Network Engineer - On-Site with Hybrid Option

Dallas College

Dallas (TX)

On-site

USD 71,000 - 87,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Dallas College seeks an experienced network professional to manage and secure the enterprise LAN/WAN, ensuring high performance and availability across campus sites. The role focuses on deployment, testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting of core networking components.

The position requires Cisco networking expertise, firewall/VPN familiarity, and a capacity to work with stakeholders across the college. On-site presence is standard, with potential hybrid options after six months depending on

Qualifications

Must have knowledge of internet, computer, routers, switches, firewall, etc., in order to perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations.
Experience with Cisco Enterprise networking solutions, VOIP environments, and advanced understanding of LAN/WAN technologies.
Must possess the ability to increase job knowledge through continuing education and/or other professional development opportunities.
Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware with the ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including wireless access points, firewall, routers, switches, controllers.
Able to diagnose, resolve, and document hardware/ software and network problems and provide end user training and support as required.
Experience with firewall, intrusion prevention, VPN, and authentication systems.
Ability to interact and maintain working relationships with stakeholders and constituents internal/external to the organization to ensure business needs are met.
Attend or lead meetings to solicit ideas and/or recommendations for process improvements.

Responsibilities

Establishes and maintain networking environment by documenting and ensuring system standards.
Maximizes network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architects on network optimization.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
Implement systems using procedures consistent with established Dallas College guidelines, industry standards and the ITIL framework.
Performs disaster recovery operations and data backups as required.
Diagnose, resolve, and document hardware/software network issues for local and remote locations.
Configure, manage and maintain firewall, VPN, Identity and authentication systems.
Maintain IPAM, DNS and DHCP systems, network load balancer, PKI system and certificates, system logging along with other network related systems and software.
Responsible for company domain name registration.
Tests and monitors network performance and provides network performance statistics as requested.
Interfaces with IT staff, network users, contractors and vendors within the Dallas College network.
Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
Coordinate computer network access and use.
Monitor and assess the functionality of the network routers, ensuring all internet security software is updated regularly.
Responds to incoming notifications via various methods regarding network connectivity problems.
Supports development and implementation of networking projects, prioritizing tasks, meeting deadlines and adhering to allocated budget.
Prepares, maintains and adheres to procedures for logging, reporting, and monitoring of statistical network data.