Network Engineer

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc. is seeking a dedicated Network Engineer to support and maintain the college's enterprise network infrastructure and security systems in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This position is key to ensuring the reliability and performance of network systems, as well as significant involvement in network troubleshooting and support for security platforms.

The ideal candidate must possess experience with Fortinet products. Responsibilities include configuring and monitoring network solutions, supporting incident response activities, and contributing to network documentation. Regular evening and weekend work may be necessary for critical infrastructure upgrades.

Qualifications

• Experience with Fortinet products and network troubleshooting required.
• Familiarity with enterprise networking fundamentals is essential.
• Ability to monitor and maintain network documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and troubleshoot college's enterprise network infrastructure.
• Monitor network performance and respond to alerts and incidents.
• Assist with firewall policy management and security monitoring.

Skills

Fortinet products

Network troubleshooting

Enterprise networking fundamentals

Tools

FortiGate

FortiSwitch

FortiAP

FortiManager

FortiAnalyzer

FortiAuthenticator

FortiNAC

FortiEMS

FortiPAM

Job description

Job no: 495571

Closes:

Work Type: Staff Full-Time

Locations: Baton Rouge, LA

Categories: Data & Development, Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Administration

Network Engineer

Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Building Reliable Networks, Enabling Innovation, and Supporting Institutional Excellence

The Network Engineer is responsible for supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting, and monitoring the college's enterprise network infrastructure and security systems. This position works under the direction of senior network engineers and IT leadership to ensure the availability, security, and performance of wired, wireless, voice, and physical security systems.

The ideal candidate will have experience with Fortinet products, network troubleshooting, and enterprise networking fundamentals. This position provides operational support for campus network services, security platforms, Zoom Phone, and Verkada security systems.

This position may require occasional evening, weekend, and emergency maintenance work to support critical infrastructure upgrades and incident response activities.

Key Responsibilities

35% Network Infrastructure Support

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Fortinet network and security solutions.
• Support and maintain FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiAuthenticator, FortiNAC, FortiEMS, and FortiPAM.
• Assist with network deployments, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
• Monitor network performance and respond to alerts and incidents.
• Troubleshoot Layer 1 through Layer 7 connectivity, performance, and security issues across wired, wireless, voice, and application environments.
• Support VLANs, routing, switching, DHCP, DNS, VPNs, and wireless networking.
• Maintain network documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.

20% Security Operations

• Assist with firewall policy management and security monitoring.
• Monitor security events using FortiAnalyzer and other security tools.
• Support endpoint security and Zero Trust initiatives through FortiEMS and FortiNAC.
• Participate in vulnerability remediation and security incident response activities.