Network Systems Engineer

Monterey, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 84600 - 104000

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. We firmly believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together increases our capacity to serve our visitors and fulfill our welcome people from all walks of life into our team and strongly encourage people of color LGBTQ individuals veterans and people with disabilities to apply.

Priority deadline for applications is December 4 2025. Due to the volume of incoming applications the role may be closed earlier than December 4 2025.

Job Summary:

Under limited supervision implement operate and maintain the Aquariums multi-site WAN/LAN covering wired and wireless infrastructure routing/switching firewalls VPNs and the core services they depend on. Perform day-to-day reliability and performance (including availability capacity and latency) monitoring and alerting. Drive root-cause analysis and remediation for incidents and chronic problems. Partner closely with the IT team and vendors to plan and execute changes renew support agreements manage RMAs and align upgrades with security best practices and SLAs. Test and maintain disaster-recovery procedures produce and update authoritative L2/L3/RF diagrams inventories and SOPs/runbooks and recommend process and architecture improvements to retire technical debt and prevent bottlenecks. Perform other duties as required.

Core Activities:

Operate and maintain production networks (wired/Wi-Fi routing/switching firewalls VPNs controllers/APs).
Respond/remediate tier one physical/cloud and logical infrastructure issues replace/repair/reconfigure gear at sites.
Provide escalation support to the Service Desk to meet SLAs/quality goals.
Maintain/renew support agreements for critical networking gear.
Maintain the operation of the Aquariums computer networks firewalls VPNs switches and routers and all associated equipment.
Design/manage monitoring & alerting (NMS/telemetry) report on utilization and availability.
Manage and update disaster recovery plan and procedures to ensure MBA systems are protected.
Update and maintain network documentation (L2/L3/RF diagrams) inventories SOPs/runbooks.
Recommend and implement process improvements to optimize network efficiency.
Update and maintain process documents and networking diagrams.
Manage vendor relationships leverage support/RMA channels effectively.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to prioritize plan and execute new features and capabilities.
Stay abreast with networking and security best practices and implement best practice security standards. Maintain current knowledge and understanding of security and networking best practices to ensure the Aquarium utilizes optimal solutions and remains secure.

Preferred Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

BS/BA degree or equivalent combination of education training and experience
4 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor
Knowledge of core networking fundamentals OSI/TCP/IP IPv4/IPv6 CIDR/VLSM ARP ICMP
Knowledge of the physical layer cabling standards optics/transceivers PoE budgets rack/power/grounding and environmental monitoring
Knowledge of switching VLANs 802.1Q trunking STP/RSTP/MST LACP/port-channels loop prevention
Knowledge of routing static routes OSPF BGP basics (policies filtering) redistribution ECMP
Knowledge of cloud & hybrid networking AWS/Azure/GCP VPC/VNet patterns Transit/ExpressRoute/Interconnect S2S VPNs SDN concepts
Knowledge of WAN design SD-WAN concepts IPsec/DMVPN MPLS QoS/CoS for latency-sensitive traffic
Skill in wireless/RF 802.11 standards channel/power planning roaming SNR WPA2/3-Enterprise controller ops site surveys/heatmaps
Skill in firewall administration rule-based design NAT stateful vs. NGFW L7 SSL decryption IPS profiles HA pairs/failover
Skill in segmentation & access control ACLs VRFs microsegmentation 802.1X/NAC (RADIUS/TACACS) Zero-Trust principles
Skill in troubleshooting & packet analysis Wireshark/tcpdump fluency MTU/MSS issues asymmetric paths latency/jitter/loss diagnosis
Ability to manage core services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) DHCP scopes/options DNS records/split-horizon IPAM tooling and hygiene
Ability to create documentation accurate L2/L3 diagrams RF maps runbooks/SOPs naming standards and maintain the single source-of-truth
Ability to work within and maintain Monterey Bay Aquariums Core Values

Physical Requirements to Perform Essential Job Functions:

Typical office equipment
Constant sitting standing walking bending
Occasional unassisted lifting up to 50 lbs.
Typical office environment main aquarium and exhibits occasional offsite events may need to crawl into confined spaces

Annual Compensation Range:

$84600-$104000 USD annually. Starting rate will vary based on previous experience and relevant skills/knowledge set.

Priority deadline for applications is December 4 2025. Due to the volume of incoming applications the role may be closed earlier than December 4 2025.

Job Summary:

Core Activities:

Operate and maintain production networks (wired/Wi-Fi routing/switching firewalls VPNs controllers/APs).
Respond/remediate tier one physical/cloud and logical infrastructure issues replace/repair/reconfigure gear at sites.
Provide escalation support to the Service Desk to meet SLAs/quality goals.
Maintain/renew support agreements for critical networking gear.
Maintain the operation of the Aquariums computer networks firewalls VPNs switches and routers and all associated equipment.
Design/manage monitoring & alerting (NMS/telemetry) report on utilization and availability.
Manage and update disaster recovery plan and procedures to ensure MBA systems are protected.
Update and maintain network documentation (L2/L3/RF diagrams) inventories SOPs/runbooks.
Recommend and implement process improvements to optimize network efficiency.
Update and maintain process documents and networking diagrams.
Manage vendor relationships leverage support/RMA channels effectively.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to prioritize plan and execute new features and capabilities.
Stay abreast with networking and security best practices and implement best practice security standards. Maintain current knowledge and understanding of security and networking best practices to ensure the Aquarium utilizes optimal solutions and remains secure.

Preferred Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

BS/BA degree or equivalent combination of education training and experience
4 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor
Knowledge of core networking fundamentals OSI/TCP/IP IPv4/IPv6 CIDR/VLSM ARP ICMP
Knowledge of the physical layer cabling standards optics/transceivers PoE budgets rack/power/grounding and environmental monitoring
Knowledge of switching VLANs 802.1Q trunking STP/RSTP/MST LACP/port-channels loop prevention
Knowledge of routing static routes OSPF BGP basics (policies filtering) redistribution ECMP
Knowledge of cloud & hybrid networking AWS/Azure/GCP VPC/VNet patterns Transit/ExpressRoute/Interconnect S2S VPNs SDN concepts
Knowledge of WAN design SD-WAN concepts IPsec/DMVPN MPLS QoS/CoS for latency-sensitive traffic
Skill in wireless/RF 802.11 standards channel/power planning roaming SNR WPA2/3-Enterprise controller ops site surveys/heatmaps
Skill in firewall administration rule-based design NAT stateful vs. NGFW L7 SSL decryption IPS profiles HA pairs/failover
Skill in segmentation & access control ACLs VRFs microsegmentation 802.1X/NAC (RADIUS/TACACS) Zero-Trust principles
Skill in troubleshooting & packet analysis Wireshark/tcpdump fluency MTU/MSS issues asymmetric paths latency/jitter/loss diagnosis
Ability to manage core services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) DHCP scopes/options DNS records/split-horizon IPAM tooling and hygiene
Ability to create documentation accurate L2/L3 diagrams RF maps runbooks/SOPs naming standards and maintain the single source-of-truth
Ability to work within and maintain Monterey Bay Aquariums Core Values

Physical Requirements to Perform Essential Job Functions:

Typical office equipment
Constant sitting standing walking bending
Occasional unassisted lifting up to 50 lbs.
Typical office environment main aquarium and exhibits occasional offsite events may need to crawl into confined spaces

Annual Compensation Range:

$84600-$104000 USD annually. Starting rate will vary based on previous experience and relevant skills/knowledge set.

Key Skills

Load Balancing
Routing Protocols
Network Administration
Network Engineering
BGP
LAN
Computer Networking
IPsec
OSPF
Cisco ASA
Juniper
MPLS

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

A leader in ocean conservation and education, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is considered by many to be the best in the world. Behind that reputation is a fantastic staff with remarkably diverse skills, all dedicated to earning and keeping that honor. Our purpose-driven work—to inspire c ... View more

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