School District Network Engineer – LAN/WAN Specialist

Mesa Public Schools; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & sick leave

Holidays & life insurance

Retirement matched through ASRS

Job summary

Mesa Public Schools is seeking a Network Specialist in Information Systems to maintain and enhance the district's LAN/WAN and wireless networks. You will service, troubleshoot, and implement network solutions across campus locations, ensuring reliability, security, and optimal performance.

The role requires hands-on experience with switches, routers, and wireless controllers, plus strong documentation and collaboration with schools and vendors.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Administration, or related field; CCNA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, troubleshoot, test, and implement day-to-day LAN/WAN operations.
• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot district LAN/WAN infrastructure including switches, routers, and wireless APs.
• Diagnose connectivity, performance, hardware, software, and configuration issues.
• Monitor network performance, availability, capacity, and security.
• Maintain network documentation: inventories, diagrams, configurations, IPs, assets.
• Respond to outages and security incidents; coordinate with teams to restore services.
• Collaborate with departments and vendors to identify connectivity needs and improvements.
• Analyze performance data and incidents to identify root causes and improvements.
• Support network redundancy, resiliency, and recovery procedures.
• Keep up-to-date on district cybersecurity standards.

Skills

Networking expertise

TCP/IP / DNS

LAN/WAN troubleshooting

Wireless networking

Security fundamentals

Documentation

Education

Associate’s degree or higher in CS/IT/Networking

Tools

CCNA Certification

Network monitoring tools

Job description

Mesa Public Schools is seeking a Network Specialist in Information Systems to maintain and enhance the district's LAN/WAN and wireless networks. You will service, troubleshoot, and implement network solutions across campus locations, ensuring reliability, security, and optimal performance.

The role requires hands-on experience with switches, routers, and wireless controllers, plus strong documentation and collaboration with schools and vendors.