Network Administrator II

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For assistance, please contact the recruitment team at 970-378-3720.

Minimum Hiring Annual Salary

$77,237.00

Maximum Hiring Annual Salary

$83,416.00

To attain the maximum annual salary, employee must meet all minimum qualifications plus:

• 5 (five) years of additional applicable work experience and/or degrees higher than minimum qualification degree. Degrees higher than the minimum qualification degree can be used in combination with additional work experience.
• A combination of related education, on-the-job work experience, certifications and/or licenses that results in a candidate successfully meeting the minimum qualifications of the position, may be considered.
  
  

The stated salary amounts are not guaranteed in the event employment ends with Aims during any fiscal year.

Included with Aims Full-time Employment is a generous package of Benefits, most are listed below:

• Benefits are effective immediately
• 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
• 85% employer provided medical & dental coverage for employee's spouse and/or family
• Voluntary vision insurance
• Staff Annual Leave (minimum accrual of 15 days) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
• 17 paid holidays and 3 personal days each year
• Summer schedule: 4-day work week - Fridays Off
• Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums
• Tuition waiver & reimbursement for employees
• Tuition waiver for dependents
• PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits)
• Additional supplemental benefits & retirement programs available
• Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
• Free parking on all campuses
  
  

Job Description

Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College's Mission, Vision, Values and a culture of innovation and care. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and have the skill sets necessary to be successful in this position.

Aims Community College's Network, Infrastructure and Communication Systems (NIC) team consists of five network and systems administrators and a team Director who reports to the Chief Information Officer/AVP. This team highly values collaboration. All of the team members manage all of our systems. Two of the team members (including this position) focus primarily on network design, performance, troubleshooting and maintenance. The other three team members focus primarily on systems administration for many applications, as well as server management. We support multiple campuses and our own primary and secondary datacenters. We rotate on-call duties through the team, usually about 1 week per month per team member. We work the usual business hours but do have systems maintenance days and other maintenance days where we work non-business hours. We use Palo Alto firewalls, Extreme switches, and Aruba wireless controllers and access points. We use ClearPass as a network access control solution. Our systems include: VMware/Hyper-V and SANs – we are about 95% virtualized, Dell hardware (hosts/servers, storage), Windows and Linux servers, Avaya Cloud Office telecom, TeamDynamix ESM, and Veeam backup and replication. Other IT teams reporting to the CIO/AVP at Aims include IT Service Center (helpdesk, computer management and user assistance), Enterprise Services (manages Workday and other enterprise services), and Cybersecurity.

Network Administration

• Install, maintain, and enhance the College network infrastructure for both wired and wireless: Monitor functionality, troubleshoot, or upgrade as necessary
• Responsible for Windows and Linux network configuration. System diagnostics and troubleshooting, including analysis of ongoing performance, system slowdowns, and bottlenecks.
• Monitoring and health of day-to-day operations of networks, servers, systems, and all other mission-critical IT systems, as well as vulnerability patch management.
• Check all monitoring systems for issues daily. Create tickets and resolve issues as needed.
• Product research, AP and switch configurations, hypervisor network configurations, device builds and implementations, lift, install, and move servers and devices in the datacenter and other sites as needed.
  
  

IT Solution Design & Implementation

• Research, propose, and implement IT-based solutions for Aims.
  
  

Troubleshooting & Problem Solving

• Solve issues with hardware, software, network function, and telecommunications for any and all systems used at Aims.
• Assist peers in IT in solving problems/troubleshooting.
  
  

Hardware Installation & Support

• Install, configure, and perform maintenance on IT hardware (servers, network equipment, wireless access points, etc.) where required on any of the Aims campuses.
  
  

Documentation

• Document processes, procedures, equipment details, configurations, software specifics, network or systems administration notes, and any job-related functions in the departmental knowledge base for the Network, Infrastructure and Communication Systems team.
  
  

Other Duties As Assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree in Computer Science or another related field; plus, four (4) years of experience repairing, maintaining, and troubleshooting wired and wireless networks and multiple server environments, operating numerous software applications and computers in a complex, dynamic datacenter and networked environment, and knowledge of fiber networks or an equivalent combination of education and/or work experience.
• Extensive knowledge of: Windows and LInux operating systems and networking for virtual servers.
• Network and switch configuration, installation, testing, and monitoring procedures.
• Other applicable certifications.
• This position requires the use of a company vehicle for business travel. The selected candidate must successfully pass an MVR and be insurable under Aims insurance.
  
  

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Applicable certifications
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNA, CCNE, A , Net , Extreme or other relevant certifications
  
  

All Applicants

• Compare your previous work experience to the job duties listed on the job positing under job description. Enter the job duties you have performed under the "Work Experience" section on your job application. We evaluate your experience based on this information.
• Please make sure you state whether work experience (aka work history) is part time or full time employment by listing the average number of hours worked per week. This information is used to determine your new annual salary.
• Be sure to upload all the required documents listed at the above in "Additional Job Description" section. This can be uploaded as part of your application materials in the "My Experience" section. If there are missing documents, your incomplete application will not be considered. Per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, you may redact information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
  
  

For information on our hiring practices, please visit our resource page: https://www.aims.edu/departments/human-resources/hiring-process.

Aims Community College is an equal opportunity employer. Selection will be based solely on merit and will be without discrimination based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, or veteran's status. All application materials must be submitted by the closing date posted and become the property of Aims Community College. The screening committee will select finalists for interviews. The goal of Aims Community College is to enhance the diversity present in the district we serve. To comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, if hired, you will be required to provide documents within three (3) business days of hire date to show your identity and your authorization to work. This law applies to all persons hired.

Screening/Selection

To be considered, please provide a thorough and complete application. Initial screening will be conducted by a committee based on completed application materials.

Employees in these positions may be asked to participate in temporary assignments lasting less than nine (9) months (such as curriculum development, short term projects, meetings and substitute duties) which could amount to additional temporary pay.

Upon hire, all positions at Aims Community College require a criminal background check and may require industry specific screenings such as an MVR, physical and/or drug screen. Keep in mind, a conviction does not automatically preclude candidates from being employed. The nature of a conviction will be considered relative to the duties of the position.