Design Network Engineer

About the role

We are LAUSD. We are dedicated to innovation in public education, aiming to prepare our students for success in college, career, and life. This role supports the business of education, contributing to our mission.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the work of lower-level technicians and contractors engaged in assisting and implementing the internetworking infrastructure systems throughout the District.
• Plans, designs, and implements LAN/WLAN, camera, intrusion, video access control, voice, and video convergence integration.
• Implements and manages Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT) deployment in a call management cluster environment with unity voice integration.
• Performs design, implementation and performance engineering analysis, and diagnosis of large complex infrastructure network systems.
• Affords support in developing architectures, specifications and planning for enterprise-wide tactical and strategic requirements, system definition, and feasibility determination within a complex systems environment.
• Assists in the development and implementation of a multi-system capacity plan.
• Manages or performs network installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance including field services.
• Analyzes converged IT systems, and wide area networks (WAN), and circuits.
• Evaluates new products and technologies, performs network problem resolution, and assists in the development and documentation of technical standards, procedures and interface applications.
• Assesses enterprise-wide network and infrastructure including hardware, software and protocols for compatibility, performance, optimization and scalability and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Acts as the project leader on enterprise-wide assignments for the implementation of existing and emerging or new District-level technologies.

Requirements

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in math, computer science, information systems, electrical engineering, data communications, network engineering, telecommunications management, or a related field.
• Six years of direct experience designing, engineering, implementing and configuring enterprise network infrastructure systems. The aforementioned experience must include two years of designing LAN/WLAN and VoIP technologies into an enterprise IT infrastructure.
• One year of camera, intrusion, and public address systems is preferable.

Qualifications

• Special Physical Requirement: Ability to safely lift and carry tools and materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Special Notes: A valid driver’s license to legally operate a motor vehicle in the state of California and the use of a motor vehicle.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) is required.
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, Cisco Certified VoIP certifications, Alcatel and Aruba are highly preferable.

Skills

• VoIP, QoS, SIP, video conferencing, and video streaming LAN/WAN internetworking
• Wi-Fi, Cisco and Aruba Technology
• IEEE 802.x networking standards
• Cisco and Aruba WLAN technologies
• IP multicasting and troubleshooting
• Cisco routers and HP, Alcatel, Cisco switches
• Protocols including TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, NetBIOS, DHCP, LDP, MBGP, MPLS, NAT64, IPv6, OSPFv3, TFTP, HTTP, and IPsec
• IP classes, subnets, multicasts, and NAT
• Network analysis tools
• LAN/WLAN/WAN camera, intrusion alarms, public address design, integration, and implementation
• Principles of LAN/WLAN/WAN/multimedia network design, traffic engineering, network security administration, encryption technologies, software, and applications
• Genetect Video Management Systems DMP Intrusion Systems Valcom IP solutions

Benefits

• Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans
• Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS)
• Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service.
• Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days.

Pay

$75.59 - $92.96 Hourly

Schedule

To be determined