Network Team Lead: Office of Innovative Technologies - UTK

University of Tennessee•Knoxville, TN

About The Position

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is seeking a Network Services Team Lead to lead and manage a respective team responsible for maintaining and improving the university’s wired and wireless network systems. This position will provide a specific network specialization in network engineering. This position plays a vital role in ensuring fast, secure, and reliable network connectivity that supports research, education, and administrative excellence across campus. This position is a senior-level expert in deploying, managing, and evolving wired and wireless network projects and solutions across a production network enterprise architecture. Supervises and manages a work team under the direction of senior staff for large scale projects, new implementations, system upgrades, etc. Operates independently for all sizes of systems, networks, and/or databases. Designs, collects, analyzes, and creates professional written and oral reports to senior staff. Focuses on short to intermediate strategic priorities within the network transport function and contributes to the identification of areas for evolution. Work is completed with minimal oversight with a high level of accuracy and quality. Must have the ability to learn, implement, and operate new technologies. Participation in on-call rotation, which covers non-business hours including the weekend. On-call support is for one week and may be required for three to four weeks within a year. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service. UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone. The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

Requirements

Senior-level expert in deploying, managing, and evolving wired and wireless network projects and solutions across a production network enterprise architecture.
Ability to learn, implement, and operate new technologies.
High level of accuracy and quality.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a respective team responsible for maintaining and improving the university’s wired and wireless network systems.
Provide a specific network specialization in network engineering.
Deploy, manage, and evolve wired and wireless network projects and solutions across a production network enterprise architecture.
Supervise and manage a work team under the direction of senior staff for large scale projects, new implementations, system upgrades, etc.
Operate independently for all sizes of systems, networks, and/or databases.
Design, collect, analyze, and create professional written and oral reports to senior staff.
Focus on short to intermediate strategic priorities within the network transport function and contributes to the identification of areas for evolution.
Learn, implement, and operate new technologies.
Participation in on-call rotation, which covers non-business hours including the weekend.