Position Title:

Network and Security Engineer

Department/School:

Information Technology

Salary/Pay Rate:

$80,000 - $80,000

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for engineering, designing, expanding, integrating, securing, deploying, managing, monitoring and maintaining the college’s network infrastructure while enforcing network security policies. It ensures the seamless and continuous operation of the underlying network and security infrastructure in order to provide maximum performance and availability for students, faculty, staff, vendors, and affiliates. Additionally, this position will monitor, track and shape all traffic inbound and outbound on the college’s network, support network services such as DHCP, conduct vulnerability scans, and test security features of various systems. This position will also research, recommend, and implement new technologies to keep the Institution operating on the latest technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience 

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for configuring, monitoring, and maintaining all network and security related equipment, appliances, and servers. This includes firewall administration, access control list creation and maintenance, advanced knowledge of threats and exploitation techniques, as well as working with intrusion detection/prevention systems. The engineer uses advanced techniques to perform high level routing both internally and externally, knowledgeable in both IPv4 and IPv6, and network configurations to insure high-availability and having proper redundancies in place in order to maximize uptime and bandwidth. This position also works on SAN optimization for storage and high availability of shares throughout the network.
• Investigate network and security exposures and implement fixes to maintain a secure and reliable network, this includes:
• Responsible for network authentication, authorization, and accounting
• Troubleshoot and manage the campus’ VPN environment, access control lists and intrusion detection policies
• Maintain compliance with state and federal rules and regulations to which Marist must adhere by staying abreast of digital security and privacy laws
• Design, implement, and enforce network security policies and best-practice security strategies
• Quickly and efficiently respond to and enforce legal notifications such as copyright infringement or other security related incidences
• Assist campus security with remote surveillance and digital forensics
• Research, document and present emerging networking and security technologies in order to successfully implement them in the network. The engineer is responsible for continued education on these items and how they can be applied to the campus infrastructure for better support of the user population and to add functionality, speed and high availability.
• Responsible for engineering network expansions and additions including new building design and renovations. This includes carefully planning and executing new equipment
• specifications and integration, as well as use of best practice for new compliance models and techniques. Advanced knowledge of various client technologies is required in order to properly deploy networks that support the variety of clients we support. The engineer aids in building wired and wireless systems, DAS and their complete deployment in new areas or renovated buildings and the underlying fiber and routing infrastructure needed to properly create these networks. Monitor the Network for malicious traffic or anomalies and take action as needed.
• Response to outages and potential threats as well as their remediation and high level packet inspection skills are used, as well as intimate knowledge of hacking and exploitation techniques criminals and hackers may use to attempt to compromise the network. The engineer also maintains the security standards and system configurations in order to facilitate this.

• Responsible for creating standards based templates that follow best-practices for secure, scalable, and available network infrastructure. This includes creating systems that can quickly deploy virtual machines and various networking appliances and their configurations to save time and be able to create redundant systems as needed. This also aids in being able to replace equipment and scale very quickly as well.
• Participate in “on-call” duties within rotating schedule, and also act as a key contributor to our disaster recovery team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field

Required Application Documents:

Resume, Cover Letter, & Contact Information of 3 Professional References 

Benefits:

The position includes a comprehensive benefit package*. Benefits for this position include but are not limited to the following:

• 3 weeks of paid vacation. 4 weeks of paid vacation beginning in the 6th year of employment. 
• Unlimited paid sick time.
• 14+ paid holidays per year.
• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance programs at a 15% employee / 85% employer contribution rate. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Dependent Care (FSD).
• Life insurance.
• Generous short-term and long-term disability programs and workers compensation.
• 403(b) defined contribution plan:
  • First 6 years College contributes 7.5%, Employee contributes a mandatory 4%.
  • College contribution increases to 10.5% in year 7, and 12% after 15 years.
  • Employee contribution decreases to 1% in year 7. Remains 1% thereafter.
  • Typical eligibility requirements: 1 year of service and 1,000 hours with Marist College.
• 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity – Roth option available. Voluntary, up to IRS maximum contribution.
• Tuition Benefits:
  • Up to 16 undergraduate credits per semester. Up to 18 graduate credit per academic calendar. Eligibility extends to employee, spouse, and dependent children under age 26.
  • College pays 100% tuition only.
  • Eligible dependents may be Reimbursed up to $2,000 per semester towards tuition at another accredited institution.

*Eligibility requirements including waiting periods and/or employee probationary periods may apply at the discretion of the College.

About the Department/School:

About Marist College:

Located on the banks of the historic Hudson River and at its Florence, Italy campus, Marist College is a comprehensive, independent institution grounded in the liberal arts. Its mission is to “help students develop the intellect, character, and skills required for enlightened, ethical, and productive lives in the global community of the 21st century.” Marist educates approximately 5,000 traditional-age undergraduate students and 1,200 adult and graduate students in 53 undergraduate majors and numerous graduate programs, including fully online MBA, MPA, MS, and MA degrees, and also Doctor of Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant programs. Marist is consistently ranked among the best colleges and universities in America by The Princeton Review (Colleges That Create Futures and The Best 386 Colleges), U.S. News & World Report (3rd Most Innovative School/North), Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (“Best College Values”), and others. Marist’s study abroad program is ranked #1 in the nation by the U.S. State Department’s “Open Doors Report” and has also received the Senator Paul Simon Award for First Year Abroad programs in Italy and Ireland. Marist’s Joint Study partnership with IBM, which began in 1988, has brought the College the kind of world-class technology platform typically found at leading research institutions. To learn more, please visit https://www.marist.edu/about 

Type of Position:

Full-time

Classification:

Administrative (Exempt)

Months per Year:

12

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Hours per Week:

37.5

Location:

Marist College Main Campus

Number of Position Openings:

1

Equal Employment Statement:

Marist College is committed to creating a diverse workforce on our campus by ensuring that barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. To this end, the College will strive to achieve the full and fair participation of minorities, women, people with disabilities, and any other protected groups found to be under represented.

Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or veteran status unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes persons in one of these protected groups. The College will review its employment policies and procedures to ensure that barriers which may unnecessarily exclude protected groups are identified and eliminated. The College will also explore alternative approaches if any policy or practice is found to have a negative impact on protected groups.

Marist's policy of non-discrimination includes not only employment practices but also extends to all services and programs provided by the College. It shall be considered a violation of College policy for any member of the community to discriminate against any individual or group with respect to employment or attendance at Marist College on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other condition established by law.