Description

Key Responsibilities

 

• Define and advance enterprise network architecture and long-term technical strategy.
• Design and engineer scalable, resilient, and secure LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, cloud, VPN, firewall, and NAC solutions.
• Lead complex network infrastructure modernization and implementation initiatives.
• Develop enterprise architecture standards, engineering standards, reference architectures, technical roadmaps, and lifecycle recommendations.
• Design highly available connectivity across campus, data center, cloud, and external environments.
• Develop network automation, orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, and deployment practices.
• Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, analytics, capacity planning, and operational metrics.
• Serve as a Tier III escalation point for complex network incidents and engineering issues.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and provide architecture-level guidance.
• Review and validate network designs developed by other technical staff.
• Translate business and technical requirements into enterprise network designs and implementation strategies.
• Lead network modernization, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, and remediation initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations for procurement and long-term infrastructure planning.
• Provide technical mentoring, knowledge transfer, and engineering guidance.
• Participate in maintenance windows and after-hours support when required.
  
   

Preferred Skills

 

• Experience developing enterprise network strategy, architecture standards, reference architectures, and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Experience supporting complex higher-education network environments.
• Experience with Aruba and Cisco enterprise switching and wireless technologies.
• Experience with software-defined and centrally managed network architectures.
• Experience implementing enterprise observability, telemetry, automation, and proactive/self-healing infrastructure.
• Experience with virtualization, cloud networking, and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure projects with facilities organizations, architects, contractors, consultants, and engineering firms.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity, zero-trust, network segmentation, and secure network architecture initiatives.
  
   

Education

 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of the degree

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree