Network Administrator

Alpha Omega; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 93,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 days PTO

Health Insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Federal Holidays

Job summary

Alpha Omega in Silver Spring, MD is looking for a Network Administrator to support NOAA LAN operations and maintenance. This role involves monitoring a wide area network and may require on-site visits within the DC area for hardware refreshes and failures. Candidates must have at least 4 years of relevant experience and certifications like CCNA.

Benefits include 15 days of PTO, health and dental insurance, and a 401(k) plan with matching. Salary is expected to be between $93,000 and $120,000.

Qualifications

• 4+ years relevant experience in Enterprise IT.
• Knowledge of TCP, SSL, and OSI network model.
• Experience with network load balancing and DNS.
• Strong documentation skills using Excel and Visio.
• Verbal communication skills and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design highly available networks and configure BGP networks.
• Monitor networks using SSH and SNMP.
• Maintain network documentation and schematics.
• Install and manage firewalls and switches.
• Respond to customer support requests effectively.

Skills

IPv4 Knowledge

IPv6 Knowledge

BGP Routing

AWS Networking

Network Monitoring

Documentation Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT Management

Tools

Fortinet Firewalls

Cisco Switches

Arista Switches

Citrix NetScalers

VPN Technologies

Job description

Network Administrator

Clearance Required: Public Trust, Federal Client requires US Citizenship.

Work Location: Silver Spring, MD (hybrid remote), 1335 East West Highway, RM7308, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Alpha Omega is seeking a Network Administrator to support Operations and Maintenance of a NOAA Administrative LAN. The position is remote, but you must be available to go on-site in the DC area (Suitland, College Park, Silver Spring) in the event of hardware refresh and/or failure. Some travel to Fairbanks, AK, Boulder, CO, Stennis, MS and Asheville, NC may be required as well (the customer has recently migrated from On-Prem to AWS Cloud and Azure). In this role, you will manage and monitor a distributed wide area network, and perform daily network monitoring with Ops Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in designing highly available networks in active/active mode, configure and manage BGP routing networks
• Network monitoring using SSH and SNMP to monitor devices, their services and create alerts and notifications
• Maintain network documentation and schematics
• Install, configure and manage Fortinet Firewalls, Cisco/Arista Switches, Citrix NetScalers, VPN Tunnels, Remote Access VPN, Site-to-Site VPNs
• Experience with AWS Networking
• Respond to customer support requests through tickets (act as point of escalation from Tier 2)
• Work directly with the Configuration Change Board (CCB) and federal customers
• Plan and execute regular network maintenance, upgrades and patching to ensure resilience, stability and compliance
• Ensure timely communications across the program that include daily oral and written statuses
• Racking and Stacking including cable management

Required Qualifications

• Four (4) or more years of relevant experience in an Enterprise IT environment providing systems support and integration efforts across a mixed platform
• Knowledge with IPv4, IPv6, TCP, SSL, OSI network model
• Knowledge of DNS, concepts of network Load Balancing
• Prior experience with computer cables, racks, rack PDU’s, fiber optics, optical transceivers, and patch panels
• Strong documentation skills (Excel and Visio diagrams)
• Strong and effective verbal and communications skills
• Exceptional organizational skills

Required Certification(s)

CCNA

Desired Certification(s)

AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IPv6 including hands‑on configuration and IPv6 network design concepts
• Experience with Data Centers

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other comparable degree.

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $93,000 - $120,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position and could fall outside of this range.

Benefits

• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401(k) plan with match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit

Alpha Omega Integration, LLC (Alpha Omega) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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