Institute for Women's Leadership Marquette University · 2 days ago
Network Architect - Milwaukee-based hybrid
Milwaukee, WI
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expInstitute for Women's Leadership Marquette University is dedicated to prioritizing student success and fostering personal and professional excellence. The Network Architect is responsible for designing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-level network solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and performance while collaborating with stakeholders and leading technical projects.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Designs and develops the overall architecture and configuration standards for network equipment in a large 60+ building campus environment. Provide strategic oversight and guidance for network issues, including backbone routing and switching, edge configuration, Internet related services, and wireless. Ensure network infrastructure documentation is comprehensive and up to date and collaborate on inventories for support renewal work
Designs, develops, and implements network level requirements for zero-trust architecture. Collaborate with the IT Services security team to integrate security solutions and respond to security incidents. Stay up to date on emerging security technologies and best practices to continuously enhance the networks security posture. Ensures that network security policy and practices are followed, implemented, and maintained
Evaluates and analyzes network performance metrics to inform strategic decisions and drive continuous improvements, ensuring the successful operation of the university’s network infrastructure. Identifies and evaluates problems. Determines the risk areas and implement mitigation strategies. Leads the evolution and adoption of network topology to optimize security, availability, and performance aligning with the university’s current and future needs
Work with project managers, network and systems administrators and engineers for planning long-term and short-term networking strategies and the integration of new technologies. Oversee the design and development of network extensions and enhancements incorporating the latest technologies and standards. Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and partners to secure optimal pricing, to develop test plans and “pilot projects” for new and emerging technologies
Lead the configuration and installation of various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS). Utilize established commercial best practices to develop templates and documentation that enhances operational procedures. Oversee network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations ensuring optimal performance and security
Participate in after-hours on-call rotation and be available to mitigate network issues during unplanned events. Campus wireless and wired network Techsquad ticket triage
Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities; capable of explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
A recognized certification that demonstrates knowledge in designing or managing complex wired and wireless networks
Minimum 7 Years' Relevant Experience
Able and available to commute to campus within 1 hour as part of an on-call rotation team
Demonstrated experience managing large network infrastructure, including both wired internal and external core routing, and wireless technologies
Demonstrated experience driving large campus network topology changes in accordance with desired security driven requirements
Demonstrated experience implementing and managing an identity-based network access control and policy enforcement system in support of wired and wireless user and device access management
Demonstrated experience designing and recommending Wi-Fi AP radio, antenna, and device placement to optimize wireless capacity and performance in large, highly occupied spaces
Hands-on experience managing Datacenter switches and various network related services including campus-wide DHCP, DNS
Experience troubleshooting network-related issues with large telecom providers and guiding toward quick resolution
Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership abilities; capable of explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Infrastructure or Security, Cisco DevNet Associate, or Cisco Certified Architect
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise or Security or, alternatively, 6+ years of demonstrated large enterprise Cisco-based network management experience
Experience implementing and managing VPN and Firewall infrastructure, preferably Fortinet Fortigate based infrastructure
Experience writing, troubleshooting, and maintaining various automation scripts
Experience working with VOIP technologies and routing voice traffic
Demonstrated experience optimizing Cisco Catalyst Center Network Management (formerly DNAC) for campus network wired and wireless infrastructure management
Experience performing wireless network surveys and design tasks using Ekahau toolset
Strong Cisco-background with demonstrated experience in designing and managing a Cisco based network including Cisco ISE experience
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
403(b) with up to 8% university match
Generous time off package
Tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement
Company
Institute for Women's Leadership Marquette University
The Institute for Women’s Leadership (IWL), at Marquette University, was launched in 2019, through the generous support of the Thomas J.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase