Associate Network Engineer

An employee in this class is responsible for technical analysis work with an emphasis on internetworks and telecommunications. Under general direction, employees are required to exercise extensive initiative and independent judgment in selection of work methods and formulation of recommendations to meet program needs, objectives, and goals.

Employees coordinate and monitor the work of other team members in the completion of specified assignments. Tasks require that the employees consult with user departmental personnel, other departmental technical staff, and other network team members in order to resolve technical issues. Under general supervision, employees are expected to exercise considerable initiative and independent judgment in selecting work methods and performing assigned tasks. Employees in this class are subject to on-call status on a rotating schedule to provide 7 day/24 hour per day service and, at times, are required to work unusual hours to accommodate installation, maintenance and/or upgrading of city networks. Work is reviewed while in progress and upon completion through discussions and reports submitted.

Assist management to ensure departmental objectives are met, programs are maintained, participate in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations and standards.

Utilize remote monitoring tools, protocol analyzers and other network monitoring tools to accurately diagnose network problems or network performance degradation and takes appropriate corrective actions.

Knowledge of: Networking routing protocols including but not limited to EIGRP, OSPF, monitoring tools, and services; problem management processes; OSI layers 1, 2 and 3; network IP address standards as well as subnet masking; configuring and basic troubleshooting of switches and routers; ICMP, SNMP, DHCP, SSH, Trace route, and sniffer packet capturing processes (PCAP); Ethernet handshake protocols, including speed, duplex and Power Over Ethernet (PoE).

Skills in: Verbal and written communications skills including technical documentation; critical thinking, organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to efficiently handle several tasks simultaneously.

Ability to: Acquire knowledge of new technologies; design, implement and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure; work under pressure with changing priorities in a highly complex network environment; working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential; express oneself clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree with appropriate computer related coursework and six (6) months experience in personal computers and networking. Or an equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a high school diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.

Possession of a valid driver’s license required.

Certification in one of the following specialties preferred: Cisco CCST, CCNA, CCNP or other Cisco certifications, CompTIA Network+ and other equivalent networking certification.

Evaluation of education and experience. Drug testing is included in all pre-employment processing.

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