Job Opening at Hamilton College

[Joseph Karam <jkaram () HAMILTON EDU>]

Please do not send me applications.  I am in this position right now and
my last day is today.

Information is below on how to apply.

*Director, Network and Telecommunication Services (NTS), Hamilton College*

The Director provides leadership, management, and technical expertise
for the NTS team, which includes the director and four members. NTS is
one of eight teams in Information Technology Services
(www.hamilton.edu/college/its/) that provide excellent services and
infrastructure to a national liberal arts college of 1800 students and
600 faculty and staff.  The Director, with other team leaders, is part
of the leadership/ decision-making body for ITS, and organization of
thirty-three members.

The director is responsible for overall planning, functionality,
security, efficiency, and reliability of the college's voice and data
networks and central servers. The director oversees and participates in
the distribution of team responsibilities, including: configuration and
maintenance of network routers, switches, firewalls, and other network
control, and monitoring equipment; server administration; project
planning and management; and on-call response for critical emergencies,
The Director oversees the professional development and mentoring of
staff. Other duties include budget planning, and regular communication/
coordination with various groups in the campus community.  Continual
evaluation and assessment of new technologies is an ongoing
responsibility.

The Hamilton campus network has over 6,000 wired nodes, 150 Cisco
switches, Cisco Pix firewalls, Allot NetEnforcer. In addition, a Cisco
secure wireless network covers the entire campus (buildings and outside
areas) encompassing over 310 access points. Seventy-five servers are
under central management at NTS. Operating systems are predominantly:
Sun Solaris, and Microsoft with a small number of Apple, and Linux
systems. Mission-critical: email, Datatel, Kronos, and Blackboard
systems are part of this mix. At the desktop level, the campus is about
50/50 Windows and Macintosh. The voice system includes a Nortel Meridian
PBX and Octel voicemail system with approximately 2,500 extensions. The
college is in the early stages of investigating a possible VOIP
replacement for this system.   More detail about NTS can be found at:
http://www.hamilton.edu/college/its/network_services

*Qualifications:*

The successful candidate will have at least a bachelor's degree.  In
addition he/she will have the best combination of the following
demonstrated abilities and experience:
.    Five to seven years professional experience in a complex network
environment
.    Experience supporting Cisco networks
.    TCP/IP networking, Internet technologies, DNS/DHCP
.    Windows and Unix server administration
.    Experience in physical layer technologies (data cabling, UPS and
power systems, server room requirements, etc).
.    Network security
.    Supporting and troubleshooting data communication and server
hardware and software
.    Project management
.    Staff development
.    Oral and written communications
.    Superior customer service skills and attention to user needs
.    Evaluation, selection and management of vendors and consultants to
achieve results

Hamilton College is a liberal arts college with an emphasis on
individualized instruction and independent research. It is a national
leader in teaching effective writing and persuasive speaking.  The IT
infrastructure is pervasive and modern, including wired and wireless
connections to every campus location, server and network monitoring
technologies and a budgeted replacement plan for all major components.

*Application Procedure*

Interested applicants should send a resume, letter of interest and
contact information for three professional references to
apply () hamilton edu. Consideration of candidates will begin immediately
and continue until the position is filled.
Hamilton College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer
and encourages diversity in all areas of the campus community.