Network Administrator

Overview

The Network Administrator provides first-level technical support and maintenance for the City’s network infrastructure, ensuring stable and secure connectivity across all municipal departments, facilities, and public safety networks. This position assists a Senior and Network engineer with daily monitoring, troubleshooting, and configuration of network systems under the guidance of senior IT staff. We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Network Administrator with strong foundational knowledge in enterprise networking and a proactive approach to maintaining secure and reliable connectivity across city operations.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience supporting and configuring switches, routers, wireless access points, and firewalls in a multi-site environment. They will possess strong troubleshooting and documentation skills, work effectively within a team-oriented IT environment, and show initiative in learning and applying new technologies to improve network performance and resilience.

Adaptability - Integrity - Initiative - Empathy - Optimism – Innovation

Only a limited number of the most highly qualified applicants meeting the city s requirements will be invited for an interview. Examination process for the position may include:

Panel Interview

• Perform network design and capacity planning.
• Develop, implement and maintain policies, procedures and associated training plans for network resource administration, appropriate use, and disaster recovery.
• Establish service level agreements with end users.
• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsource rs, and contractors to secure network products and services.
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
• Manage security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems.
• Manage all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, hubs, and UPSs.
• Ensure network connectivity of all workstations.
• Administer all equipment, hardware and software upgrades.
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.
• Administer and maintain end user accounts, permissions, and access rights.
• Perform server and security audits.
• Perform system backups and recovery.
• Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform network improvements, upgrades, and repairs.
• Manage and/or provide guidance to junior members of the team.

• Formal Education/Knowledge:
  Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with a two-year associate s degree, diploma or equivalent from a college, technical, business, vocational, or correspondence school. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum two years of experience in a related field.
• Certifications and Other Requirements:
  Valid Driver’s License. Ability to meet the criminal background regulations mandated by the FBI CJIS Security Policy. Ability to complete the ITIL Certification within 1 year from the date of hire.
• Reading:
  Work requires the ability to read technical instructions, technical specifications, trade magazines, responses to RFPs/RFQs, planning documents, policies/procedures, and documents generated by staff at a high level of comprehension.
• Math:
  Work requires the ability to perform math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and algebra that require calculations and formulas.
• Writing:
  Work requires the ability to write interoffice memos, creation of process and procedural documentation, user manuals, staff presentations, issue papers, planning documents, and requests for proposals at a high level. Many assignments require translation of technical terms.
• Managerial:
  Job has no responsibility for the direction or supervision of others but may provide advice/direction to an employee with less experience/skill or…