
IT Network Administrator III - V
Lansing Board of Water & Light
Lansing, MIJob$94–144K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Lansing Board of Water & Light seeks a network administrator focused on its data centers. The successful candidate is expected to bring extensive data center knowledge and experience, including senior-level capability in NX-OS, ACI, OSPF, BGP, Palo Alto Firewalls, and S2S; MDS and UCS experience are an advantage. The role supports and optimizes network infrastructure, troubleshoots performance, and develops redundancy, quality-of-service, and capacity-planning solutions.
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Thank you for your interest in the BWL. We think you'll find it a rewarding and nurturing place to grow your career. Starting Salary Range: $96,400.00 - $117,600.00 Starting Salary Range: IT Network Administrator III $94,000 - $114,700 / IT Network Administrator IV $104,400 - $128,500 / IT Network Administrator V $116,000 - $143,900 Position Summary: LBWL is currently seeking a network administrator to complement specific strengths and weaknesses in the existing team. The general job description below is an accurate overview of the position, however, the successful candidate in the current round of recruiting will have extensive knowledge and experience in data centers. This includes demonstrated senior-level capability in NX-OS, ACI, OSPF, BGP, Palo Alto Firewalls, and S2S. Knowledge and experience with MDS and UCS are an advantage. The role is responsible for planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all local and wide area network connections, network devices, associated software, and communication links. This person will also troubleshoot network performance issues, as well as analyze network traffic and provide redundancy, quality of service, and capacity planning solutions. The LBWL data centers will be a primary focus. IT Network Administrator III Essential Functions: - Able to complete most level 3 tickets related to network administration, including basic route/switch and ACI configuration without assistance. - Able to independently complete all level 2 support tickets related to network administration without assistance. - Able to handle all level 3 tickets under the guidance of more senior network administrators or vendor technical support. - Able to participate in the on-call rotation with as needed assistance from system administrators or more senior network administrators. - Competently execute nearly all on-call tasks with limited assistance from more senior system administrators. - Technically competent to be assigned as the primary resource for LBWL in at least one core technology at LBWL and able to demonstrate technical leadership in planning upgrades and patching. - Competent with VTP, ISL, 802.10, STP, RSTP, vPC, BGP, EIGRP. - Competent with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching. - Actively monitors the health of network resources including conducting capacity planning for future budget years. - Able to self-manage small discrete technical projects including limited requirements to delegate tasks to others or obtain assistance to others without management involvement. - Independently author standards documents for use within the department. - Create complete drafts of documents for submission to Business Relationship Managers for use across the enterprise. - Competent with the majority of the core technologies in use at LBWL. - Self-prioritize most work with limited guidance from IT management. - Executes a training plan as defined in annual performance evaluation process. - Demonstrates a clear customer service/IT is a support organization mentality in all interactions. - Predictable and reliable attendance. - Other duties as assigned by supervisor. See online application for details pertaining to level IV and V Why Should You Apply? Competitive wages, employee development, and opportunity for professional growth. Robust time off benefits including vacation, free choice, sick leave, parental leave and 11 paid holidays. Comprehensive benefits package offered including medical, prescription, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, employee assistance program. Voluntary benefits including vision
How this job compares
Set against the 726 open Network Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$94–144K/yr
- US median$75–107K/yr475 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $119K, is 32% above the US median midpoint ($90K) — in the middle half of Network Administrator salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Network Administrator jobs in Michigan and 726 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Network Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (607 postings).
- Education
- 237 of the 726 open Network Administrator jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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