Airport Network Engineer II

Position Title:

Airport Network Engineer II

Job Description:

Under the guidance of the CISO/Director ITS and the Cybersecurity Engineering Manager, The Network Engineering role is to ensure the stability and integrity of voice, data, video, and wireless network services. This is achieved by planning, designing, and developing local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) across the City infrastructure. In addition, the Network Engineer will participate with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all network hardware, software, and communication links. This individual will also analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion and provide training and mentoring where required to the Network Engineering Team.

Position Salary Range:

$90,017 to $122,909 annually based on qualifications and experience.

This position is eligible for full city benefits, including:

• Health Insurance (95% of premium paid by city)

• Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

• Paid vacation and personal leave

• 6-12 weeks of paid parental leave available

• Retirement contributions toward a pension plan and/or 401(k)

• A robust Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

• Up to $4,000 tuition reimbursement annually

• Discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance and legal services

Typical Duties:

• Collaborate with The Network Engineering team, executive management, and department leaders to assess near- and long-term network capacity needs. 

• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, Infrastructure processes, and service records. 

• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to telecom infrastructure, fiber optics paths, copper cabling (cat 5e/6/6a) leased line circuits like MOE, GPON, DSL, SIP, and SDWAN solutions.

• Develop, implement, and maintain standards, policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network administration, usage, and network redundancy. 

• Architect, install, maintain, test, troubleshoot and repair enterprise-class network equipment, LANs, WANs, VLANs, wireless networks, and VoIP/collaborations solutions including, servers, routers, switches, unified communication systems and other hardware.

• Assist the Cybersecurity engineering team in implementing, and supporting firewalls, site-to-site VPNs, and remote-access VPNs.  

• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry. 

• Oversee new and existing equipment, network hardware, and software upgrades. 

• Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services. 

• Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes. 

• Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, and other network appliances. 

• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information. 

• Monitor, maximize and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.

• Recommend alterations and upgrades to systems, services, and applications to improve the quality and supportability of the network systems and products. 

• Troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; network optimization. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Network Engineer II – Incumbents at this level possess solid working knowledge of subject matter.  Four (4) years’ related work experience in the administration of an enterprise class networking environment. Possession of one (or more) of the following certifications may be required: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), or CompTIA Network+. Knowledge of routing and switching design principles, best practices, and related technologies, including routers, switches (layer 2/3), remote access, DNS, VLAN, QoS, DSL, SIP and Metro Ethernet.

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university. Related work experience can be substituted on a year-for-year basis in lieu of education and certifications.

• Display a strong knowledge of Networking, IP addressing, and subnetting.

• Excellent hardware troubleshooting experience.

• Experience in implementing and managing voice over IP (VoIP) and unified communication systems desired.

• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in project and resource management.

• Must show accountability and responsibility to see all projects and issues to an end resolution.

• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment.

• Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form.

• Strong customer service orientation.

• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Working Conditions:

• Moderate physical effort.  Comfortable working conditions, handling moderate weights, intermittent sitting, standing and walking.  Intermittent exposure to moderate noise levels.

• May require 24/7 support for mission critical systems.

• Exposure to stressful situations.

Career Ladder Note:

• After all qualification requirements for Network Engineer III are met, incumbent may be promoted to a Network Engineer III with approval of CIO and Department Head, provided sufficient funding is appropriated for the impacted budget year.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified.

All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

POSITION TYPE

Full-Time

DEPARTMENT

Airport

Full Time/Part Time:

Full time

Scheduled Hours:

40