Network Administrator III

Job Title : Network Administrator III

Primary Location : Grand Rapids, MI

Employee Status : Full-Time Salaried

Estimated Hours / Week : 38 hours / week

Remote : Hybrid

What You’ll Get : (note varied offerings based on role and hours)

• Weekly Pay
• Comprehensive Health & Wellness package including Medical (with prescription coverage), Dental, and vision
• Matching Health Savings Account Contributions, Dependent Care flexible spending account (FSA)
• Retirement options like 401 (k) with company match and pension.
• Paid time off : Vacation, Personal days, paid holidays, paid volunteer time, sick days, & flex time.
• Tuition reimbursement
• To see a full list of our benefit offerings check out this helpful guide!

About This Position :

LMCU is looking for a Network Administrator III who will be responsible for the maintenance, trouble-shooting, and administration of the organization’s production voice, video, and data network infrastructure.

This includes LAN, WAN, VLAN, WLAN, wireless bridging, VoIP, QoS, firewall, telephony systems, telecommunications, DR connectivity, and network security systems.

The individual in this position will work closely with members of the IT staff to ensure very high levels of network availability, security and efficiency with 99.

9% uptime for LMCU systems.

What You’ll Do :

• Installs, configures, and maintains LANs and WANs, physical and virtual servers, UPS, network cabling, and Ethernet networks allowing for optimal operation
• Performs network address assignment
• Performs Cisco hardware upgrades and maintenance
• Configures Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, and access points
• Assigns routing protocols and routing table configuration
• Designs WAN and LAN infrastructure layouts
• Designs and configures network security (perimeter and edge firewalls)
• Assists in developing system strategies and policies
• Monitors and maintains firewalls and intrusion detection systems
• Manage Cisco VoIP phone system
• Designs and implements IP telephony solutions
• Performs as backup and high level resource for Desktop Support Technicians
• Implements network and infrastructure related projects
• Assist with on-call for network outages
• Configures and manages network monitoring tools
• Addresses end-user help requests as necessary through ticketing systems
• Trouble-shoots higher-level errors and issues

What You’ll Bring :

• Five or more years of similar or related experience, including preparatory experience.
• Experience with the following is highly preferred :

Vendor (Cisco, F5), Layer 2 and 3, BGP, load balancing traffic and engineering for automatic failover, multiple methods for equal-cost load balancing, routing policy to manipulate BGP attributes, and flow analysis.

Microsoft Windows Server, MS Exchange, and Active Directory / GPO operations including hardening strategies and techniques.

Firewalls, VPN,SSL remote access, LAN / WLAN configuration and maintenance.

Writing and using scripting tools for automated deployment of system changes and software applications.

Organizing and / or managing projects and producing documentation for all staff levels including non-technical staff.

Who We Are :

We’re proud of our past, thrilled with our present, and couldn’t be more excited about our future! Lake Michigan Credit Union has grown to become one of the largest credit unions in the nation with our headquarters in West Michigan.

As a credit union, LMCU is a not-for-profit institution, owned by its members, instead of corporate stock holders. We are accountable directly to our members, and they directly share in our success benefitting by lower and fewer fees, better savings and checking interest rates, lower cost mortgages and a host of other advantages that simply don’t exist at traditional banks.

It’s about always doing what’s best and right for our members - it guides everything we do.

From friendly, knowledgeable and professional employees who greet you by name, to offering stellar value at every turn, LMCU works for its members.

Working with LMCU you can grow and advance in your career and work with talented teams that help you become better each and every day.

As an employee you can have confidence in knowing your work is having an impact by supporting our mission of serving our members’ lifetime financial needs.

You’ll be encouraged to innovate and excel and we're committed to your empowerment as an employee, providing ongoing training, development, support, and opportunities for you to achieve your career goals.

Have additional questions about the role?

You may email us at :

If you lack access to the internet or internet connectivity, or have a disability that hinders your ability to apply online, please choose one of the following options to obtain assistance :

Call us at : (616) 242-9790

Mail your resume to : 5664 Prairie Creek Drive, Caledonia, MI 49316

Please Note : These options are reserved for use by individuals requesting an accommodation as a candidate. Information received via these options will be routed to our HR team, who will provide appropriate assistance to facilitate the completion of LMCU’s online application.