Job Title
Senior Network Engineer
Department
Information Technology
Campus
Queens
Responsibilities
- Monitor performance and availability of campus infrastructures
and WANs on a daily basis. This includes switches, routers,
firewalls, wireless access points, and other appliances such as
traffic shaping devices.
- Facilitate connection of workstations and servers to the
network. This might involve changes to the access lists, port
configurations, patching, cabling and/or switch installations.
- Investigate and resolve network related problems using a
variety of diagnostic tools.
- Analyze current and planned network usage, provide
recommendations to management.
- Manage and implement appropriate network and system monitoring
tools.
- Work with vendors and consultants for use of outside
services.
- Develop project plans for the implementations of new systems,
upgrades or network equipment.
- Implement plans in appropriate change windows with a minimum of
outage or disruptions.
- While the hours of this position are primarily the business
hours of the University (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30
p.m.), 24 x 7 availability may be required to respond to system
emergencies or to implement off-hours changes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Technical degree preferred.
- Experience operating large campus-wide LAN environments
(preferably in a college or university) required.
- Experience within a Windows NT and/or Sun Unix environment or
equivalent required.
- Experience with network monitoring and performance monitoring
tools required.
- Must have strong interpersonal and communicating skills.
- Must possess a detailed understanding of Data Networking and
Cisco switching, routing, and firewall equipment.
- CCNA certification required; CCIE certification preferred.
- A proven analytical abilities and a commitment to professional
development required.
- Ability to manage multiple projects required.
Salary
Salary commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and
contingent upon the departmental budget.
Submitting for this Position
Please send a cover letter and a resume to Job1023@stjohns.edu and
Reference Job 1023 in the subject line.