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Job Requisition ID:

R00041889

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

SER-DIS-Infrastructure-Networks

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Network Engineer Senior-DIS (On-site)

Job Summary:

Oversees, designs, administers and provides complex planning and technical support for UMMC network systems and internet interfaces. Supervises, evaluates, and/or provides functional guidance to assigned subordinate personnel or personnel assigned on a temporary or intermittent basis.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Systems Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field and five (5) years of related experience or equivalent combination of education/experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:  Prefer Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP), OR Certified Wireless Networking Expert (CWNE).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of network hardware and software. Knowledge of computer/network systems infrastructure requirements and standards. Knowledge of computer security systems, applications, procedures, and techniques. Computer/network systems planning skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills to interact with clients, vendors, and other team members. Ability to install, configure, and maintain networks, and/or related hardware and software. Ability to identify and resolve network problems. Ability to convey technical information to non-technical personnel. Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees.
  
  Responsibilities
  • Formulates, develops, and implements integrated network architectures. Determines specific network hardware and software requirements such as platforms, interfaces, security systems, or routine schemas. Designs, implements, maintains, configures, and installs LAN/WAN, VOIP, and wireless system hardware, software, and services.
  • Oversees and monitors network performance and makes modifications to achieve optimum performance. Oversees the development and administration of switches, routers, firewalls, and security systems. Identifies and implements measures to reduce risks and mitigate potential threats.
  • Oversees and performs daily troubleshooting, support, and maintenance of network systems. Identifies root causes of recurring network operating problems and implements solutions or escalates problems to higher level staff as required.
  • Analyzes university needs regarding network equipment, services and vendor offerings. Provides planning leadership and direction for future enhancements for the university-wide computer network.
  • Develops and implements standards for computer and network systems and procedures to track, project, or report network availability, reliability, capacity, or utilization. Provides technical expertise regarding computer and network services for both local and wide area networks and the worldwide internet; serves as a technical expert regarding computer/network systems and associated issues.
  • Serves as a point of contact and liaison with vendors; reviews vendor products and coordinates and facilitates vendor presentations. Maintains network diagrams and documentation.
  • The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, frequent travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, frequent sitting, constant standing, occasional twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

03/27/2025

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):