Network & Systems Engineer

Title: Network & Systems Engineer
Place of Performance: Onsite - City of Canton, Georgia
Work authorization:
Security Clearance / Suitability

• Must pass City background check
• Must follow City cybersecurity and incident response policies

Role Summary

Responsible for 24x7x365 monitoring, patching, alerting, and maintenance of the City s IT infrastructure, including servers, firewalls, switches, and cloud platforms. Ensures reliability, performance, and security of all managed systems.

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience with FortiGate firewalls
• Experience managing Microsoft 365 tenant
• Ability to provide patch compliance reporting
• Ability to support ~250 workstations and 6 firewalls
• Must provide proactive monitoring and remediation

Roles & Responsibilities

• Monitor servers, network devices, and cloud systems
• Manage FortiGate firewalls and advanced threat protection
• Perform patching, updates, and maintenance
• Provide automated alerting and human review/response
• Administer Microsoft 365 tenant
• Support Azure and Veeam backup environments
• Configure new or replacement servers, switches, and firewalls
• Conduct quarterly network health reviews and provide plainlanguage reports

Education Qualification

• Bachelor s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field
• Preferred certifications: Network+, CCNA, Fortinet NSE, Microsoft Azure Administrator

Experience Required

• 5+ years of network/system administration experience
• Experience with FortiGate firewalls, Microsoft 365, Azure, Veeam
• Experience managing servers, switches, patching, and monitoring tools