Senior Network and Systems Support Specialist

About Gulliver Preparatory School

Gulliver is a leading school of distinction, founded in 1926 and rooted in a century of educational excellence. To this day, our mission remains unchanged: to create an academic community devoted to educational excellence, with a personal touch, that fulfills each student’s potential. Our dedicated educators are at the heart of this mission, as they empower our students to think, create, and grow with purpose, connecting the classroom to the real world, and preparing them for what’s next.

At Gulliver, we believe that success is not just what students achieve, but also who they become, and the role they play in shaping the future.

Rooted in the spirit of Miami, Gulliver embodies the city’s energy and innovation to create a learning environment that’s dynamic and future-facing. We aspire to be a national model for teaching and learning, where the intellectual curiosity of educators and students drives creativity, discovery, and the highest levels of achievement in the classroom, in our community, and beyond.

Gulliver is a trusted guide for families, and our faculty and staff are core to building powerful relationships that ensure every child thrives. Our compassionate, inspired educators nurture individuality and character, fostering a culture of collaboration that challenges students to meet their full potential and prepare for a future full of possibility.

Join a community where passionate educators elevate their craft, inspire future-ready learners, and take teaching and learning to the next level!

The Senior Network and Systems Support Specialist is responsible for the advanced design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the school's entire technology infrastructure stack. This role requires deep technical expertise, proactive system monitoring, and excellent customer service, with a specific emphasis on managing our Nutanix cluster (AOS/AHV) and Fortinet ecosystem, as well as advanced endpoint automation using Microsoft management tools.

The Senior Network and Systems Support Specialist key responsibilities are as follows:

• Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Optimization: Deploy, manage, and optimize our Nutanix cluster (AOS/AHV) utilizing Prism Central for centralized monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Ensure the platform robustly supports all mission-critical applications and the personalized digital learning needs of our students.
• Cloud Services: Manage and secure primary cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft 365/Azure AD or Google Workspace) for identity management and data storage.
• Endpoint Automation: Develop and implement automation for device provisioning, patching, and policy deployment using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (SCCM) and Microsoft Intune.
• System Health: Ensure the availability of critical school systems and manage backup/disaster recovery process and compliance.

• Infrastructure for Innovation: Proactively monitor and optimize network health, ensuring high availability (uptime) of all systems, particularly during critical instructional and academic program times. Focus on QoS to support real-time voice and video collaboration integral to modern learning.
• Fortinet Ecosystem Mastery: Design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot the full Fortinet security stack (Firewalls, Switches, APs, and Forti Voice UC to provide secure and high-speed access across all campuses, enabling safe, borderless learning.
• Unified Communications (UC): Administer the Forti Voice platform, ensuring the quality and security of internal and external communications, reflecting our core value of professionalism and clear community connection.
• Data Trust & Security: Implement, maintain, and rapidly respond to alerts from the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platform and security infrastructure, upholding the school's commitment to protecting the integrity and confidentiality of student and staff data.

• Cloud & Identity Management: Manage and secure…