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Open Date 04/29/2026 Requisition Number PRN44877B Job Title Network Engineers Working Title Network Engineer I Career Progression Track P00 Track Level P3 - Career, P2 - Developing FLSA Code Computer Employee Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Standard Hours per Week 40 Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary
8am - 5pm
VP Area Academic Affairs Department 00640 - CHPC Ctr for High Perform Computing Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range 65000 to 95000 Close Date 07/29/2026 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time) Job Summary
About the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC)
The Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is a cornerstone of innovation at the University of Utah. We play a vital role in enabling scientific research at the campus, state, and national levels by providing large-scale computational and data services, alongside creative network services. From climate modeling to drug discovery, CHPC empowers researchers to solve complex problems through a massive ecosystem of 50,000+ CPU cores, 1,000+ GPU resources, and 50PB+ of storage.
CHPC seeks a network engineer to support connectivity both internally and externally to multiple remote environments. The position is full-time staff with benefits and requires 90+% on site attendance. The primary work location is the University of Utah Downtown Data Center with associated work at the home office on the university campus. CHPC also has a small presence at a data center in St. George, UT where occasional work may need to be performed.
The network engineer will be responsible for installation, maintenance, and documentation of the CHPC ethernet and Infiniband networks. This work involves all aspects of network design, engineering, and administration. Physical work includes cabling, fiber plant, equipment installation, physical maintenance, relocation and equipment retirement at all CHPC locations. Administration includes all aspects of configuring and monitoring of network equipment including initial setup, daily changes and maintenance, and any type of troubleshooting necessary to provide a stable, reliable and resilient network. The engineer will also be responsible for maintaining CHPC's network segments that require high security controls as part of CHPC's regulated research computing environments.
At CHPC, we foster a positive, collaborative environment. As part of the team, you will have the opportunity to interact and cross-train with diverse technical groups-including computation, storage, virtualization/cloud, software engineering, networking, and user services-while being encouraged to experiment and innovate with emerging technologies.
Responsibilities
The network engineer will work with other network colleagues and engage closely with CHPC staff to help design and provide solutions that will support computational research throughout the university. This work requires the ability to listen and learn about project requirements and then work collaboratively to provide solutions that are agreeable to CHPC staff, management, and users. This work also requires the ability to produce comprehensive and accurate documentation with attention to detail. The successful candidate will have experience working on various networking equipment using command line interfaces and experience automating these interfaces. The successful candidate will have, or be able to develop, skills across vendor products from Cisco, Arista, Dell SONiC, HP, and Palo Alto. The successful candidate will use these skills and creativity to collaborate with and support fellow network staff, and CHPC system administrators, software engineers; and may also interact with students, research faculty, and other users throughout the campus and state. Comfort with teamwork and communication, thoroughness, attention to detail and a willingness to train others are important assets.
Summary of job responsibilities:
Physical
Metrics, Monitoring, and analysis
Automation
Professional Development
Collaboration, communication, and support
Minimum Qualifications
Preferences
Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
Equivalency Statement: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years directly related work experience).
Network Engineer I: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) with up to 2 years of directly related work experience or a master's (or equivalency) degree. Assumes work equivalency (1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience).
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The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education.
Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.
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Posting Specific Questions
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High School Diploma or Equivalent
Associate Degree
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree
Doctorate Degree
Less than 6 years
6 years or more, but less than 9 years
9 years or more, but less than 12 years
12 years or more, but less than 15 years
15 years or more
I am a U.S. citizen It is anticipated that this position will involve access to federally funded research that is subject to federal sponsorship regulatory restrictions (e.g. certain export control, data security, acquisition regulations, or federal contract clauses) that mandate U.S. citizen participation only.
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I have dual citizenship with the United States and another country. It is anticipated that this position will involve access to federally funded research that is subject to federal sponsorship regulatory restrictions (e.g. certain export control, data security, acquisition regulations, or federal contract clauses) that mandate U.S. citizen participation only.
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