways, bridges, and firewalls.

Working from the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California, the Network Engineer also configures and maintains field-deployed hardware for the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN), including dataloggers, cellular modems, and routers. The Network Engineer plans, schedules, and implements software upgrades for both local and field networking equipment. In addition, the incumbent monitors, optimizes, and tunes network systems to ensure data integrity, high availability, and low-latency performance. The Network Engineer follows established standard operating procedures to ensure consistency and repeatability across network operations. The position is also responsible for ensuring that all networking equipment complies with institutional data communications standards, information technology security policies, and applicable operational best practices.

$89,600 to $95,000 per year

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

As one of the largest employers in Pasadena, CA, Caltech is committed to providing comprehensive benefits to eligible employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits package includes competitive compensation, health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, bereavement, etc.), tuition reimbursement, and more. Non-benefit eligible employees will have access to some benefits such as onsite counseling and sick time. Learn more about our benefits and staff perks.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Caltech is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

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