Lead Network Engineer

🇺🇸 Villanova, PA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $131K - $145K 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ May 14th, 2026

TCP/IP Rive

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Villanova University is hiring a Lead Network Engineer. This role leads network engineering and design, managing daily network operations while evolving the campus-wide network infrastructure to ensure its reliability, scalability, and resiliency. The Lead Network Engineer combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership to influence network architecture and collaborate across IT domains for sustainable long-term solutions.

Highlights

Lead network engineering, design, and architecture for routing, switching, wireless, and connectivity services.
Manage day-to-day network operations and resolve complex, high-impact network issues.
Develop network designs balancing current operations with future scalability and cloud integration.
Leverage automation and AI tools to improve network monitoring, diagnostics, and administration.
Collaborate across IT teams including application, security, and infrastructure to align network solutions.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in IT, Networking, Computer Science, or related field and 10+ years of progressive network engineering experience.
Expertise in enterprise network protocols such as TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, VLANs, QoS, security design, and hybrid cloud networking concepts.
Salary range is $130,500–$145,000, grade 18, exempt classification.
Experience preferred in higher education or complex institutional environments, with professional certifications like CCNP or JNCIS advantageous.
Must support on-site operations including off-hours maintenance and incident response, with physical ability to manage network equipment.