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Salary
$125,000 – $140,000 a year
Job Type
Full-time
Full Job Description
Posting Information
Posting Number
PG191739EP
Internal Recruitment
No
Working Title
IT Architect/Engineer I
Anticipated Hiring Range
$125,000 – $140,000
Work Schedule
8am – 5pm, M – F
Job Location
Raleigh, NC
Department
About the Department
The mission of Communication Technologies is to provide premier communication services to the entire NC State University community. The department provides communication services such as data, telephony, cable TV, video, and converged services such as IP Telephony and IP Video to over 34,000 students and approximately 8,000 faculty and staff.
Supporting this continuously growing academic population is a distributed enterprise data network that provides over 75,000 network access ports with connectivity to the Internet and Internet2, 12,000 phone lines, and 4,000 cable television outlets.
Communication Technologies (ComTech) is viewed as the telephony, cable television, and network service provider for the NC State University community and is responsible for designing, maintaining, and supporting the campus voice, video, and data network infrastructures and all associated components.
Essential Job Duties
A Network Specialist will be part of a team that is responsible for wired network connectivity of the entire NCSU campus, including data centers, core and edge networks. The person in this position must demonstrate proficiency with multiple technologies and protocols including but not limited to: advanced routing/switching, firewalls, wireless, DNS and DHCP. The Networking Specialist is responsible for diagnosing and correcting network outages and common performance problems in departmental LANS and across the campus backbone.
The Network Specialist will have some responsibilities with the following:
- Assisting with the planning, design, setup, and troubleshooting of local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).
- Performing capacity planning, forecasting/trending, hardware configuration and installation of such items as routers and switches according to best practices and procedures
- Researching, evaluating, performing cost analysis, and writing business justification for purchasing new technologies.
- Assisting in vendor selection as part of this process.
- Producing and maintaining current documentation for areas of responsibility.
- Participating in maintenance windows after hours and weekends, as required.
- Interacting with staff from Central IT and campus colleges and departments to develop requirements and initiate and/or implement technology solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Maintaining an awareness of and researches new technologies as they relate to the delivery of network services.
- Assisting with the automation of common tasks.
- Integrating new technologies and solutions with existing network management tools
- Participating in the development of annual project budgets
Other Responsibilities
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years experience
Other Required Qualifications
This position requires a strong knowledge of a large subset of the following routing and switching concepts such as EVPN, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, VSS, IPV6, DOT1x, IPSec, TLS, SSL, MPLS, TCP/IP, VLANs, SNMP Management.
Effective communication skills are required for this position in order to work with University staff and students with varying levels of networking knowledge. This position needs to be able to determine the best communication method based on the technical expertise for the person(s) they are working with so that design principles are understood, implemented and problems are resolved in an efficient manner. This includes as new technologies and solutions are implemented, this position will be responsible for presenting the solutions and support information to the NOC/helpdesk staff.
Analytical skills – In order to be an effective senior network engineer, this position needs to have a high degree of analytical skills. This means they need to understand or learn all aspects of how applications, network protocols, firewalls, load balancers and databases work in order to troubleshoot complex performance issues. This position needs to be able to look at different types of data such as packet captures, switch statistics and net flow data, then be able to recognize when things are outside of normal operating parameters.
Preferred Qualifications
N/A
Required License(s) or Certification(s)
N/A
Valid NC Driver’s License required
Yes
Commercial Driver’s License required
No
Recruitment Dates and Special Instructions
Job Open Date
05/17/2022
Anticipated Close Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Repost. This position is being reposted, previous applicants are still being considered and do not need to reapply.
Position Details
Position Number
00103423
Position Type
EHRA Non-Faculty
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week)
1.0
Appointment
12 Month Recurring
Mandatory Designation – Adverse Weather
Mandatory – Adverse Weather
Mandatory Designation – Emergency Events
Mandatory – Fire/Explosions, Mandatory – Medical Emergencies, Mandatory – Hazardous Material Incidents, Mandatory – Transportation Accidents, Mandatory – Evacuations/Natural Hazards, Mandatory – Utilities/Infrastructure Failure, Mandatory – Threats of Violence/Terrorism/Interpersonal Emergencies
Is this position partially or fully funded on ARRA stimulus monies?
No
Department ID
516001 – Communication Technologies
AA/EEO
NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at
(919) 515-2135 or [email protected]. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.
NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.
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