Network Technician II (260 Days)

Dallas Independent School District

Job Location:

Dallas, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The position is primarily traveling between district schools and facilities to be involved in the installation maintenance and support of all LAN wireless networking and telecommunication equipment and software for the DISD network environment. Participates in projects such as new construction/renovation assisting with equipment evaluation and selection and technology research.
Diagnose hardware software and configuration failures of all LAN and wireless networking equipment and perform or secure repairs.
Conduct site surveys for school users requiring adds moves and changes to determine the need for hardware software and/or data communication wiring.
Install configure and maintain switches routers wireless access points new wiring fiber conduit cable try and and other networking devices
Support data moves as necessary cross-connect data communications wiring and check equipment for proper operation and connectivity.
Diagnose network problems and outages using an Ekahau (RF) Network Sniffer Lanalyzer or similar network traffic analysis equipment.
Assist users concerning the use of data and voice communications.
Assist with the evaluation specifications and requirements of new equipment.
Document network installations moves and component configuration to the satisfaction of the Network Manager
Maintain network uptime and reliability to the satisfaction of the IT management with the goal of maintaining the network at a 99.99% reliability standard.
The network technician will provide on-call support on a scheduled basis and responsible for emergency off-hours network and telecom support as needed.
Involved in large-scale network and bandwidth upgrades with vendors and providers such as Cisco Systems Meraki HP Aruba and other leading DISD vendors/providers.
Monitor telecommunications network and WAN environment components and connectivity
Keeps abreast of technical and professional trends and developments in data networking through publications conferences seminars and classes.

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High School Diploma or GED required
Minimum 3 years LAN/WAN technical support experience
A technical networking or Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi certification from the following list: Ekahau AirMagnet Cisco Wireless Cisco Meraki Aruba CompTIA or BICSI
Experience in several wireless LAN solutions such as Cisco Cisco Meraki Aruba Arrista etc.
Experience in network access control systems such as Cisco. ISE or Aruba ClearPass Plus
Experience with Cisco and HP networking equipment
Skype and Teams phone systems experience desired
Must know standards for the installation of cabling including Cat 5 and Cat 6

Required Experience: