Network Engineer

Description

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is seeking an experienced Network Administrator/Engineer for our Agency. The candidate will be responsible for support of our LAN/WAN environment.

The Network Engineer is involved in the design and maintenance of both the hardware and software necessary for a computer network. The Network Engineer is a high-level technical analyst, specializing in Local Area Networks (LANs)/Wide Area Networks (WANs), TCP/IP, and server/network infrastructure. This position will act as an escalation point for anything related to LAN/WAN Support. The candidate will administer all network equipment under the guidance of the IT Director.

Responsibilities

• Participation with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links.
• Conducting research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.
• Collaboration with executive management and department leaders to assess short-term and long-term network capacity needs.
• Developing comprehensive implementation and test plans following change management guidelines.
• Aiding in the development of the network services disaster recovery plan and maintaining current knowledge of plan execution.
• Responding to emergency network outages in accordance with business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Designs and deploys lans, wans, and wireless networks, including switches, routers, access points, and other network infrastructure components.
• Prepares design presentations and proposals for it management and business partners.
• Provides guidance to junior members of the team.
• Various duties related to implementation, testing, support, and troubleshooting.

Qualifications, knowledge and direct experience in the following areas.

• Education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology-related discipline or equivalent experience; additional education or certificates equivalent to that of Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or higher is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of Information Technology experience; 3-5 years of experience in similar networking roles is preferred.
• Experience deploying and managing CISCO network equipment access and core layers within a distributed environment.

Network Engineering WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, Infrastructure

4 year college degree or equivalent technical study

Performance tuning, capacity planning, database admin, fault management

Managing Server Security

Disaster recovery/back up procedures and archiving procedures

Experience deploying and managing CISCO network equipment access and core layers within a distributed environment.

Experience installing, configuring, and managing a network management solution. SolarWinds experience preferred

Network routing and high availability protocols

Converged networks (voice, video and data)

Excellent problem solving skills, self-management skills, and written and oral communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems or produce complex solutions, and ability to communicate and influence management and technical staff

Strong project management skills preferred.

Experience with Wide Area Network topologies preferred.

Routing, switching and wireless technologies, and network security techniques

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.