Network Engineer - Secure, High-Performance Campus Network

Lone Star College; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 81,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Lone Star College System Office seeks a Network Engineer to design, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot the enterprise network, ensuring secure, high-performance operations across campus locations. The role emphasizes keeping systems up, diagnosing complex issues, and supporting end-user training.

The successful candidate will work in a 24/7/365 global department, maintain security, backups, and configurations, and collaborate with IT teams to improve network infrastructure and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5 years of related work experience.
• Intermediate certification in the area of responsibility.
• CCNA, CCNP or CCVP certification preferred.
• Experience with Cisco networking and VOIP solutions.

Responsibilities

• Supports development and implementation of networking projects and new technology installations.
• Conducts research on networking products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development.
• Writes technical specifications for purchase of networking hardware and software.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of networking contracts and supervises contract-based installations.
• Installs, configures, tests, maintains, monitors, and troubleshoots end user hardware, software, and network devices.
• Maintains servers, including e-mail, print, and backup servers and their OS.
• Maintains security solutions, including firewall and IDS systems.
• Monitors network performance and provides reports.
• Performs on-site analysis and resolution of complex network problems.

Skills

Cisco Enterprise networking

VOIP environments

WAN technologies

Technical documentation

Team leadership

Problem solving

Non-technical communication

IT procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Intermediate certification (e.g., CCNA/CCNP/CCVP)

Tools

S-NOW IT system

Job description

Lone Star College System Office seeks a Network Engineer to design, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot the enterprise network, ensuring secure, high-performance operations across campus locations. The role emphasizes keeping systems up, diagnosing complex issues, and supporting end-user training.

The successful candidate will work in a 24/7/365 global department, maintain security, backups, and configurations, and collaborate with IT teams to improve network infrastructure and reliability.