Network Specialist

Posting Details

Position Information

Job Number
CLA00540P

Position Title
Network Specialist

Position Type
Classified Full Time

Percentage Employee
100%

Number of Months Assignment
12

Starting Date
As soon as possible

Current Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. Days and hours of employment may change depending on District needs.

Salary Range
48

Salary

$8,570.58- $10,940.20 monthly - Successful candidate will start at step 1 except in cases where District deems appropriate.

Shift Differential

FLSA
Non-Exempt

Location
Main Campus

Department
Information Technology (Dept)

Open Date
04/22/2025

Closing Date
05/06/2025

Open Until Filled

About Rio Hondo College

About Río Hondo College
Río Hondo College welcomes and embraces all students in their educational and career pathways. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), our College has a student population of 22,000, of which 18,000 are Latinx students. We were the first college in Los Angeles County to provide two years of free tuition to first-time, full-time college students through our Río Promise program. We are proud to acknowledge that many of our students have transferred to high ranked institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, USC and UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Cal State LA, Cal State Long Beach, and Whittier College to name a few.

Strengths
Our caring and dedicated student-centered staff, faculty, and administrators are devoted to the advancement of educational justice, equity, and opportunity for all our students. Our College's 900 employees, with close to 600 faculty, hold themselves accountable for the academic success of disproportionately impacted student populations. Our entire staff, with unwavering team collaboration, work hard to ensure our students reach their full potential by eliminating gaps in academic outcomes that traditionally hinder students of color.

Río Hondo College is committed to the recruitment of qualified and diverse employees who are dedicated to our students' success. We recognize that diversity in an academic environment fosters cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for our students. We are steadfast in our hiring practices and staff development processes which reinforce the goals of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion. Our practices and processes also support the importance of a workforce that reflects the community and the diverse student population we serve.

Río Hondo College employs approximately 55% tenured track faculty of color; 60% part-time faculty of color; 85% classified staff of color; and 50% administrators of color.

Río Hondo College offers 30 associate degrees that guarantee transfer (ADTs) to Cal State Universities, a bachelor's degree in Automotive Technology, more than 60 certificates, a Pathway to Law School, dual enrollment with K-12 districts, state championship speech & debate team, top-notch athletic teams, student leadership opportunities, travel abroad experiences and more.

In collaboration with the communities in Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, South El Monte, Whittier, portions of Norwalk, La Mirada, Downey, La Puente, the City of Industry, Los Nietos and Avocado Heights, Río Hondo College provides an exceptional academic curriculum to meet the unique needs of our region and strengthen our communities.

Basic Function

Under the direction of an administrator or manager, plans, develops, coordinates, implements, and maintains the District's computer network systems and telecommunications operations; provides technical advice and support to District personnel on computer network and telecommunications technology; diagnoses, troubleshoots, and monitors computer and network system performance levels.

Representative Duties

1. Implements and supports the District's computer network systems including managing and coordinating network programming, user account maintenance, mail administration, network security, and backup activities. E

2. Provides technical advice and support to District personnel on network and telecommunications technology. E

3. Researches, evaluates, and recommends network standards, hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment including but not limited to hubs, routers, bridges, gateways, and firewall. E

4. Plans, designs, installs, and maintains, the District's Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) including the connection to internet and campus network program such as email, online forms, scheduling, FTP, Telnet, GOPHER, and World Wide Web. E

5. Recommends, installs, services, troubleshoots, and repairs a variety of computer equipment connected to the District's network. E

6. Participates in establishing and testing computer hardware, operating systems, and peripheral standards; may participate in software testing. E

7. Installs, tests, maintains, and reconfigures both network and standalone personal computer systems; uses operating systems and diagnostic tools to troubleshoot software and hardware issues. E

8. Plans, recommends, installs, and maintains computer hardware, software, terminals, cables, and associated equipment; installs and configures network servers, updates operating system, preventative maintenance system disk, shutdown, and startup on District's networks. E

9. Develops, coordinates, and provides customer support such as technical expertise, consultation, documentation, and training for supported software and hardware products on District's network and computer systems; provides procedural and informational support to faculty, staff, and/or students regarding network activities and performance. E

10. Coordinates with vendors to schedule warranty repairs and delivery of equipment; resolves vendor matters regarding purchases, returns, installations, and repairs. E

11. Troubleshoots and monitors computer and network problems; performs diagnostics on appropriate data to ensure system performance levels. E

12. Performs a variety of clerical and administrative responsibilities in support of the department's day-to-day activities and/or operations utilizing a variety of communication modalities including but not limited to answers and responds to phone calls, emails, text messages, and chat platforms; opens, screens, and distributes mail and correspondence; photocopies documents and requests duplication services; ensures maintenance and repairs of assigned work areas, facilities, or equipment; enters various requests for services from IT, Facilities, and Maintenance; contacts vendors for equipment service, when needed; follows-up with vendors to ensure satisfactory completion of requests; may perform simple repairs or maintenance to standard office equipment. E

13. Performs related duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• District and college policies, procedures, rules, and regulations related to the area of assignment.

• California Education Code and Title V as it relates to the area of assignment.

• Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

• Principles, practices, policies, and procedures related to heterogeneous network administration, network security and backup.

• Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model related to network operations for network design.

• Internet Protocols (IP) and network segmentation strategies for efficient and security logical network design.

• Principles, methods, and techniques for layout, installation, configuration, integration, and operation of network systems, components, equipment, and devices.

• Principles, methods, and techniques for installation, configuration, integration, and operation of Storage Area Network systems, components, equipment, devices, and software.

• Server hardware and operating system architecture, directory services, characteristics, commands, and components applicable to District servers and computer platforms.

• Standard network management software, equipment, tools, and utilities.

• Methods and techniques for performing connectivity testing and network analysis and troubleshooting.

• Server hardware and operating system architecture, directory services,

• Principles, practices, and methods of network administration and maintenance, including configuration, performance tuning, and diagnostic tools.

• Wired and wireless network security principles, equipment, software, practices, techniques and wireless network security principles, equipment, software, practices, techniques, and tools, including encryption standards and authentication methods.

• Principles, practices, and methods of systems administration and maintenance.

• Disaster planning and recovery techniques.

• Command Line Interface protocols.

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

• Design, operations, properties, and capabilities of networks and network cabling.

• Network systems analysis and troubleshooting principles and procedures.

• Software and hardware tools used to troubleshoot communication issues.

• Virtualization (VMware, Microsoft, Citrix) and cloud environments.

• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

• Advanced management of clusters of servers for usability, security, and resiliency.

• Storage system technologies to manage SAN connections, volumes . click apply for full job details