<strong>Essential Duties and Responsibilities</strong><br>The Network Administrator I is an onsite position (non-remote) which provides planning, design, execution, and support for complex network enterprise architecture and technologies for the college. Ensuring that secure, scalable, and robust network services are readily available for students, faculty, staff, vendors, and guests. In addition, the Network Administrator I assists the Director of Infrastructure and Networking with the annual fiscal budget planning for the networking area.<br><br><strong>Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities</strong><br><ol style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li>Researches and plans for campus LAN/WAN/WLAN, datacenter, remote, disaster recovery, cloud networking technology advancements, including network security mechanisms.</li><li>Develops strategies to align technology advancements with network device capabilities and/or enhancements that adheres to industry standards and facilitate a scalable roadmap the college core networking infrastructure.</li><li>Plans and develops strategies to campus LAN/WAN and remote (VPN) networking infrastructure, aligning industry standards and technology roadmaps.</li><li>Leads and supervises the integration of network device enhancements, coordinating faulty device replacement.</li><li>Maintains hardware operability and analyses and distributes vendor recommended code and software versions, mitigating any security threat vulnerabilities.</li><li>Plans and develops strategies to integrate enterprise firewall distribution points at designated network segments; plans and develops on-premise, remote, and cloud network infrastructure strategies; designs, plans, and executes strategies to optimize the resiliency of wireless network services.</li><li>Maintains and distributes VPN client packages and composes appropriate security policies for approved users, ensuring that secure remote network connectivity services are provided to all users.</li><li>Coordinate with external parties as necessary to establish external/ISP connectivity and alternate paths to maintain resilience. </li><li>Monitors and analyses bandwidth and throughput utilization to plan network capacity.</li><li>Executes controls to provide optimal services for college users from distributed enterprise networking infrastructure; develops, maintains, and executes security policies firewall distribution points.</li><li>Manages user accounts, creates, updates, and deletes extensions profiles for faculty and staff in the VOIP system.</li><li>Sets up IP desk phones, softphones, and analog telephone adapters.</li><li>Track call quality metrics, jitter, packet loss, and latency across the college network.</li></ol><strong><u>NOTICE:  Required Documents</u></strong><br>To be considered for this position, you are required to upload your unofficial transcript(s). If recommended for this position an official transcript(s) will be required. In addition, if a license or certificate is required for this position, upload proof of your current license/certificate.<br><br><strong>Required:</strong><ul><li>Bachelor of Science in a computer related field with emphasis in Network Administration, Operations and/or Security.</li><li>Minimum of three (3) years of related job experience working with routers, network switches, firewalls, VOIP systems, and intrusion prevention systems in an enterprise environment.</li></ul><strong>Preferred:</strong><ul><li>CCNA Certification or CompTIA Network + Certification.</li></ul><strong>Skills:</strong><ul><li>Good general technical skills</li><li>Good research skills</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.</li></ul><strong>Knowledge:</strong><ul><li>Knowledge of networking technologies, including routing, switching, access control, and cloud infrastructure</li><li> Knowledge of Cisco iOS.</li></ul><strong>Abilities:</strong><ul><li>Ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot various network issues with supervision</li><li>Ability to draw up a network infrastructure without supervision</li><li> Ability to maintain the security or integrity of critical infrastructure. </li></ul><strong>Introductory Review Period</strong><br>  All hires are subject to a 90 day introductory review period.<br><br><strong>Supervision Exercised</strong><br>May supervise student employees.<br><br><strong>Supervision Received</strong><br>Director of Infrastructure and Networking.<br><br><strong>Physical Requirements</strong><br>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  <br>The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch.  <br>The employee must occasionally lift and/or move items weighing up to 50 pounds.   <br>Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.<br><br><strong>Work Environment</strong><br>Work is performed in a standard office environment.    <br>Work inside a well-lighted and air-conditioned area most of the time.  <br>The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.<br><br><strong>Safety</strong><br>Required to work safely and follow safety rules.    <br>Report unsafe working conditions and behavior.  <br>Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.<br><br><strong>Special Conditions</strong><br>Immediate supervisor may assign other duties.  <br>May be required to work outside regular working hours, as needed.  <br>May be required to work at a different college work site or campus as needed.<br><br><strong>EEO Statement</strong><br>In compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Laredo College is open to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, or national origin who are otherwise eligible for admission as students. Furthermore, Laredo College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and no applicant or employee will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability or national origin. This institution will not enter knowingly into any contractual agreement for services or supplies with any firm failing to follow fair employment practices. <br><br><strong>Foreign Degrees</strong><br>Foreign degrees require an evaluation for United States equivalency from an approved stated education agency or having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. This report must be attached to your online application at the time of applying. For your convenience, we have provided the following links to assist you in complying with this requirement. However, you may use any other certified transcript evaluation service. http://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Certification/Out-of-state_Certification/Foreign_Credential_Evaluation_Services/ http://www.naces.org/members.htm<br><strong>Disclaimer</strong><br>The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. LC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by LC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.