University of Kentucky
Network Specialist III
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $47K - $78K
💻 Information Technology
🗓️ October 2nd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Analyze, configure, maintain, and repair wired and wireless network components.
- Monitor and perform diagnostics on network systems such as AAA, logging, NTP, and SNMP.
- Respond to and resolve complex wired and wireless network trouble tickets.
- Work in incident response and project implementation environments.
- Required knowledge of network protocols including SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, NTP, LDAP, KERBEROS, RADIUS, FTP.
- Python scripting skills are considered a plus.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum 3 years of related experience.
- Salary range: $47,278 to $78,000 per year.
- Position requires occasional lifting (up to 50 lbs) and travel within and off-campus.
- Department: ITS Networking & Infrastructure at University of Kentucky.
Network Specialist III Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51826
Working Title |
Department Name | 3L600:ITS Networking & Infrastructure
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 45
Salary Range | $47,278-78,000/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | BS
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 3 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | The physical requirements of this position include: occasionally lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to 50lbs; occasionally standing or walking with objects up to 25lbs; regularly sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time with regular repetitive motions (such as typing); utilizing mouse, keyboard, and phone for portions of the day. Ability to travel to various locations on and off-campus for meetings, to provide service and install equipment.
Shift | Primarily days (i.e. Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm) Please be aware that as an exempt position, job duties may occasionally require additional time in the evenings, nights and/or weekends to accomplish work goals in excess of 40 hours per week.
Job Summary | The Network Specialist III is responsible for analyzing, configuring, maintaining, and repairing network infrastructure (wired and wireless) components. This position monitors, evaluates, and performs diagnostics on the wired and wireless network and its associated systems like AAA, logging, NTP, and SNMP monitoring systems. Responds to wired and wireless trouble tickets and troubleshoots complex issue to resolution. Candidates should be self-motivated and able to work in both an incident response and project implementation atmosphere. Unique professionals who thrive on solving problems and get excited about taking on new challenges, working with new clients, and keeping up with new technology will be a great fit for this opportunity. This position requires dedication, persistence, follow-up, effective time management, and unbeatable customer service with exceptional communication skills.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Logical thinking; planning; problem solving/troubleshooting and customer service skills. Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Knowledge of common protocols such as SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, NTP, LDAP, KERBEROS, RADIUS and FTP. Python scripting language a plus.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience |
Deadline to Apply | 10/14/2025
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
- * How many devices were managed in your last network position?
- None through 99
- 100 through 299
- 500 through 999
- 1000 or more
- * Please describe what types of networks with which you have experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * Describe your experience troubleshooting wireless networks and the most difficult problem you have encountered. How did you solve it?
(Open Ended Question) - * What is your experience with formal change management processes, please explain?
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