Senior Network Engineer – Hybrid/Remote Eligible

Texas State University; San Marcos (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition benefits

Generous time off

Retirement plan

Wellness program

Job summary

Texas State University is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to design, operate, secure, and modernize the campus network across multi‑campus environments.

The role combines hands-on administration with high‑level engineering, including standards development, project leadership, and vendor coordination. Candidates should possess strong skills in routing, switching, wireless, data center networks, and security platforms, with a focus on reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Five years+ of professional network administration experience.
• Experience with enterprise routing/switching in production.
• Proficiency with dynamic routing protocols (BGP/OSPF/IS-IS/EIGRP).
• Experience supporting enterprise wireless networking and network security.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot campus network infrastructure.
• Support security and access control platforms like Cisco ISE.
• Diagnose and resolve complex network incidents across wired, wireless, and data center.
• Lead projects from planning through implementation with documentation.
• Develop and maintain network standards, diagrams, and runbooks.
• Monitor performance, capacity, and reliability; suggest improvements.
• Automate operations using scripting, APIs, and configuration tools.

Skills

Network administration

Routing & switching

Wireless networking

Network security

Vendor coordination

Tools

Cisco ISE

MPLS/SD-WAN

Python scripting

Ansible

Job description

Texas State University is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to design, operate, secure, and modernize the campus network across multi‑campus environments.

The role combines hands-on administration with high‑level engineering, including standards development, project leadership, and vendor coordination. Candidates should possess strong skills in routing, switching, wireless, data center networks, and security platforms, with a focus on reliability and scalability.