Network Administrator - 240 day contract

Texarkana School District • Texarkana, AR

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About The Position

The Texarkana Arkansas School District is seeking a Network Administrator to support instructional and administrative programs by providing services to school personnel for installation, use, upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the district-wide area network and building local area networks. This is a year-round, 240-day contract position.

The role designs, configures, upgrades, repairs, evaluates, and maintains network infrastructure and approved software in an educational environment. It also supports network standards and documentation, trains technicians and site coordinators in basic troubleshooting, and coordinates network replacement planning. The position requires professional conduct and a strong customer-service focus when supporting district personnel.

Requirements

• Pass a national criminal background check and a background check of the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Central Registry.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent training and experience.
• Knowledge and field experience with hardware and software troubleshooting.
• Knowledge and field experience with network design and administration.
• Field experience providing responsive, helpful, courteous, and tactful end-user support.
• Field experience working with confidential and time-sensitive matters.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with employees, colleagues, service providers, and community members.
• Knowledge and skills in using technology in an educational setting.
• At least three years of field experience supporting end-users, Active Directory, and Windows XP/Win7 in educational institutions.

Nice To Haves

• K-12 experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional behavior, appearance, and work ethic to represent the school district positively.
• Articulate a positive image of the school district and its employees.
• Demonstrate effective customer service strategies to district personnel.
• Design, configure, upgrade, and repair local and wide area infrastructure.
• Evaluate, test, and recommend technology for use in the educational environment.
• Install and test approved software and software upgrades in a networked environment.
• Keep current on emerging software, hardware, and network systems through technical journals, manuals, vendor seminars, and professional development workshops.
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of network benchmark standards.
• Maintain network maps of all sites.
• Train technicians and site coordinators in basic network troubleshooting techniques.
• Develop and coordinate a network replacement plan.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time