Jurisdiction: Board
of Education
Jurisdictional Classification: Competitive
Adopted: 5/20/99
NETWORK
ADMINISTRATOR
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE
CLASS: This work involves
responsibility for installing and maintaining the District’s servers as well as
its local and wide area network systems. Expertise is required in installing,
customizing and maintaining vendor supplied operating systems, application
software, hardware and networking components (NICs,
hubs, switches, routers). Does related work as required.
TYPICAL WORK DUTIES:
Installs, customizes and supports all server based software
and hardware.
Installs, customizes and supports all local and wide area
network components.
Monitors and adjusts the district’s networks for optimal
performance.
Organizes, prepares and periodically updates local and wide
area network documentation. (This includes all modifications,
installations, removals, version
changes, etc.)
Performs hardware, software and network component
evaluations and provides management
with reports and recommendations.
Establishes and maintains standards to efficiently utilize
the district’s servers and networks.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS:
Thorough knowledge of server based software and hardware.
Thorough knowledge of local and wide area network
systems and topologies.
Thorough knowledge of communications hardware and
software.
Ability to communicate clearly, orally and in
writing, with network users, technicians
and vendors.
Ability to gather and analyze information and draw
logical conclusions.
Ability to undertake further training as technology
changes.
Physical condition commensurate with the demands of
the position.
Continued
on back…
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A.
Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York
State registered college or university with a Baccalaureate Degree in Computer
Science or closely related field, and one year work experience in network
administration, installation, support and maintenance; or
B.
Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York
State registered college or university with an Associates Degree in Computer
Science or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in network
administration, installation, support and maintenance; or
C.
Five (5) years of full-time work experience, or its
part-time equivalent in network administration, installation, support and
maintenance; or
D.
An equivalent combination of education and experience
as described above.