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This position will provide technical leadership for network engineering and administration of ASA’s statewide network, infrastructure, and related Internet services. The Network Engineer is responsible for assisting with engineering, design, and planning to achieve network performance, security, and scalability for network growth and state education applications. Employees in this class are responsible for working independently and providing technical direction to other technical staff members and have specialization in network engineering.

Responsibilities 

  • Design and implement network architectures for wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN), including cloud, hybrid, and wireless environments.
  • Design, implement, and deliver reliable and secure network services to institutional clients.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve network service outages, performance bottlenecks, and hardware / software / configuration issues.
  • Implement and manage network performance metrics with the goal of ensuring minimal services disruption.
  • Track and analyze network utilization patterns, including bandwidth utilization and applications requirements.
  • Perform technical planning, design, implementation, and support of network related projects.
  • Provide leadership in networking technologies, hardware, protocols, and applications.
  • Implement and support critical firewall and other security infrastructure as needed
  • Evaluate processes, infrastructure, and technologies and present recommendations to executive management. 
  • Recommend updates or changes to the network to meet anticipated future demands. 
  • Track and participate in community technical projects such as Internet2 and Transit Rail. 
  • Provide mentorship in network technologies, hardware, and protocols to other team members and clients.
  • Make presentations to high level clients and stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, math, computer science, or information technology discipline from an accredited college, university, or equivalent experience.
  • Industry certifications such as Network+, CCNA, CCNP are preferred but not required.
  • Two (2) years of experience in the design and operation of wide area networks. 
  • Recent college graduates with industry certifications but no experience may be considered if understanding of networking can be sufficiently demonstrated.

This is a state job with all state benefits.