NETWORK ENGINEER INTERMEDIATE
Apply NowCompany: Fulton County, GA
Location: Atlanta, GA 30349
Description:
Salary: $84,139.00 - $126,208.00 Annually
Location : GOVERNMENT CENTER 141 PRYOR STREET, GA
Job Type: FULL-TIME
Department: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Opening Date: 04/03/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Pay Grade:: K8
UNCLASSIFIED POSITION
CURRENT VACANCY IS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Two years of Infrastructure Management or Network Management experience. Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Specific License or Certification Required: Network certifications (CCNA, CCNP) preferred.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must be knowledge of network control protocols (DHCP, QOS, POE, IPv4, HTTP, DNS 802.11a/b/n/ac and network management protocols (CDP, FTP, SNMP).
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
Purpose of Classification:
The purpose of the Network Engineer is to ensure that County wired, wireless networks, and telecom systems are operating in accordance with Service Level and Operating Level Agreements, including network, wiring network protocols and firewalls. The infrastructure Engineering will also work with Support and Operation team to ensure that any network issues and outages are resolved in a timely manner.
Essential Functions:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Participate in implementation efforts for major network expansions, upgrades or new functionality. Perform tasks assigned according to provided implementation plan documents; expand or upgrade network or telephone infrastructure. Provide technical support for network and telephone infrastructure.
Monitor and maintain the County network infrastructure including controller, load balancers, access points and VPN devices; troubleshoot and resolve network hardware/software issues and repair defective components.
Monitor usage to ensure for sufficient capacity of network and telephone system; update system configuration to provision new infrastructure components or adjust to change in the technical environment.
Operates the county wired and wireless network infrastructure and telephone system; work directly with County network and infrastructure related vendors, Asset/Configuration Manager, Technical Architect and Support and Quality Management.
Additional Functions:
Performs other related duties as required.
Performance Aptitudes:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as a first-line supervisor, including instructing, assigning and reviewing work, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, and evaluating employee job performance.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation.
01
The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses pertaining to specific work experience and education must be clearly shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. We do not accept additional information after your application has been received by the Personnel Department. Please review your application for accuracy and make all corrections before submittal because errors can result in not meeting the minimum qualifications. Do you accept these conditions?
02
What is your highest level of education completed?
03
Which degree related to this position do you possess?
04
In what field of study related to this position do you possess an Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctorate's Degree or have earned college credits?
05
If you have received some college credits related to this position, but DID NOT receive your degree, how many college credits did you earn?
06
How many years of experience in Infrastructure Management or Network Management do you possess?
07
Which Network Certifications do you possess? Select all that applies.
08
Which Network Control Protocols do you have experience working with? Select all that applies.
09
Which Network Management Protocols do you have experience working with? Select all that applies.
10
Are you a former federal employee who has been recently released or accepted early retirement because of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency)? If you answered "Yes", please upload your notice of termination, release, or retirement in the attachment portion of this application. *Please note this letter is required for interview consideration.
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Location : GOVERNMENT CENTER 141 PRYOR STREET, GA
Job Type: FULL-TIME
Department: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Opening Date: 04/03/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Pay Grade:: K8
UNCLASSIFIED POSITION
CURRENT VACANCY IS IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. Two years of Infrastructure Management or Network Management experience. Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Specific License or Certification Required: Network certifications (CCNA, CCNP) preferred.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities: Must be knowledge of network control protocols (DHCP, QOS, POE, IPv4, HTTP, DNS 802.11a/b/n/ac and network management protocols (CDP, FTP, SNMP).
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED IN FULL BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED. PLEASE REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS FOR ACCURACY AND MAKE ALL CORRECTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTAL BECAUSE ERRORS CAN RESULT IN NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT.
Purpose of Classification:
The purpose of the Network Engineer is to ensure that County wired, wireless networks, and telecom systems are operating in accordance with Service Level and Operating Level Agreements, including network, wiring network protocols and firewalls. The infrastructure Engineering will also work with Support and Operation team to ensure that any network issues and outages are resolved in a timely manner.
Essential Functions:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Participate in implementation efforts for major network expansions, upgrades or new functionality. Perform tasks assigned according to provided implementation plan documents; expand or upgrade network or telephone infrastructure. Provide technical support for network and telephone infrastructure.
Monitor and maintain the County network infrastructure including controller, load balancers, access points and VPN devices; troubleshoot and resolve network hardware/software issues and repair defective components.
Monitor usage to ensure for sufficient capacity of network and telephone system; update system configuration to provision new infrastructure components or adjust to change in the technical environment.
Operates the county wired and wireless network infrastructure and telephone system; work directly with County network and infrastructure related vendors, Asset/Configuration Manager, Technical Architect and Support and Quality Management.
Additional Functions:
Performs other related duties as required.
Performance Aptitudes:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as a first-line supervisor, including instructing, assigning and reviewing work, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, and evaluating employee job performance.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment and machinery, requiring the monitoring, adjustment, regulation, and/or setting of multiple conditions.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving broader aspects of organizational programs and operations, moderately unstable situations, or the direction, control and planning of an entire program or set of programs.
It is the policy of Fulton County that there will be equal opportunity for every citizen, employee and applicant, based upon merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, genetics, disability or sexual orientation.
01
The answers you provide to the supplemental questions will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Your responses pertaining to specific work experience and education must be clearly shown in the areas for work history and education on your application. Your application must be completed in full before it is submitted. We do not accept additional information after your application has been received by the Personnel Department. Please review your application for accuracy and make all corrections before submittal because errors can result in not meeting the minimum qualifications. Do you accept these conditions?
- Yes
- No
02
What is your highest level of education completed?
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. Equivalent
- Some College
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctorate's Degree
- None of the Above
03
Which degree related to this position do you possess?
- Associate
- Bachelor
- Master
- Doctorate
- None of the Above
04
In what field of study related to this position do you possess an Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctorate's Degree or have earned college credits?
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Computer Information Systems
- Business Information Systems
- Systems Engineering
- Business Administration
- Networking
- None of the Above
05
If you have received some college credits related to this position, but DID NOT receive your degree, how many college credits did you earn?
- 0 - 29 Semester Hours
- 30 - 59 Semester Hour
- 60 - 89 Semester Hours
- 90 -119 Semester Hours
- 0 - 44 Quarter Hours
- 45 - 89 Quarter Hours
- 90 - 134 Quarter Hours
- 135 - 179 Quarter Hours
- Does not Apply
06
How many years of experience in Infrastructure Management or Network Management do you possess?
- 0 to 6 Months
- 6 months to 1 Year
- 1 Year to 2 Years
- 2 to 3 Years
- 3 to 4 Years
- 4 to 5 years
- 5 to 6 years
- 6 years or more
07
Which Network Certifications do you possess? Select all that applies.
- CCNA
- CCNP
08
Which Network Control Protocols do you have experience working with? Select all that applies.
- DHCP
- QOS
- POE
- IPv4
- HTTP
- DNS 802.11a/b/n/ac
09
Which Network Management Protocols do you have experience working with? Select all that applies.
- CDP
- FTP
- SNMP
10
Are you a former federal employee who has been recently released or accepted early retirement because of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency)? If you answered "Yes", please upload your notice of termination, release, or retirement in the attachment portion of this application. *Please note this letter is required for interview consideration.
- Yes
- No
Required Question