Network Engineer

Summary:

The Senior Network Engineer (SNE) at National Heritage Academies™ (NHA) ensures the functionality, stability, and security of NHA's data, voice, and wireless networks and Internet connectivity. The SNE designs, plans, builds, and supports local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), wireless networks (WLANs), Internet connectivity, voice solutions, and core network services, including DNS and system monitoring, across NHA's school campuses and offices.

The SNE works hands-on with NHA's network platforms, which include Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Ruckus wireless, Arista networking, and Cisco networking. The SNE also supports VPN tunnels, load balancing, and communication links, and resolves hardware and software performance problems quickly and accurately.
 

Company Information:

National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995, today NHA serves over 100 schools in nine states, with more than 65,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Our schools are designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in college, career, and life. A majority of our schools consistently outperform their local district on the state test. According to the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, NHA is a leading performer among charter schools and management organizations, outperforming both conventional district schools and other charter school operators. In addition, according to our employee survey, over 90% of respondents agree that the work they do is meaningful to them. Join our team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Network infrastructure

• Design, deploy, and replace LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, firewall, and voice network infrastructure, along with supporting equipment such as UPS units.
• Plan and implement hardware, software, and operating system upgrades and patches, including firmware lifecycle management across Arista, Cisco, Ruckus, and Palo Alto platforms.
• Configure and maintain Arista and Cisco switching and routing, including VLANs, routing protocols, link aggregation, and redundancy.
• Deploy and support Ruckus wireless networks, including controllers, access points, RF planning, and wireless authentication such as 802.1X and certificate-based methods.
• Maintain configuration backups and restoration procedures for all network devices.
• Manage cellular and backup Internet connectivity and ensure it is used appropriately.

Security

• Participate in managing and developing NHA's network security solutions, with a security-first approach to protecting student and organizational data.
• Administer Palo Alto firewalls, including security policies, NAT, VPN, content and threat prevention, and logging.