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Empire State College was established in 1971 by Dr. Ernest Boyer as a distinctive statewide institution focused on innovative and nontraditional teaching and learning.

The college continues its 45-year commitment experiment with new, flexible, and individualized modes of learning through such practices as mentoring students throughout their academic studies, creating individualized degree plans, valuing learning gained from life and work experience, building professional and social student support communities and creating flexible modes of delivery to meet students' diverse learning preferences. The college now boast over 75,000 proud and successful alumni and partners with nearly 20,000 students a year who want to expand their personal and professional horizons.

Empire State College is a part of the SUNY System and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. With headquarters in Saratoga Springs, New York, ESC serves mostly working adults pursuing associate, bachelor's and master's degrees online and onsite at 35 locations across the state of New York and abroad.

Job Vacancy

Job Title:
Network Engineer
Job ID:
1086
Full or Part Time:
Full Time
Center:
Coordinating Center
Unit/Program/Office
Office of Computer Services
Location:
Saratoga Springs
Description:
SUNY Empire State College is currently looking for a Network Engineer to join our team at our Saratoga Springs, NY site. The chosen candidate will have broad and deep understanding of enterprise networking at all levels of the OSI model. The candidate will also have demonstrated experience using this understanding to advance organizational objectives and provide excellent customer service.
Key responsibilities are:
- Manage and upgrade large complex enterprise infrastructure
- Design, implement, document and support secure LAN and WAN networks
- Resolve outages and initial circuit activation by working directly with service providers.
- Monitor and troubleshoot network performance and security issues
- Document detailed descriptions and diagrams as required
Participate in 24x7x365 on-call coverage
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.S./B.A. in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of direct Network Engineering and design experience in a multiple physical location environment
- Expert working knowledge (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) with a wide array of equipment including Cisco, Packeteer, Extreme Networks, Avaya, AdTran and SonicWALL.
- Knowledge of QoS tools and techniques
- Demonstrated experience maintaining and upgrading complex and highly-available networks
- Experience deploying, maintaining and upgrading wide variety of router & switch hardware
- High level of comfort using command-line interfaces and scripting languages
- Extensive knowledge of IP routing and IP routing protocols
- Very strong hands-on skills with extensive experience in the troubleshooting and solving complex network related issues
- Strong organizational, customer service and communication skills
Demonstrated team player also able to work independently
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with network management systems
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux system administration
Special Information (e.g., travel required, evening hours, etc.):
Occasional travel required
Rank/Salary:
$50,000 - $55,000
Applications due by:
Review of resumes begins 10/11/2009
Anticipated start date:
12/01/2009
Empire State College is an EOE employer.
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Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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