Network Engineer at Alpine School District
American Fork, UT
$42.59–$68.26/hrfrom the description
Jul 9, 2026
American Fork, UT
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A district-level network engineering role responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the networking infrastructure across a school district. Day-to-day work covers managing switches, firewalls, servers, directory services, and backup systems, as well as troubleshooting, writing documentation, and training colleagues. Suited to candidates with hands-on networking and security experience and relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or CCNP equivalent.
Mid level · Salt Lake City, UT · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,289 (middle half $80,901–$122,772). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (9)
This is a 250-day contract (not a permanent position) starting 7/1/2027, posted by what appears to be a school district (lakemt.org — likely Lake Mountain or a Utah district).
The contact phone/email and domain suggest a Utah school district; Salt Lake City CBSA is used as the best available metro approximation, though the exact district location may fall in a neighboring CBSA.
The degree requirement is a community college or vocational degree 'with study in job-related area' — this is below a four-year Bachelor's degree, so the degree requirement is set to None (no standard Bachelor's/Master's/Doctorate gate).
Certificates listed as required: CompTIA Security+, CCISP (likely a typo for CISSP), or equivalent — treated as a hard gate; CISSP captured as an alternative.
The role title is 'Network Engineer' but the actual duties (operating/maintaining existing network infrastructure, troubleshooting, patching, monitoring) align more closely with Network and Computer Systems Administrators (15-1244) than with a software-building DevOps/SRE role. Information Security Analysts (15-1212) is noted as a runner-up given the explicit security compliance and Security+ requirement.
No overall years-of-experience minimum is stated numerically; the JD says only 'job related experience within a specialized field is required' without specifying a number of years.
The criminal background/fingerprint clearance is a standard school-district employment screen, not a US government security clearance — the clearance requirement is None.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): network design and implementation, backup and disaster recovery.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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