IT Network Administrator III

Position Title:

IT Network Administrator III (Position Number: 612223)

Classification: IT Network Administrator III, Exempt, Permanent Full-Time

Appointment:
Full Time, Tenure Track, 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)

FLSA:
Exempt

Be an Eagle—Where Purpose Takes Flight! Are you ready to make an impact? At North Carolina Central University (NCCU), we are more than an institution—a community rooted in a legacy of excellence and transformation. A historically Black university located in Durham, North Carolina, also known as ‘The City of Medicine,’ NCCU has been a cornerstone of education since 1910, fostering innovation and progress.

Join our team and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package and exclusive perks designed to support your work‑life balance. At NCCU, your professional growth will be nurtured, and your contributions will help shape the future for our students and the community we serve. Become part of a legacy that drives change and achievement.

The Infrastructure Unit reports to the Chief Information Officer. This unit serves a key role in university leadership, working closely with senior administration, academic leaders, and the campus community to develop strategic campus infrastructure plans and a comprehensive information security strategy.

IT Network Administrator III reports to the Director of Infrastructure and serves as a key member of the Network team working closely with Information Technology Services (ITS) leadership and senior administrations. The IT Network Specialist is an advocate for North Carolina Central University’s overall network infrastructure inclusive of advanced networking, communications, cabling, network security, and research infrastructure. This position assists with developing network plans and budgets and works directly with the Information Security department in providing access management and data security.

• The candidate should possess the ability to work with other IT and non‑IT leaders and to set the best balance between operational, project, and planning priorities for the network team.
• Growing leadership and responsibility in the network infrastructure and cloud technologies are required.
• Experience with network/virtualization upgrades, project management, policies, and procedures developed in a complex higher education environment is highly desirable.
• Experience in managing and architecting the use of Palo Alto Network and Cisco firewall.
• The position requires an intelligent, articulate, consensus‑building, and persuasive leader who can work effectively with other IT leaders, technical teams, faculty, staff, and the campus community.
• The ability to communicate information‑related concepts to a broad range of technical and non‑technical staff.
• The ability to exhibit maturity, reliability, composure, and stability under pressure as required for handling on‑the‑job challenges is essential.
• Must be able to give and receive constructive criticism and feedback from the team and leadership.
• Must have experience using enterprise networks and virtual infrastructure in both on‑premises and cloud implementations.
• Must have a working knowledge of securing a network, incident response, and infrastructure redundancy in a higher education environment.
• Must have experience in multiple areas of networking technologies including but not limited to Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto firewalls, VMware networking, AWS/Azure networks, Network access control solutions, and network management.
• Must have knowledge of VRFs and Cisco enterprise wireless networks.
• Must have a working knowledge of Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA center, Prime Infrastructure, and SIEM solutions.
• Must have a working knowledge of Cisco licensing and Smartnet/Smart licensing.
• Must be able to interact with vendors and resellers.
• Working knowledge and experience with assisting ITS security in the policy and regulatory environment of information security, particularly in higher education, is highly desirable.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems,…