Network Administrator – Global, Cloud & Security

Integratedcooling; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Waldom Electronics in Rockford, IL, is seeking a Network Administrator to ensure the availability, performance, security, and resilience of its global network infrastructure. You will manage LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, and cloud-networking services, delivering Tier 2/3 support and driving infrastructure improvements.

Responsibilities include configuring routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and monitoring tools; performing root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and documenting network diagrams.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, networking, or a related field, OR 3+ years of experience supporting business network infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, NAT, routing, switching, firewalls, and wireless networking.
• Experience administering enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and network-monitoring platforms.
• Understanding of segmentation, access control, high availability, redundancy, and secure configuration practices.
• Experience troubleshooting connectivity and performance issues using packet-capture and network-analysis tools.
• Experience with IT service-management or ticketing systems and the ability to create and interpret network diagrams and technical documentation.
• Ability to participate in scheduled maintenance and an after-hours on-call rotation.
• Acute attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross functional departments
• Analytical thinking and ability to effectively root-cause issues

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, monitor, and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, controllers, and related infrastructure.
• Support LAN, WAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, and internet connectivity services.
• Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, routing, switching, subnetting, access-control lists, NAT, QoS, and dynamic routing protocols (OSPF/BGP).
• Administer site-to-site and remote-access VPN connections and support cloud networks and hybrid connectivity.
• Maintain resilient designs through redundancy, failover, high availability, and load balancing.
• Monitor availability, utilization, latency, packet loss, bandwidth, and device performance; perform root-cause analyses.
• Perform capacity planning and recommend upgrades based on utilization and business needs.
• Track network uptime, incident trends, service-level performance, and carrier reliability.
• Design, configure, and support secure wireless networks for corporate, warehouse, production, and guest access.
• Coordinate services with ISPs, carriers, hardware vendors, consultants, and MSPs.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support, document work in ticketing systems, and follow ITIL-aligned practices.
• Create knowledge articles and participate in on-call rotation and critical incident response.

Skills

TCP/IP

IPv4/IPv6

DNS/DHCP

VLANs

VPNs

Firewalling

Wireless networking

Network monitoring

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/ Networking

Tools

Cisco

Meraki

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Aruba

Juniper

Job description

Waldom Electronics in Rockford, IL, is seeking a Network Administrator to ensure the availability, performance, security, and resilience of its global network infrastructure. You will manage LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, and cloud-networking services, delivering Tier 2/3 support and driving infrastructure improvements.

Responsibilities include configuring routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and monitoring tools; performing root-cause analysis, capacity planning, and documenting network diagrams.