Network Administrator: Infrastructure, Security & IT Liaison

Saint Joseph's University; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph's University is seeking a Network Administrator to implement and maintain network infrastructure across campus. The role covers daily operations, troubleshooting, and serving as a liaison with internal and external service providers to ensure reliable network services.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of network administration experience, strong communication skills, and knowledge of standards such as IEEE 802.1ad/802.1q.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field plus 3+ years of network administration experience.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of L2 switches and IEEE 802.1ad/802.1q network standards.
• Knowledge of data communications cabling.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented, inclusive environment; valid driver's license.
• Preferred knowledge of PoE standards (802.3af/at/bt)
• Knowledge of routing protocols (SPBM, IS-IS, BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN)
• Knowledge of IPv4/IPv6 networking

Responsibilities

• Installs and performs ongoing maintenance on networking infrastructure.
• Routers, switches, wireless networking solutions, firewalls, power and environmental devices, and cabling are maintained.
• Diagnoses, troubleshoots and resolves performance and connectivity issues.
• Serve as liaison for network cabling requests and activations.
• Monitor traffic between networks and create VLANs, VRFs and firewall policies as needed.
• Assist with network cabling documentation, reporting and IP address management.
• Determine technical requirements and liaise with internal/external services to deploy network devices and services.
• Manage network cable and hardware inventory.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Network administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Extreme

Ruckus

Aruba

Fortinet

Job description

Saint Joseph's University is seeking a Network Administrator to implement and maintain network infrastructure across campus. The role covers daily operations, troubleshooting, and serving as a liaison with internal and external service providers to ensure reliable network services.

The position requires a Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of network administration experience, strong communication skills, and knowledge of standards such as IEEE 802.1ad/802.1q.