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We think you'll find it a rewarding and nurturing place to grow your career.\nStarting Salary Range: $96,400.00 - $117,600.00Starting Salary Range: IT Network Administrator III $94,000 - $114,700 / IT Network Administrator IV $104,400 - $128,500 / IT Network Administrator V $116,000 - $143,900\nPosition Summary:\nLBWL is currently seeking a network administrator to complement specific strengths and weaknesses in the existing team. The general job description below is an accurate overview of the position, however, the successful candidate in the current round of recruiting will have extensive knowledge and experience in data centers. This includes demonstrated senior-level capability in NX-OS, ACI, OSPF, BGP, Palo Alto Firewalls, and S2S. Knowledge and experience with MDS and UCS are an advantage.\nThe role is responsible for planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all local and wide area network connections, network devices, associated software, and communication links. This person will also troubleshoot network performance issues, as well as analyze network traffic and provide redundancy, quality of service, and capacity planning solutions. The LBWL data centers will be a primary focus.\nIT Network Administrator III\nEssential Functions:\nAble to complete most level 3 tickets related to network administration, including basic route/switch and ACI configuration without assistance.\nAble to independently complete all level 2 support tickets related to network administration without assistance.\nAble to handle all level 3 tickets under the guidance of more senior network administrators or vendor technical support.\nAble to participate in the on-call rotation with as needed assistance from system administrators or more senior network administrators.\nCompetently execute nearly all on-call tasks with limited assistance from more senior system administrators.\nTechnically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for LBWL in at least one core technology at LBWL and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching.\nCompetent with VTP, ISL, 802.10, STP, RSTP, vPC, BGP, EIGRP.\nCompetent with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.\nActively monitors the health of network resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years.\nAble to self-manage small discrete technical projects including limited requirements to delegate tasks to others or obtain assistance to others without management involvement.\nIndependently author standards documents for use within the department.\nCreate complete drafts of documents for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise.\nCompetent with the majority of the core technologies in use at LBWL.\nSelf-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management.\nExecutes a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process.\nDemonstrates a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions.\nPredictable and reliable attendance.\nOther duties as assigned by supervisor.\nJob Specifications:\nRequired:\nCCNA required or equivalent experience. (Note that for equivalent experience, the candidate must provide a letter outlining work experience covering each point tested in the certification.)\nBachelor’s Degree in Information Management, Computer Science or similar.\n5 to 7 years of experience as a Network Administrator. \nCertification in one or more technologies: Cisco routing and switching, MPLS and other Internet/Telephony technologies, Cisco Unified Call Manager, Cisco ACI, ISE and/or Radius Firepower, VOIP telephony, specifically Cisco Call Manager, VPN and Tunnel setup and management, DNS, DHCP, other standard networking technologies, Cloud networking including AWS and Azure, Competent with both CLI and GUI configuration of Cisco 9k,7k,6k,5k,3k,2k devices\nKnowledge designing and implementing VLANs.\nMastery of all level 1 abilities and skills.\nAbility to work effectively with vendor technical support such as TAC, ability to work in a team environment.\nAble to produce clear, professional written and verbal communication that clearly and concisely communicates technical content in a manner appropriate for the intended audience.\nAbility to retrieve data from computerized, typed, and written sources.\nAbility to effectively communicate orally or in writing project recommendations with internal teams and external agencies.\nStrong written and oral communication skills.\nIT Network Administrator IV\nEssential Functions:\nAble to complete most level 3 tickets related to network administration and the data center, including basic route/switch and ACI configuration without assistance.\nAble to independently complete all level 2 support tickets related to network administration without assistance.\nAble to handle all level 3 tickets under the guidance of more senior network administrators or vendor technical support.\nAble to participate in the on-call rotation with as needed assistance from system administrators or more senior network administrators.\nCompetently execute nearly all on-call tasks with limited assistance from more senior system administrators.\nTechnically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for LBWL in at least one core technology at LBWL and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching.\nCompetent with VTP, ISL, 802.10, STP, RSTP, vPC, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and ACI Datacenters.\nCompetent with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.\nActively monitors the health of network resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years.\nAble to self-manage small discrete technical projects including limited requirements to delegate tasks to others or obtain assistance to others without management involvement.\nIndependently author standards documents for use within the department.\nCreate complete drafts of documents for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise.\nPlan and execute the technical roadmap for technologies where the system administrator is designated as primary technology in the LBWL footprint.\nProvide mentoring and training to less senior system administrators in both technical and professional areas.\nActively engaged helping both peers and junior personnel raise the bar on their performance.\nResearch and determine new technologies to be deployed to meet evolving needs at LBWL.\nCompetent with the majority of the core technologies in use at LBWL.\nSelf-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management.\nExecutes a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process.\nDemonstrates a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions.\nPredictable and reliable attendance.\nOther duties as assigned by supervisor.\nJob Specifications:\nRequired:\nCCNP required or equivalent experience. (Note that for equivalent experience, the candidate must provide a letter outlining work experience covering each point tested in the certification.)\nBachelor’s Degree in Information Management, Computer Science or similar.\n8 to 10 years of experience as a Network Administrator. \nCertification in one or more technologies: Cisco routing and switching, MPLS and other Internet/Telephony technologies, Cisco Unified Call Manager, Cisco ACI, ISE and/or Radius Firepower, VOIP telephony, specifically Cisco Call Manager, VPN and Tunnel setup and management, DNS, DHCP, other standard networking technologies, Cloud networking including AWS and Azure, Competent with both CLI and GUI configuration of Cisco 9k,7k,6k,5k,3k,2k devices\nKnowledge designing and implementing VLANs.\nMastery of all level 1-3 abilities and skills.\nClearly able to navigate charged political or interpersonal situations to calm the waters and focus on remediation of technical challenges.\nAbility to work effectively with vendor technical support such as TAC, ability to work in a team environment.\nAble to produce clear, professional written and verbal communication that clearly and concisely communicates technical content in a manner appropriate for the intended audience.\nAbility to retrieve data from computerized, typed, and written sources.\nAbility to effectively communicate orally or in writing project recommendations with internal teams and external agencies.\nStrong written and oral communication skills.\nIT Network Administrator V\nEssential Functions:\nAble to complete most level 3 tickets related to network administration, including basic route/switch and ACI configuration without assistance.\nAble to independently complete all level 2 support tickets related to network administration without assistance.\nAble to handle all level 3 tickets under the guidance of more senior network administrators or vendor technical support.\nAble to participate in the on-call rotation with as needed assistance from system administrators or more vendor technical support.\nCompetently execute nearly all on-call tasks with limited assistance from more vendor technical support.\nTechnically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for LBWL in most core technologies at LBWL and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching.\nCompetent with VTP, ISL, 802.10, STP, RSTP, vPC, BGP, EIGRP.\nCompetent with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.\nActively monitors the health of network resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years.\nClearly exhibit leadership in leading small technical teams to complete relatively complex technical tasks or technology roll outs without guidance or intervention from management.\nIndependently author standards documents for use within the department.\nCreate complete drafts of documents for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise.\nPlan and execute the technical roadmap for technologies where the network administrator is designated as primary subject matter expert in the LBWL footprint.\nProvide mentoring and training to less senior network administrators in both technical and professional areas.\nAble to assist peers and more junior personnel with accurate prioritization of small and large tasks\nActively engaged helping both peers and junior personnel raise the bar on their performance.\nAble to proactively manage communication and presentation of information in a manner that leads to desired outcomes.\nResearch and determine new technologies to be deployed to meet evolving needs at LBWL.\nCompetent with the majority of the core technologies in use at LBWL.\nSelf-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management.\nExecutes a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process.\nDemonstrates a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions.\nClearly tuned in with managerial and enterprise priorities.\nExpected to comply with all BWL policies and work rules.\nPredictable and reliable attendance.\nOther duties as assigned by supervisor.\nJob Specifications:\nRequired:\nCCIE required or equivalent experience. (Note that for equivalent experience, the candidate must provide a letter outlining work experience covering each point tested in the certification.)\nBachelors or Graduate Degree in Information Management, Computer Science or similar Technical Bachelors. 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