How to hire a lan administrator lead

How to hire a lan administrator lead, step by step

Here's a step-by-step lan administrator lead hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a lan administrator lead job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new lan administrator lead
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your lan administrator lead job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a lan administrator lead for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect lan administrator lead also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of lan administrator leads.

   Type of LAN Administrator Lead	Description	Hourly rate
   LAN Administrator Lead	Computer networks are critical parts of almost every organization. Network and computer systems administrators are responsible for the day-to-day operation of these networks.	$25-55
   Information Technology Administrator	An Information Technology (IT) administrator is a professional responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of an organization's IT systems and ensuring that the systems are running effectively. IT administrators must conduct consistent analyses of the computer system and install updates when needed... Show more	$24-50
   Network/Server Administrator	A Network Administrator ensures an organizations' network is operational and up to date. They solve problems that arise within computer networks, maintaining computer networks, interacting with clients, and consulting with them to determine their system requirements... Show more	$27-51

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Switches
   • Windows Server
   • DNS
   • Network Infrastructure
   • PC
   • Desktop Support
   • Disaster Recovery Plan
   • Backup Servers
   • Workstations
   • Troubleshoot
   • Novell
   • VPN
   • Lan
   • Software Problems

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage special projects (both desktop and network relate) at the direction of the desktop and infrastructure directors.
   • Plan and manage technical and operational activities associate with database administration of databases and associate servers.
   • Serve as primary network support, maintain PC equipment and peripherals.
   • Install, test, troubleshot and repair PC hardware, software, cabling, and peripheral devices.
   • Install Ethernet backbone cabling, setup PC/LANs, software installs.
   • Maintain network servers, hardware, LAN connectivity, and disaster recovery.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your lan administrator lead job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A lan administrator lead salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, lan administrator leads' average salary in south carolina is 51% less than in new jersey.
   • Seniority. Entry-level lan administrator leads earn 54% less than senior-level lan administrator leads.
   • Certifications. A lan administrator lead with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a lan administrator lead's salary.

   Average lan administrator lead salary

   $78,761yearly

   $37.87 hourly rate

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   Entry-level lan administrator lead salary

   $53,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

4. Writing a lan administrator lead job description

   A good lan administrator lead job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a lan administrator lead job description:

   Lan administrator lead job description example

   CAN/LAN Design Lead ITSA III (Government) - 2240097Description AT&T Global Public Sector is a trusted provider of secure, IP-enabled, cloud-based, network solutions and professional services to the Federal Government. We are dedicated to recruiting, developing, and empowering a diverse, high-performing workforce that is passionate about what they do, committed to our shared values, and dedicated to our customers' mission.
   
   Our National Security Team supports the intelligence community by providing, operating, and assuring critical voice, video and collaboration services for the full spectrum of operations.
   
   AT&T has an opening for Campus Area Network (CAN)/Local Area Network (LAN) Design Lead to support the National Security Sector. The CAN-LAN Design Lead is a technical and management role which includes solution architecture and design engineering functions for government passive and active network infrastructures. The candidate will responsible for leading and supporting other engineering teams for all network design and engineering activities. These design and architectural activities will be conducted on the government's wide area networks (WANs), LANs, CANs, Access and Control Interfaces (CI) and other networks that support multiple classification levels of communications.
   The job duties of the CAN/LAN Design Lead are as follows:
   
   Translate architecture solutions into engineering high- and low-level engineering designs according to customer requirement and portfolio offering guidelines.
   Regularly leads in the technical assessment and delivery of a specific technical engineering solution to the customer. Provides a team structure conducive to high performance and manages the team lifecycle stages.
   Coordinates/leads the concurrent/transition/transformation engineering from existing to new network design solutions.
   Provides technical direction and engineering expertise for network systems infrastructure activities, including planning, designing, and implementing communications and network infrastructure requirements for buildings and systems (Routers, Firewalls, DNS, IPAM, NTP, Command and Telemetry).
   Provides advanced technical consulting and advice to others on efforts, solution design, system management, tuning and modification of solutions. Provides input to architecture team moving forward.
   Collects and determines data from appropriate sources to assist in determining customer needs and requirements. Responds to requests for technical information from team members and customers. Develops technology solutions using various industry products and technologies.
   Owns and manages knowledge sharing within a community (e.g., team, practice, or project). Ensures team members support knowledge sharing and re-use requirements of project. Contributes significant knowledge to job family community.
   
   Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)
   Required Qualifications: The candidate must have 16 years of experience that can be a combination of work history and education. This equates to a Doctorate and 8 years of experience OR Masters and 10 years, Bachelors and 12 years, Associates and 14 years or HS and 16 years. Must be compliant with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level 3.
   Ready to join our team? Apply Today!
   Job Field - Government TechnologyPrimary Location - Virginia-CHANTILLYSchedule - Full-time Shift - Day JobEmployee Status - RegularJob Posting: Oct 3, 2022, 4:00:00 AM - Unposting Date: Oct 24, 2022, 4:00:00 AMJob Level - Senior Associate/Second Level Manager

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5. Post your job

   To find lan administrator leads for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any lan administrator leads they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level lan administrator leads with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your lan administrator lead job on Zippia to find and recruit lan administrator lead candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting lan administrator leads requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   If your interviews with lan administrator lead applicants aren't enough to make a decision, you should also consider including a test project. These are often the best, most straightforward, and least bias-prone ways of determining who will likely succeed in the role. If you don't know how to design an appropriate test, you can ask someone else on the team to create it or take a look at these websites to get a few ideas:

   • TestDome
   • CodeSignal
   • Testlify
   • BarRaiser
   • Coderbyte

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new lan administrator lead

   Once you've decided on a perfect lan administrator lead candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new lan administrator lead first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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