Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Job Description Code: 6F.015

Division/Department:
Technology and Information Services

Pay Grade: T-7

Pay Type:

Salaried;
Exempt

Retirement: TRS

Contract Work Year: 233 Days

Reports To:

Director, Enterprise Services

Evaluation Instrument: PEI

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related area. Minimum of two years of experience in systems, infrastructure, or closely related area. Experience in a public K-12 school system preferred.

Under the supervision of the Director of Enterprise Services, the Network Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, securing and maintaining the organization’s network infrastructure, ensuring highly available, high-performance connectivity across all sites, data centers, and cloud environments. This role partners closely with the Systems Engineer to deliver an integrated and resilient infrastructure stack while focusing primarily on routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, WAN, and network security technologies.

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, and VPN technologies.
• Help build and support resilient WAN, LAN, and data center network solutions that integrate seamlessly with compute and cloud systems.
• Create and maintain network topology diagrams, addressing schemes, and configuration standards.
• Evaluate and implement new network technologies, tools, and approaches to enhance performance and security.
• Configure and manage firewall policies, IDS/IPS systems, and secure remote-access solutions.
• Monitor network traffic for anomalies and work with Information Security team to respond to threats.
• Enforce network segmentation and zero-trust principles aligned with organizational security requirements.
• Conduct regular vulnerability remediation and network hardening efforts.
• Consistently monitor network performance and capacity to ensure high availability and efficiency.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, configuration, and monitoring.
• Review computer security incident reports and anomalous activity of network and ensure ongoing proactive measures to mitigate risks as well as providing tier 1-2 escalation path for resolving security incidents.
• Research, develop, and keep abreast of federal, state and industry requirements as well as tools, techniques and process improvements in support of security detection and analysis.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex system issues across compute, virtualization, and server applications.
• Conduct planned maintenance, upgrades, and system migrations with minimal downtime.
• Partner closely with the Systems Engineer to coordinate major infrastructure initiatives and ensure seamless integration between systems and network layers.
• Provide mentorship to network analysts.
• Communicate technical concepts to leadership and stakeholders in clear, accessible terms.
• Maintain comprehensive infrastructure documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
• Oversee the dispatch of personnel to provide technology support related to network and security events throughout the district.
• Escalate network and security concerns to the appropriate supervisor and other administrators as applicable. Advise of any potential risk exposure.
• Research and recommend innovative technologies that may add value and quality to the school system operations.
• Consult with users to define technical needs and requirements.
• Define training needs and requirements to ensure smooth network operations.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Represent the school district at meetings, conventions and conferences when required and approved in a professional manner.
• Maintain a positive, professional and safe work environment.
• Perform and promote all activities in compliance with equal employment and nondiscrimination policies of the Cherokee County School District.
• Possess and maintain valid and appropriate license, certificate and/or credential as may be required for this position.
• Follow work scheduling and attendance requirements in a regular,…