Associate Network Engineer — Campus LAN/WLAN Design & Ops

Columbia University Information Technology; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia University Information Technology seeks an Associate Network Engineer to design, implement and coordinate network infrastructure projects. You will work on campus-wide wired and wireless networks, operating within IT architecture standards and collaborating with architects and construction teams.

The role requires attention to detail, ability to work with minimal supervision, and occasional after-hours on-call.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of network architecture and standards.
• Test new technologies to support University objectives.
• Design campus-wide wired and wireless network architecture.
• Perform network engineering tasks for multiple projects.
• Draft and present change requests to the Change Advisory Board.
• Coordinate with architects and design engineers on construction projects.
• Provide project management oversight of cross-technology projects.
• Collaborate with user groups to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Occasional after-hours on-call rotation.

Skills

LAN/WAN

Ethernet

Voice

Wireless technologies

IP network protocols

Routing protocols (EIGRP/OSPF/BGP)

Layer 2 technologies (Spanning Tree,DH

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

ASA OS

Structured cabling systems

Job description

Columbia University Information Technology seeks an Associate Network Engineer to design, implement and coordinate network infrastructure projects. You will work on campus-wide wired and wireless networks, operating within IT architecture standards and collaborating with architects and construction teams.

The role requires attention to detail, ability to work with minimal supervision, and occasional after-hours on-call.