- kornman00
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"Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop smokin'!"
Judging from previous job postings, I'm pretty sure when they say Network Engineers, they're referring to the guys (and gals?) who get the multiplayer and-the-like systems in the engine up and running. IE, an engineer of code, software. Refer to the 'I shot you first' presentation by David Aldridge.
Versus an IT Engineer who would be of the ragtag group that keeps the Bungie IT infrastructure (LAN, WAN, computers, help desk, etc) 'running' like a projectile in a vacuum: without friction. IE, an engineer of hardware (obviously IT is both hardware and software, with a dash of peopleware, but I think you can see what I'm getting at).
And calling a Network Engineer a 'Multiplayer Engineer' would be narrowing the position. Interacting with a file share thru the game, interfacing with XBL, etc are all problems a Network Engineer at Bungie would probably solve, on top of making sure your blue dude shoots the red dude without error (wait, that 'error' is a feature, not a bug!).