Network Engineer: Secure, High-Availability Networking

Crescent Electric Supply Company; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Nueces County seeks a Network Engineer to install, maintain, and secure its network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and firewalls. The role emphasizes diagnosing outages, maintaining uptime, and safeguarding data across LANs, WANs, and VPNs.

The position reports to the Network Operations Manager and provides desktop support under guidance from IT leadership. Prior IT/network ops experience and relevant certifications preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have 2+ years IT experience with network operations parity.

Responsibilities

• Architects, configures, and maintains network infrastructure and serves as liaison between clients, vendors, and IT services.
• Diagnose and resolve complex networking issues to minimize downtime and maintain performance.
• Update firewalls and apply security patches to ensure secure systems.

Skills

VLANS

VOIP

routing topology

firewalls

troubleshooting

network security

documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field

Associate/Technical Degree

HS diploma + 5 years experience

Tools

VM platforms

Windows Server

Active Directory

Linux

Job description

Nueces County seeks a Network Engineer to install, maintain, and secure its network infrastructure, including routers, switches, and firewalls. The role emphasizes diagnosing outages, maintaining uptime, and safeguarding data across LANs, WANs, and VPNs.

The position reports to the Network Operations Manager and provides desktop support under guidance from IT leadership. Prior IT/network ops experience and relevant certifications preferred.