Description:

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) supports more than 140,000 students across 181 schools. CMS is proud of its diverse mix of students who represent 184 countries and speak 204 languages and dialects. In addition, CMS offers an extensive range of magnet programs in 71 of its schools to nurture students' talents who have interests and abilities in specific areas. CMS is one of the largest employers in Mecklenburg County, with more than 18,000 teachers, support staff and administrators.

CMS is hiring a Network Engineer (District Classifies as a Level 2) on a contract to hire basis. This person will support their assigned schools/administrative sites (~45. each school/site is about 2 miles apart) to handle installation, administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking technology. This person will support the CMS Local Area Network (LAN), routers, switches, wireless access points (APs), and the site data closets. After initial response/diagnosis, this is the person an IS&S school support team member calls for any problem reported as “network”. Typically this person will complete about 2-3 tickets per day (Cherwell Ticketing System prioritizes them automatically). Majority of tickets are wireless related; second most common is configuration issues with IOT Devices. Any tickets that need assistance will be escalated to the Level 3 Network Engineer for assistance.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Installation/maintenance of access points (APs)

2. Installation/maintenance of switches and routers

3. Installation and Maintenance for NMS (SolarWinds, Desktop Toolset, Network Servers etc.)

4. Support of networks

5. Maintenance of data closet to adhere to departmental standards

6. Projects (software, hardware, firmware updates)

7. Priority 1 ticket: second-level support (after IS&S support team member)

8. Troubleshooting, root cause analysis

9. Documentation – “how to” guides, required ticket system information, site configurations, other documentation as assigned/requested

10. Proficient with network diagrams and ability to use Visio to help create as needed

Skills:

Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Network engineering, wireless, windows server administration, cabling, switches, Meraki, SolarWinds, VMware, Hyper-V, access points, router, ccna, ccnp

Top Skills Details:

Cisco routers, Cisco switches ,Network engineering, wireless, windows server administration,cabling,switches,meraki,solarwinds,vmware,hyper-v,access points, router

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Nice to have: CCENT, A+, Network+, CCNA etc.

Former experience in an education setting a plus or interest in being in an educational setting

Conversion Salary/Rate based on experience/certs utilizing district matrix

**be sure to take into account the benefits of being a state employee (time off, retirement, benefits discounts)

Experience Level:

Entry Level

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