What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Admin - IT position at LJA Engineering, Inc?
Title: Network Administrator
Division: Corporate - IT
LJA is an employee-owned company, and our people carry pride into their projects and their workplaces. We have talented employees across the nation and are always looking for exceptional individuals to join the LJA team. With 50 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future. We offer great benefits and are 100% employee owned.
Summary: LJA Engineering is looking for a highly motivated Junior Network Administrator to join our IT team. Under general supervision the individual is responsible for installing, configuring, documenting, and monitoring network systems and services.
General Responsibilities:
- Work in a team environment to help administer/setup local or remote network equipment: Routers, Firewalls, Switches, Access points.
- Help monitoring networking equipment, systems performance, Wi-Fi coverage.
- Provide escalated networking ticket support and help resolve troubleshoot problems.
- Hands on install equipment or break/fix as needed.
- Travel to remote sites as needed.
- Participate in afterhours work as needed and at least one weekend monthly.
Requirements
Education
- High school diploma.
- CompTIA Network
Experience
- 2 years of IT work experience in network infrastructure or server infrastructure. (May be substituted with associate degree)
- Experience supporting server operating systems and hardware a plus.
- Palo Alto Firewalls, Aruba HPE or Meraki network hardware.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability and willingness to learn new technologies.
- Strong analytical and quantitative abilities.
- Uses data to help drive decisions and resolutions.
- Strong desire for automation.
- Strong interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
- Effective organization and time management skills.
- Fundamental knowledge of corporate domain environment.
- Fundamental knowledge in Active directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy
- Thorough understanding of Firewalls, Routing, Security Policies, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN
- Ability to work in command line interfaces.
- A general understanding of the OSI model.
Preferred Education and Skillset
Education
- Associate degree in computer science or a closely related field
Certifications
- Network certifications
Physical Requirements:
- Sit for extended periods of time working on computer.
- Occasionally lift or pull 35-80 pounds.
- Climb and work from a ladder.
