Senior Network Engineer III — Enterprise Networking (Onsite)

University of Georgia; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Georgia is seeking a senior IT Network Engineer III (Network Administrator) to join Enterprise Information Technology Services in Athens. The role supports mission critical network technologies across the state’s campuses, ensuring reliable services for 80K+ nodes.

The candidate will design, implement and maintain enterprise networks, firewalls, VPNs, and IPAM/DNS. A bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience is required; travel and occasional after-hours may be involved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 5 years of professional experience.
• Experience implementing and supporting large networks and any of the following: wireless, firewalls, load balancers, IPAM, or VPNs.
• Knowledge of configuring networking equipment (switches, routers) and IP networking (TCP/UDP).
• Familiarity with LAN/WAN L2/L3 protocols and DNS/DHCP/IPAM.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, design, and maintain network systems and applications that provide mission critical central services.
• Implement, manage and support enterprise network services and firewall services.
• Perform long-range capacity planning and security hardening of network and security systems.
• Document network architectures and diagrams; assist with inventory and maintenance of NOC equipment.

Skills

Networking equipment configurations

SNMP monitoring

Ethernet/IP networking

LAN/WAN L2/L3

Wireless networking

Firewalls and VPNs

DHCP/IPAM/DNS

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field

Tools

SNMP monitoring tools

Job description

University of Georgia is seeking a senior IT Network Engineer III (Network Administrator) to join Enterprise Information Technology Services in Athens. The role supports mission critical network technologies across the state’s campuses, ensuring reliable services for 80K+ nodes.

The candidate will design, implement and maintain enterprise networks, firewalls, VPNs, and IPAM/DNS. A bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience is required; travel and occasional after-hours may be involved.