Networking Specialist

Sauk Valley Community College; Illinois; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Tuition waivers

SURS retirement plan

Job summary

Sauk Valley Community College in northwestern Illinois is seeking a Networking Specialist to serve as the primary technical backup for infrastructure, networking, and Banner-backed databases. The role involves Oracle databases, Banner, backups, virtualization, and AD provisioning across production and testing environments.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience with 5+ years in system administration or database management; strong Oracle SQL,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent education and experience; 5+ years in system administration or database management preferred.
• Experience with Oracle SQL, database administration and server virtualization is strongly preferred.
• Experience in Ellucian Banner environment is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical activities related to the design, analysis, development, and tuning of the Oracle databases and Banner.
• Monitor Oracle database backups, clone and refresh databases from the production environment to development and testing environments as needed.
• Maintain Banner servers and serve as the primary operational backup to the Director of Infrastructure and Network Services regarding maintenance, monitoring, server patching, and disaster recovery execution of the College’s technical infrastructure.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent education and experience

Tools

Banner (Ellucian)

Oracle

Server virtualization

Job description

Networking Specialist

Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC) invites applications for the position of Networking Specialist. Responsible for SVCC enterprise database maintenance and support. This position serves as the primary technical and operational backup to the Director of Infrastructure and Networking Services, ensuring continuous coverage of core campus servers, storage, virtualization, and network health. Concurrently, this role serves as a key technical backup to the Enterprise Systems and Database Management Lead, providing secondary database administration, maintenance, and application support for the Banner student information system.

Located in rural northwestern Illinois along the scenic Rock River, SVCC is situated between the cities of Dixon and Sterling, placing it just one hour from Rockford and the Quad Cities, and two hours west of Chicago. The College provides a robust benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), life insurance, tuition reimbursement, tuition waivers, and participation in the State Universities Retirement System (SURS). For complete details, please visit our benefits page at https://www.svcc.edu/employees/opportunities/benefits.html.

• Perform technical activities related to the design, analysis, development, and tuning of the Oracle databases and Banner.
• Monitor Oracle database backups, clone and refresh databases from the production environment to development and testing environments as needed.
• Develop triggers and other programs as needed for business processes.
• Maintain various security grants and roles for the Oracle database structure and within the Banner security construct.
• Perform systems installation, integration, maintenance, and performance management of the Oracle databases.
• Provide backup support and technical assistance to the Enterprise Systems and Database management Lead for the installation, analysis, and upgrade execution of Banner, Argos, and other database-dependent applications across all production, development, and test environments.
• Maintain and update Banner servers and serve as the primary operational backup to the Director of Infrastructure and Network Services regarding maintenance, monitoring, server patching, and disaster recovery execution of the College’s technical infrastructure.
• Provide backup Active Directory administration and user provisioning systems to support seamless onboarding, access, and system permission workflows.
• Document internal system infrastructure and workflow processes.
• Provide backup support to other ITS personnel as assigned by supervisor.
• Assume all other reasonable professional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
• In coordination with the Enterprise Systems and Database Management Lead, co-manage and test Oracle database backups, database cloning, and refreshing schedules to guarantee 100% data redundancy and environment readiness for campus testing.

Essential Functions

• Knowledge of database operations; knowledge of voice, data, and video networking.
• Understand and support the mission of the community college.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and written.
• Ability to provide and understand verbal/visual orders from supervisors and to subordinates.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Availability to work non-standard hours as needed and on-call availability in case of system malfunctions and must perform upgrades and maintenance during off-hours.
• Ability to work in a safe and alert manner.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent education and experience preferred, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in system administration or database management.

Demonstrated experience with Oracle SQL, database administration and server virtualization strongly preferred.

Experience working within Ellucian Banner environment is highly preferred.

Personal Interaction

Frequent contact is made with all levels of College personnel, students, and outside organizations in relation to routine departmental services and duties in providing appropriate assistance and information as requested.

Ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals.

Supervision Exercised

No supervision required.

Sauk Valley Community College is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination in all employee and student relations.

No person on the basis of race, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, sex, genetic information, creed, religion, color, marital or parental status or family responsibilities, veteran status, age, national origin, membership in any professional group, organization or association, socioeconomic status, or mental or physical disability is discriminated against, which includes, but is not limited to, admissions, employment, financial assistance, placement, recruitment, educational programs, and activities.

Students admitted from a foreign country are expected to take the TOEFL exam.

A minimum level of competency on the TOEFL exam is part of the consideration of admission.

For students who reside in the United States, a lack of English skills is not a barrier to admission and participation in educational programs.

Violation of this policy on the basis of sex is also governed by the Sexual Misconduct Procedures.

Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Title IX Coordinator or the Director of Human Resources.