Senior Network Engineer
: Job Details :

Advertised Position Title:

Senior Network Engineer

Job Description:

Design, manage and maintain the College's network infrastructure .

Essential Functions:

* Ensure 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year uptime and availability of campus network operations and services.

* Design, monitor and maintain the College's core network infrastructure and access layer for administrative and academic local area and wireless network infrastructure and cable plant.

* Plan, direct, prioritize and communicate scheduled maintenance and outages.

* Install, configure and troubleshoot network related equipment; Cisco routers, switches, Exinda packet shapers, Checkpoint/Juniper firewalls and purpose-built network appliances.

* Direct Helpdesk and Telecommunications personnel on the resolution of network related problems and work order documentation.

* Keep current on the use of diagnostic tools and techniques utilized in the troubleshooting and repair of network cabling, design and configuration problems.

* Prepare detailed written records of network equipment location, maintenance history performance information as well as network configuration and design.

* Monitor and maintain the Checkpoint Next Generation (NG1) Firewall, Application URL Filtering and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)

* Lead and participate in ITS sponsored meetings with the various departments on campus regarding activities related to network hardware and software implementations.

* Provide input to leadership on the enhancement of the College's core infrastructure and campus network design.

* Train other network engineers on Owens systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

* Design, monitor and maintain the College's core network infrastructure and access layer for administrative and academic local area and wireless network infrastructure.

* This position requires in-depth technical knowledge of Cisco routers, switches and Access points. Network security: Checkpoint, Juniper SRXs. Network monitoring, baselines and performance tuning; Solarwinds, Orion- NCM, NPM and Netflow (Network tuning- packet shapers; Exinda). Cisco Nexus load balancers. Juno OS, IOS, NX-OS and fiber optics.

* Strong fundamental knowledge of communication protocols; TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SLP, SNMP, HSRP, Multicast routing, EIGRP and VRF.

* Identify, troubleshoot and resolve network related issues.

* Direct and prioritize network troubleshooting and maintenance.

* Control and maintain network security (eg. ACL's) for users, switches and routers.

* Configure and troubleshoot network equipment; Cisco routers, switches, packet shapers, firewalls and network related appliances.

* Critical thinking, customer service, problem solving, decision making and information gathering.

* Ability to capture and read network packet traces to troubleshoot network related issues.

* Use of wireshark.

* Stay current and knowledgeable on the use of diagnostic tools and techniques utilized in the trouble-shooting and repair of network cabling, design and configuration problems.

* Work on many diverse projects simultaneously.

* Direct Helpdesk personnel in network related hardware problem resolution and work order documentation.

* Maintain detailed written records of network equipment location, maintenance history and performance information as well and network configuration and design.

* Conduct and participate in ITS sponsored meetings with the various departments on campus regarding activities related to network hardware and software implementations.

* Communicate schedule maintenance and outages.

* Stay current with developments in the networking area by attending vendor sponsored seminars, training classes and through the use of self-study coursework.

* Positive attitude, professional, team player and the ability to make decisions independently.

* Self started with a strong work ethic and the desire to do things correctly.

* The ability to conceptualize the big picture.

* Ability to complete projects with little or no supervision.

* Be able to communicate in a way that conveys both appreciation and respect of others.

* Display an attitude of working effectively in a team environment and effectively demonstrate team building attitude and skills.

Minimum Education Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree and CCNA required. CCDA preferred.

* Three to five years' experience working in a complex network environment the size of Owens Community College.

* In depth working knowledge of Cisco products.

* Experience in higher education environment preferred.

* State mandated certificate (Criminal Justice Information System Security & Awareness Training CJIS ) must be obtained within 30 days after hire date or already achieved.

Union Position:

Job Classification:

Staff

Duty Days:

260 Days

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Grant Funded Position:

No - Not Grant Funded

FLSA Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

Pay Basis:

Salary

Hiring Range:

$71,928.00-$80,892.00

Retirement System:

SERS - SERS (Retirement System Classification)