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Wesleyan College, a four-year national
liberal arts college for women and gender minorities located in Macon, Georgia about 70 miles south of Atlanta, is the first college in the
world chartered to grant degrees to women. Wesleyan’s academically challenging, inclusive environment helps prepare students to live
purposeful and connected lives. A strength of this small liberal arts college is our diverse student population and our commitment to
liberal arts and justice throughout our curriculum. Faculty are known for their commitment to teaching, diversity, and community.
The
Information Technology Department at Wesleyan College is seeking a full time Network Engineer. The Networking Engineer
provides administration, security, enhancement, and documentation of internal networks and hardware infrastructure. Responsibilities include
planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all network hardware, software, and communication
links. This position is critical to the operations of the college business systems; therefore, requires continual availability.
DESCRIPTION OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Expert level support of firewall configuration and maintenance
- Expert level skills in configuration, installation, troubleshooting, and supporting Networking equipment (Routers and access switches),
Wireless Controllers and Access Points, Computers, Servers, and peripherals - Expert level knowledge with 802.1q VLANs and working
within industry best practices - Working knowledge of Security policies and principles with implementation experience
- Experience maintaining an enterprise-level infrastructure, including fiber optics
- Working experience implementing network
traffic analysis, remote access methods and systems, state full inspection firewalls, encryption, authentication, and authorization
technology. - Hands-on technical experience working with VPN technologies (SSL VPN)
- Position has responsibility for a
component of IT security for their functional area
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS
- Respond
to network administration, operations, and maintenance problems while off duty, on an on-call basis - Understanding of 802.11G/N in
both the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies - Ability to engineer, build, and test networks for optimum reliability
- General
understanding of VoIP equipment and operation, POE technologies - Knowledgeable in application transport and network infrastructure
protocols (SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, LDAP, and Microsoft AD), and possess an understanding of how to support these
applications/protocols when accessed through VPN and firewall appliances - Comfortable documenting and explaining network
topologies - Understand and diagram existing network
- Diagram, plan and explain future upgrades
- VMware Enterprise
administration understanding - Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technologies and products, independently using
documentation and online resources - Strong oral, written, communication, and presentation skills
QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree is required: preferably in
Information Technology or computer science - Five plus years of work experience in the information technology field: preferably in
the network field. - Outstanding Knowledge of Core Networking functions (Routing, Switching, OSI Model)
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds
- Working in confined
spaces such as attics and crawl spaces as needed
This is a full-time, benefits eligible position. Typical work hours are from
8:30 am until 5:00 pm. Some weekend and night responsibilities are required in addition to regular weekday work.
To apply,
please e-mail a cover letter, resume, and three references to Julie Daniel at [email protected]. Applications from Indeed will not be
considered unless submitted through the avenue listed. Applications lacking the required documents will not be considered.
