Senior Network Administrator

We are HIRING!  We are adding a Senior Network Administrator to the team. This is a remote position with evening shift (5pm - midnight) and on-call after hours (5pm - 8am) and all weekend support rotation every two weeks.

 What will you do:  

• General maintenance, troubleshooting and root cause analysis for network incidents in the environment
• Resolve all network issues assigned to the network team
• Drive problem resolutions to ensure business continuity
• Work shift rotations and weekends to accommodate maintenance restrictions and after-hours response.
• Improve quality and ensure consistent and timely resolution of incidents
• Implement necessary steps to prevent future incidents
• Audit network devices to confirm network policies and guidelines meet or exceed targets for successful audits
• Perform change management (CM) role on all network devices.  Implement network change requests based on CM processes
• Install, upgrade and maintain all network components
• Document processes in accordance with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) requirements

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be accepted in lieu of the degree. 
• Extensive experience administering, configuring, installing, and upgrading F5 LTM load balancers
• Extensive experience administering, configuring, installing, and upgrading Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls
• Extensive experience administering, configuring, installing, and upgrading Cisco IOS routers, Cisco IOS, and Nexus OS switches
• Extensive experience troubleshooting network traffic flows between servers, appliances, and network equipment
• Experience performing routine maintenance and incident break / fix issues
• Advanced level knowledge of any of the following protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VLAN, and TCP/IP
• Ability to script in programming languages, such as Perl, Python, or Bash
• Professional, responsible attitude and can work independently
• Extensive written documentation (processes, user guides)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work evening shift (5pm - midnight) and on-call after hours (5pm - 8am) and all weekend support rotation every two weeks
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to work with remote, matrixed teams
• Ability to work effectively in a team, and with clients