Irving Independent School District - Irving, TX
posted 2 months ago
The Senior Network Security Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the safety and security of the district's technology infrastructure. This position is responsible for architecting, designing, developing, implementing, managing, maintaining, and monitoring all Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN), VoIP networks, Cybersecurity Appliances, and End-User devices. The primary goal is to protect the district's technology infrastructure, users, and data from cyber threats while ensuring optimal network performance. In this role, the engineer will lead the network and cybersecurity teams, developing comprehensive strategies to safeguard the district's network and systems against cyber-attacks. This includes ongoing research into the latest networking and cybersecurity trends, creating contingency plans, and conducting thorough analyses of networking and cybersecurity threats through various methodologies such as exploitation analysis, threat analysis, digital forensics, incident response, and vulnerability management. The engineer will also be responsible for managing the installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of various network components, including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points. They will ensure that all network architecture and design documents are kept up to date and will provide technical supervision to network technicians, assisting them in resolving complex network and security issues. Additionally, the engineer will collaborate with other departments to ensure successful project implementation and manage customer problems and requests effectively.