Senior Network Engineer — Lead Multi-Site Network & Security

Oakland-Unified-School-District; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakland Unified School District is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in the Technology Services department in Oakland, California. The role focuses on designing, developing, and implementing improvements to multi-site networks, mentoring staff, and providing Level-3 support.

The candidate will work under the IT Solutions & Cybersecurity Architect, with a 261-day/7.5-hour work year and a salary grade WTCL 64, offering strong security and network integration responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technology-related field required.
• Seven years of experience maintaining network systems in a multi-site WAN environment.
• Experience in hardening server-class systems is highly desirable.
• Certifications CCNA/CCNE/CCIE or MCP/MCSE/MCITP or CISSP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to network engineers and system administrators to monitor and maintain servers, routers and other equipment.
• Lead the development of security standards and ensure conformance with Technology Services objectives.
• Coordinate changes needed for departmental projects and document implementations.
• Design, develop and implement network services architecture and new network systems.
• Maintain LAN/WAN across 100+ sites and administer related services.

Skills

Network design

Security standards

Cisco equipment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a technology-related field

Tools

CCNA/CCNE/CCIE

MCITP/MCSE/CISSP

Job description

Oakland Unified School District is seeking a Senior Network Engineer in the Technology Services department in Oakland, California. The role focuses on designing, developing, and implementing improvements to multi-site networks, mentoring staff, and providing Level-3 support.

The candidate will work under the IT Solutions & Cybersecurity Architect, with a 261-day/7.5-hour work year and a salary grade WTCL 64, offering strong security and network integration responsibilities.