Network Administrator

Join our vibrant community of dedicated faculty and staff who work to create a transformative educational experience rooted in faith, reason, and justice.

Eastern University is a nationally-recognized Christian university enrolling approximately 9,000 students in a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, professional, and seminary programs. The university’s main campus is located in St. Davids, PA, with many programs also offered online. Eastern’s core values of Faith, Reason, and Justice are woven into all of its educational offerings. Through dynamic programs, a vibrant campus community, and meaningful service learning opportunities, Eastern University is committed to providing students with transformative, accessible, and affordable education.

Position Description

The Network and Systems Administrator, reporting to the Director of Technical Services, implements and manages the enterprise-wide network infrastructure including but not limited to LAN, WAN, Internet/Intranet, connectivity, network addressing, proxy services, remote connectivity, firewalls, wireless controllers, virtual private networking and network security. This individual assists the Data Center Administrator in monitoring and maintaining the network and associated hardware and infrastructure. This individual provides some overflow user and system support and assists with other information technology projects as required.

Position Responsibilities

• Installs system patches and firmware upgrades on network equipment as needed.
• Analyzes connectivity and resource availability problems and effects a solution in conjunction with hardware vendors and 3rd party partners.
• Maintains and administers all physical networking equipment both wired and wireless.
• Maintains backups of switch, firewall, and all other network infrastructure device configurations.
• Installs and configures new network equipment including access points, switches and network appliances such as firewalls, bandwidth allocation devices.
• Manages WANs and the campus LAN to insure connectivity for satellite offices.
• Manages relationships with communications and related equipment vendors.
• Works to create systems and procedural documentation.
• Works trouble-tickets to assist end users.
• Embodies values of caring and compassion, justice and integrity, competence and affirmation.
• Seeks to treat each member of the campus community with fairness, dignity and respect seeking a spirit of unity and harmony as we join together to achieve our common mission.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Staff, exempt, salaried, full-time, 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree with a major in computer science, information science or five years professional experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise WiFi (Cisco & Meraki Networks) and 802.1x security preferred.
• Experience with network security, network addressing, TCP/IP, configuration.

About Eastern University

Eastern University is a Christian university of the arts and sciences that integrates faith, reason and justice for students in its undergraduate, graduate, seminary, urban, professional and international programs. Applicants should have a Christian commitment compatible with its mission and be willing to support the mission and vision of the university. The university complies with federal and state guidelines of nondiscrimination in employment; members of protected classes encouraged to apply.