Network Administrator at Spring-Ford Area School District
Royersford, PA
$90,000–$105,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Royersford, PA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A school district network administrator role centered on designing, maintaining, and securing LAN/WAN infrastructure — including switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless access points — to support day-to-day operations across schools. The position also covers server administration, disaster recovery, and acts as the top-tier escalation point for complex technical issues. Suits an experienced IT professional with a background in network infrastructure and, ideally, a K-12 environment.
Mid level · 3+ years · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 370 people in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 75–670
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $102,669 (middle half $79,920–$128,515). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The degree requirement is explicitly 'preferred' (2- or 4-year degree), not a hard gate; equivalent experience is implicitly acceptable, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Spring-Ford Area School District is located in Royersford, PA, which falls within the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington CBSA.
The role has a meaningful cybersecurity and network security component (firewalls, disaster recovery, Tier 3 support), which is why Information Security Analysts (15-1212) is noted as a runner-up, though the primary day-to-day work is network/systems administration.
All certifications (CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft, Google) are listed as preferred, not required.
E-Rate, CIPA, and FERPA knowledge appear in the skills narrative section without firm gating language; treated as preferred context rather than hard gates.
The 3–5 years of overall IT experience with 2 years in a lead/project role supports a Mid-level classification despite the 'lead' framing — the scope is a single district's network, not multi-team technical direction.
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