Network Administrator

Job Description

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Job Title: Network Administrator

Location: District

Reports To: Director of Information Technology

FLSA Status: 12-month, full time, Exempt

Job Group: BN

Benefits: Employee, Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance; Annual, Sick and Personal; Paid Teacher Retirement; $2400 Flex Benefit Allowance; $2000 Employee Tuition Assistance Reimbursement; 401a Employer Match Opportunity

TC Data Code: 4

Prepared By: Jeff Kopp

Prepared Date: 6/4/2024

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Summary

The Network Administrator is to develop, maintain and secure the network. The Network Administrator should have extensive experience working with enterprise networks. Will work with a team to troubleshoot, maintain and optimize the network for our district. This individual will work closely with the director of technology and technology coordinator.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

Bachelor’s degree OR CCNA required. CCNP preferred. Must keep up with renewing certification. Minimum 5 years of related work experience. Preference may be given to applicants with IT Certification MCSE, VMWare VCAP, Palo Alto PCNSA. Previous experience working in a school preferred.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The duties of the Network Administrator will include but not be limited to the following:

• Perform support, troubleshooting, performance monitoring and tuning for the data networks at all locations including WAN, WLAN, LAN, VPN.
• Oversee routing/switching, VLAN, security and wireless
• Understand and utilize IPv4 and TCP/IP-design, operations and troubleshooting
• Utilize working knowledge of copper and fiber cabling standards
• Responsible for remote access and VPN operations
• Oversee virtualization (Hyper-V & VMware) and physical servers
• Provide and maintain cloud support (M365, Google Workspace, etc.)
• Maintain Cisco & Palo Alto firewall
• Maintain Active Directory and Windows Servers
• Provide recommendations to the director of technology for network improvements, optimization, and deployment plans.
• Perform implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of network components to ensure maximum up time and communicate optimal refresh intervals to the director of technology
• Understand and implement security best practices within network design. Work within the IT department and district schedule to minimize vulnerabilities and downtime
• Coordinate security planning with the director of technology
• Recommend designs, provide cost analysis, plan projects, and coordinate tasks for installation of data networks and network support systems.
• Analyze and resolve complex technical problems for established network.
• Provide network documentation, training, and team guidance. Excellent written, oral, and customer service communication skills
• Must be self-motivated with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Requires ability to work both independently and in a group environment.
• Provide after hour support as needed and respond to communications in a timely manner
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel to and from other campuses and buildings occasionally requires exposure to outside elements.

Canadian Valley Technology Center District No 6 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender expression or identity, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, age or genetic information.