Network Administrator

Job Summary

This position will be within Clark County’s Technology Services Department. This role’s main focus will be responsibility to support, maintain and monitor IT network infrastructure with critical reliability and maximum uptime.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information technology, computer science or a related field or any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered. The degree must have been conferred by an institution of higher education and have National Recognition of Accrediting Agencies by the U.S. Secretary of Education, and official transcripts may be required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of proven track record designing, deploying, and implementing core route/switch and/or data center networks in accordance with industry standards.
• One or more of the following certificates
• Preferred certification as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
• Strongly preferred CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification.
• Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K experience highly desirable.
• Understand WAN/LAN and transport technologies (Ethernet, DMVPN, and MPLS).
• Proficiency with LAN switching concepts and protocols, hands on experience with Spanning Tree and Trunking between network components and virtual hosts.
• Knowledge of IP communication and routing is required (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP).
• Experience with logical design models (L2/L3, VPC, VDC, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VFR, VTP, VLANs, physical cabling).
• Working technical knowledge of network control protocols (QOS, PfR, PoE, NTP, DHCP), network management protocols (CDP, FTP, TFTP, SNMP) and security protocols (SSH, HTTPS, AAA, IPSec, TrustSec).
• Certifications in CCNP, CCIE R&S and/or Data Center preferred.
• Superb organizational and time-management skills.
• Superb attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to consistently handle and follow through with multiple projects, tasks, and business processes while meeting required timelines.
• Strong orientation towards taking ownership of projects and assignments by being proactive, communicative, and making process improvement suggestions.
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
• Able to conduct research into networking issues and products as the need arises.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Able to effectively prioritize tasks in pressure situations.
• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Previous public sector experience

For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line, please visit our website at:

https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county

Salary Grade: IT Guild.T4 $7,524.00 - $9,872.00- per month