Network and Infrastructure Engineer

Job summary

The Senior Network and Infrastructure Engineer designs, secures, and maintains enterprise network and technology infrastructure, serving as the senior technical resource for complex issues and leading major infrastructure projects. The role manages networking, servers, virtualization, storage, firewalls, and security controls; supports cybersecurity assessments and incident response; and develops backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities. The environment includes campus technology systems and may include cloud or hybrid infrastructure.

Qualifications

• At least five years of progressively responsible experience supporting enterprise network and infrastructure environments, or equivalent education and experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise switches, routers, wireless networks, firewalls, servers, and related infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure security, backup and recovery, and business continuity or disaster recovery.
• Experience leading complex infrastructure implementations, upgrades, migrations, or technical projects.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise networking, including routing, switching, wireless networking, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, and firewalls.
• Knowledge of server, virtualization, storage, backup, identity and access management, endpoint security, vulnerability management, logging, and monitoring.
• Knowledge of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework or comparable standards.
• Preferred experience in higher education or another mission-driven professional environment.
• Preferred experience with cloud or hybrid infrastructure and security technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, maintain, and improve local and wide area network infrastructure.
• Administer server, virtualization, storage, firewall, and related infrastructure systems.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, capacity, reliability, and availability and implement improvements.
• Lead infrastructure upgrades, replacements, migrations, and implementation projects.
• Maintain technical standards, configurations, diagrams, and procedures.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex network and infrastructure issues.
• Implement and improve infrastructure cybersecurity controls and support risk assessments, vulnerability reviews, and remediation.
• Support cybersecurity incident investigation, containment, recovery, and documentation.
• Develop and test business continuity and disaster recovery plans and coordinate backup and recovery solutions.
• Evaluate infrastructure technologies, recommend investments, and coordinate technical work with vendors.
• Mentor IT staff and document recovery procedures and system operations.

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Relocation