Network Administrator - Automation & Unified Communications

Northwest Florida State College; Florida; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employee and/or 2

Retirement plan with employer match

Dental and vision insurance (optional)

Paid leave (sick and vacation)

Paid holidays and breaks

4-day workweek option (varies by dept)

Free tickets to arts center and Raider

Job summary

Northwest Florida State College seeks a Network Administrator to manage campus networking, telecommunications, and virtualization. You will join the Systems Operations team to drive automation and standardized processes across Cisco core switches, Meraki wireless, and Hyper-V server estate on multiple campuses.

Responsibilities include administering VLANs, SD-WAN, IP telephony, and network security, while collaborating with service providers and maintaining accurate topology and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience/certification.
• Five years of professional full-time network administration in a multi-site environment.
• Hands-on Cisco switching experience (IOS, VLANs, trunking, routing).
• Working knowledge of enterprise voice systems (IP telephony, voice gateway).
• Familiarity with version control and scripting/automation.
• Windows Server administration and Active Directory; Linux server administration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco core and access-layer switching; manage VLANs, ACLs, and security.
• Administer the SD-WAN environment, site health, path selection, and template-based configuration.
• Administer Cisco Meraki wireless, AP deployment, SSID/RF config, firmware management.
• Administer IP telephony: voice gateway, trunks, voicemail, moves/adds/changes.
• Coordinate WAN connectivity with service providers; manage outages and performance.
• Maintain topology diagrams, IPAM records, and port documentation; cabling and closet upkeep.
• Lead standardization of cable plant; supervise low-voltage contractors as needed.
• Develop and maintain configuration management and automation using Ansible/Python; drift detection.

Skills

Cisco IOS

VLANs

IP routing

Git

Scripting

Windows Server

Linux server administration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Ansible

Git

Hyper-V

Active Directory

Job description

Northwest Florida State College seeks a Network Administrator to manage campus networking, telecommunications, and virtualization. You will join the Systems Operations team to drive automation and standardized processes across Cisco core switches, Meraki wireless, and Hyper-V server estate on multiple campuses.

Responsibilities include administering VLANs, SD-WAN, IP telephony, and network security, while collaborating with service providers and maintaining accurate topology and documentation.