Responsibilities:
- Manages network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures
- Maintains network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor
- Secures network by developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; maintaining documentation
- Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs; providing references and support
- Meets financial requirements by submitting information for budgets; monitoring expenses
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
- Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Ability to work independently as well as a team environment
Network Administrator Skills and Qualifications:
- Network Design and Implementation, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning, Multi-tasking, Quality Focus, Coordination, Technical Understanding, Quick Study, Technical Zeal
- Some after-hours work should be expected
- Cisco Meraki firewalls and secure systems
- Barracuda Backups
- Microsoft Office 2010/2013/2016 support experience, Outlook as Hosted Exchange client experience
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Information Technology (or equivalent experience)
- MCSE/CCNA Certifications preferred
- 5+ years as a Sr. Network Administrator/Engineer or IT Manager Level
Knowledge In The Following Areas Very Beneficial:
- Multi-Site interoperability of applications; including VPN performance and IPSec strategies
- Hosted Applications; Hosted Email; Data-Center hosted server(s) and or management of complete hosted environment
- Some TelCo, VoIP, and traditional PBX experience helpful but not required
- Microsoft SQL Database experience, setting up maintenance plans, performing queries etc.