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# Information Technology Spec 5 - Network Engineer

- **Company:** Minnesota State
- **Location:** Saint Paul, MN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $84,094.0 - $143,749.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, System Configuration, Hot Standby Router Protocol, Internet Security, Intrusion Detection Systems, Subnetting, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Local Area Networks, Network Security, Network Architecture, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Cloud Services, Wide Area Networks, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Cloud Platform System, In-Plane Switching (IPS), Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ggc9dp

## About the Role

+ Six(6)years of experience administering, configuring, managing, supporting, and troubleshooting industry-leading physical and virtual security appliances, and cloud services for an enterprise environment.

 + Demonstrated competency in the following areas: IP subnetting, QOS, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, VTP, VPN, security (IPS, IDS, and Internet security), switching, and routing (both interior and exterior protocols).

 + Demonstrated advanced experience supporting LANs, WANs, firewalls, and cloud-based infrastructure and services.

 + Demonstrated ability to plan, lead, and schedule projects and provide work directions and guidance to others.

 + Demonstrated communication skills with multiple levels of an organization, including interaction with other teams, departments, business partners, and vendors, sufficient to collaborate effectively and ensure services arehighly availableand resilient.

 + Ability to define, organize, and manage multiple projects, tasks, and issues concurrently.

Preferred Qualification

 + Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or a combination of equivalent education and experience.

 + Previousexperience supporting enterprise technology services in a higher education environment.

 + Experience with Enterprise Services and Security Management ina cloudinfrastructure. Examples include Azure (preferred), Amazon, and Google.

 + Demonstrated conversational experience with Security solutionsleveragingArtificial Intelligence (AI).

 + ITIL Certification (Foundations or higher, v2 or v3).

 + Certification(s) with nationally recognized network security organizations (i.e., SANS Institute, CIS, etc.)

 + Certifications with industry-leading solution providers (i.e., Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, etc.)

## Description

This position is responsible for the design, administration, management, and security of the Minnesota State Enterprise-Wide Area Network (WAN). This position leads the engineering, project management, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the Minnesota Statewide area network. This position serves as a senior consultant to Minnesota State System Office ITS teams and IT teams at Member Institutions concerning network architecture and security.


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