Network Engineer

TrulyHired; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Newport News Public Schools seeks a Supervisor of Network Engineering to lead district-wide implementation, maintenance, and administration of a high-speed computer network, and to document and manage assigned systems projects.

Responsibilities include planning network architectures, administering infrastructure, coordinating multi-site projects, training site staff, and ensuring security procedures and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, or a related field and considerable relevant experience in LAN/WAN design.
• Must possess knowledge of Cisco UC environment including SIP, phone provisioning, Jabber, hunt groups, and auto-attendants.
• Preferred certifications: CCNP, CCNA Collaboration, CCDA, CWNA.
• Experience in networking systems, documentation, and project planning across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Researches and analyzes network capabilities and architectures for long and short-term planning.
• Manages and administers network infrastructure including capacity planning, installations, upgrades, configuration, maintenance, security procedures, and user connectivity.
• Coordinates and performs project planning and management across multiple sites; monitors progress.

Skills

Network engineering

Project management

Technical documentation

Staff training

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/MIS or related field

Tools

Cisco UC

Ekahau

Splunk

Extrahop

Unix/Linux

Python

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary

Position is responsible to the Supervisor of Network Engineering for the district-wide implementation, maintenance, and administration of the school division's state-of-the-art, high-speed computer network. The position is also responsible for documenting, managing, and maintaining assigned systems implementation projects and network systems.

Essential Duties

1. Researches and analyzes current and evolving communications capabilities and network architectures to provide information for long and short-termplanning.
2. Manages and administers assigned network infrastructure including capacity/feasibility planning, new installations, upgrades, configuration, feature functionality testing, maintenance, troubleshooting, back-up systems, security procedures/protocols, operating procedures and guidelines, and user connectivity.
3. Coordinates and performs project planning and project management responsibilities, which may include establishing priorities, specifications and approaches, organizing, staffing and scheduling, working with others to complete the project, and monitoringprogress.
4. Regularly confers with database programmers, analysts, systems administrators, and users regarding current and prospective systems changes and futureneeds.
5. Trains and provides support to site-managed technical staff regarding network administration and usage.
6. Directs efforts of technicians who are involved in diagnosing and correcting network failures and performing network management activities; determines logical solutions to complex system administration and application problems.
7. Prepares documents and does research to justify language used in department documents and budget recommendations.
8. Defines network bid and RFP technical requirements to ensure appropriate service provisions.
9. Models nondiscriminatorypractices in all activities.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or a related field and considerable relevant experience in Virtual LANs, TCP/IP networking and routing, gigabit Ethernet switch configuration (Brocade, Juniper/Mist, Checkpoint, Aruba, Fortinet, Dell preferred), fiber optics and wireless networking. Must possess requisite skills to manage a Cisco UC environment, including but not limited to SIP, Cisco phone provisioning, Jabber configuration, hunt groups, and auto-attendants. Preferred certifications: CCNP, CCNA Collaboration, CCDA, CWNA. Other skills: Ekahau, Splunk, Extrahop, Unix/Linux, Python or equivalent, cloud technologies including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Compute, SD-WAN technologies, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Aruba Clearpass/TACACS, Plixer Scrutinizer. Extensive experience in networking computer systems may substitute for college degree. Position requires thorough knowledge of the principles and practices used in the design of LANs and WANs. Must possess demonstrated successful experience in project planning and management (e.g., new installations, upgrades) involving multiples customer sites. Experience in design of Local and Wide Area Networks consisting of several hundred users and multiple sites. Experience in writing system documentation, system specifications/requirements, project plans, presentations, correspondence, studies, reports, and training materials. Demonstrated ability to properly develop and maintain accurate documentation. Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers served and systems administration personnel in a mixed Microsoft, Chrome, and Apple environment. Ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical personnel.

The Newport News Public Schools prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy and childbirth, marital status or any other basis prohibited by law. (Reference: School Board Policies 2-33,4-4, and 4-6).