About L&S Mechanical
L&S Mechanical began as a Dallas-based contractor in 1985 and has grown over the years to have five locations out of Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. Over the past thirty years, we have become known as the premier provider of new home construction in the plumbing industry. In the last 10 years, we have added HVAC and electrical services to now offer the Tri-Trade Solution℠. We pride ourselves on having some of the most highly trained technicians in the industry. After delivering over 100,000 homes across the US, we know what builders and contractors are looking for; and we take that knowledge to all the homeowners we serve as well. From start to closing, we deliver excellence every stage of the way.
Job Summary
As a Network Administrator at L&S, you will maintain a reliable, secure, and efficient data communications network. The ideal candidate will be able to deploy, configure, maintain, and monitor all active network equipment to ensure smooth network operation.
General Responsibilities
- Fully support, configure, maintain, and upgrade corporate customer’s networks and in house servers
- Install and integrate new server hardware and applications
- Continually monitor for needed updates
- Support and administer third-party applications
- Ensure network security and connectivity
- Monitor network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, goodput, and latency) and test for weaknesses
- Resolve problems reported by end user
- Define network policies and procedures
- Specify system requirements and design solutions
- Research and make recommendations on server system administration
- Assess the company’s network and computer system needs.
- Install hardware and software.
- Collect and analyze data to optimize performance.
- Troubleshoot problems with the system.
- Oversee local area network and wide area network
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a network administrator role
- Hands on experience in networking, routing, and switching
- Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure
- Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s remote implementation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution is desired
- Ability to set up and configure server hardware
- Familiarity with backup and recovery software and methodologies
- Great at organizing, prioritizing and multitasking
- Cisco, SonicWALL experience
- Strong understanding of computer network infrastructure.
- Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices.
- Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
- Ability to create network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
- Ability to quickly learn technologies and products using documentation and internet resources.
- Ability to work with all levels of IT staff inside and outside the organization.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Dependable and flexible when necessary.
- Experience with local area network and wide area network administration.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- FSA with debit card
- 401(k) with $.50 on the $1.00 match up to 6%
- Bonus opportunities
- Vacation pay
- PTO
- Holiday pay
- Annualized reviews for merit increases
- Potential for advancement