IT Network Administrator

The IT Network Administrator maintains the College’s network infrastructure and ensures a secure, reliable computing environment through daily management of networking systems, user access, and security controls. The role collaborates closely with the Director of IT to support operational needs, uphold strong cybersecurity practices, and deliver excellent customer service across the institution. As stated in the description, the position “maintains the infrastructure required to allow the College to meet all of its computing needs” and ensures that “all user access / permissions will be in the purview with the intent of maintaining a secure environment.”

In addition to these responsibilities, the administrator oversees firewall configuration and monitoring as part of maintaining a robust security posture and protecting the College’s network from emerging threats.

The position primarily handles maintenance of networking devices and management of backend processes that keep the network environment secure.

The position will have the full support of the Director of IT who can provide general guidance and collaboration. The IT Committee (if the College deems necessary) will serve as an advisory unit.

IT Network Administrator will be:

• Knowledgeable of current trends in fields of networking and up to date on current threats, specifically but not limited to Comp Tia Network + Certification, Extreme Network Equipment,etc)
• Effective communicator with the ability to convey complex topics to all levels of the organization
• Discipline to monitor the health of the network on a regular basis
• Decisive with priorities and focused on results
• Responsive to College personnel needs

The Network Administrator has responsibilities in both network and security areas:

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• Maintain network structure that promotes security and reliability with uptime of 99.99%.This is inclusive of WIFI, VPN, LAN, WAN, WLAN, etc.
• Collaborate with other IT personnel to maintain smooth operation.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, software and network issues using diagnostic tools analyzing network traffic.
• Apply firmware updates and update hardware when appropriate
• Document network architecture to facilitate understanding and allow others to manage in the absence of the Network Administrator.
• Manager user accounts, permissions and passwords to ensure proper access control and compliance.
• Serve as secondary liaison to ISP to maintain sufficient bandwidth to support College activity
• Add/remove/modify user accounts, permissions and passwords

50%

• Serve as secondary liaison to ISP to maintain sufficient bandwidth to support College activity
• Update network documentation
• Review user accounts, permissions and passwords to ensure proper access control and compliance.
• Network inventory review
• Software inventory review

10%

• Monitor for security incidents and respond appropriately
• Assist in identifying security risks and develop strategies to mitigate them, including conducting regular security audits and vulnerability assessment.
• Conduct end-user training
• Conduct software security permission audits

25%

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• Conduct end-user training
• Conduct software security permission audits

10%

• Assist in arranging and conducting penetration / vulnerability testing specific aimed at satisfying audit & regulatory requirements.

5%

• Serve on the IT Committee (given the College deems an IT Committee as part of the committee structure)
• Attend annual graduation with responsibilities of ensuring technical needs are met
• Travel…