Description

External Retirement Plan TRS or ORP Employment Type Employee Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible Full/Part time Full Time Work Schedule Additional Schedule Information
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm. Occasional after-hours as needed.
Advertised Salary Commensurate with Experience Posting Date 07/10/2025 Open until filled Yes Closing Date Proposed Starting Date 09/01/2025 Special Instructions to Applicants
Please provide name and contact information for three professional references.
Location of Vacancy Athens Area EEO Policy Statement
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Position Information

Classification Title IT Network Support Professional FLSA Exempt FTE 1.00 Minimum Qualifications
Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications
Work experience implementing and supporting large networks and any of the following: wireless, firewalls, load balancers, IPAM, or VPNs.

Position Summary
The University of Georgia Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) is seeking qualified senior-level candidates for a Network Administrator position in Network Engineering. This position will work as part of a team responsible for the delivery and support of mission critical advanced network technologies to an 80K+ node local and extended campuses across the state.

The strongest candidates for this position will have working familiarity with some or all of these various network hardware platforms in a large-scale production environment: Arista, Aruba, Juniper, F5, Cisco, Palo Alto and Bluecat as well as Azure and AWS cloud connectivity. Strong candidates should have excellent network troubleshooting skills, excellent communication skills, and ability to work as a member of a team and as a team leader.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies

• Experience with configuring networking equipment (switches, routers)
• Experience with SNMP network monitoring tools
• Knowledge of Ethernet and IP networking (TCP and UDP)
• Familiarity with LAN/WAN L2/L3 protocols
• Experience with wireless networking including controller-based lightweight architectures
• Familiarity with firewalls and VPNs
• Experience with DHCP, IPAM, and DNS
• Writing technical documentation

Physical Demands

• Adequate vision, hearing and manual dexterity to connect network cabling (including fiber optics).
• Job takes place in cooled office environment and in a typical cooled datacenter environment.
• Driving as needed to perform job duties.
• Move from one office to another office on campus.
• Lift and install rack based 2U network equipment.

Is driving a responsibility of this position? Yes Is this a Position of Trust? Yes Does this position have operation, access, or control of financial resources? No Does this position require a P-Card? No Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? No Does this position have direct interaction or care of children under the age of 18 or direct patient care? No Does this position have Security Access (e.g., public safety, IT security, personnel records, patient records, or access to chemicals and medications) Yes Credit and P-Card policy
Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.
Background Investigation Policy
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including, a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. You may also be subject to a pre-employment drug test for positions with high-risk responsibilities, if applicable. Please visit the UGA Background Check website.

Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

• Evaluate, recommend, design, and maintain network systems and applications that provide mission critical central services:
  • Implement, manage and provide operational support for enterprise network services.
  • Manage and support operation of enterprise firewall services.
  • Implement and manage enterprise Intrusion Prevention/Detection systems.
  • Perform long-range capacity planning to determine the type of resources needed to support projected volume and types of solutions best suited to needs.
  • Perform initial setup, software installation, testing, and security hardening of network and security systems.
  • Maintain software, including testing, evaluation and installation of new versions or authorized modifications to custom and vendor-supplied operating systems and related software applications.
  • Work with other departments to implement/support critical network services
  • Patch network and security systems and applications; monitor production systems; implement system policies; schedule system processes such as backups; and execute recovery operations when necessary.
  
  
  

Percentage of time 50 Duties/Responsibilities

• Network Fault Management- Including routing, firewalls, load balancers, and VPN
  • Determine and initiates appropriate and immediate actions to restore normal services with minimal disruption.
  • Investigate recurring and related operating system failures or inefficiencies by reviewing system logs, dumps and other information from clients or technical personnel.
  • Establish the correct priority for reported network faults; fully document the systems involved; make any necessary changes; and document the solution.
  • Perform or recommends proactive measures to prevent failures when possible.
  • Work with Information Security staff to supplement incident response and crisis management needs.
  • Share responsibility for emergency system maintenance on a 24×7 basis.
  
  
  

Percentage of time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

• Planning and Documentation:
  • Provide detailed planning for assigned tasks to include work breakdowns, timelines, and risk assessment.
  • Provide detailed documentation and diagrams for proposed, altered, and existing network security systems.
  • Prepare documentation for inventory and maintenance of NOC equipment.
  
  
  

Percentage of time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

• Incident Response:
  • Coordinate with Information Security and responds to UGA IT Security incidents.
  • Contain any such incident, be able to identify the scope of an incident, and work with UGA clients to solve any security problems and secure their network.
  
  
  

Percentage of time 10

Contact Information

Recruitment Contact

Contact Details
For questions concerning this position or recruitment progression, please refer to the Recruitment Contact listed below.
Recruitment Contact Name Rayid Tartir Recruitment Contact Email rayid@uga.edu Recruitment Contact Phone

Posting Specific Questions

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

1. Resume/CV
2. Cover Letter
3. List of References with Contact Information

Optional Documents