Network System Administrator

Piper Companies; Fort Meade (FL); Presencial; USD 70 000 - 80 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Resumo da oferta

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks an experienced Network System Administrator to join a leading technology and engineering company delivering mission-critical IT and defense solutions to U.S. government customers.

This is an onsite role in Fort Meade, MD requiring an active TS/SCI clearance. You will support the operations and sustainment of a large-scale IP messaging network, performing high-level network engineering, testing, and incident response while collaborating with engineers to implement

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field with 4+ years of network engineering experience.
• Experience deploying and troubleshooting Cisco routers/switches and security devices.
• Strong knowledge of defense-in-depth, network topology, and security controls.

Responsabilidades

• Network integration, testing, and implementation support.
• Define and improve STIG-compliant baselines and compliance tracking.
• Lead development of SOPs and participate in RCA and CSI activities.
• Provide highly technical maintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers.
• Support incident management and cross-team collaboration.

Conhecimentos

Networking expertise

Routing & switching

VPN technologies

STIG compliance

Security incident response

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Ferramentas

Cisco IOS

Firewall administration

CCNP Route/Switch

Security+

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network System Administrator to join a leading technology and engineering company delivering mission-critical IT, cybersecurity, digital modernization, and defense solutions to U.S. government and national security customers. This a fully onsite role in Fort Meade, MD, and requires an active TS/SCI security clearance*

The Network Systems Administrator will support the operations, engineering, and sustainment of a mission-critical IP messaging and communications network, providing hands-on technical expertise while helping develop and implement solutions that meet evolving customer and mission requirements.

Responsibilities of the Network System Administrator:

• Network integration, testing, security engineering, and implementation configuration support.
• Collaborate with network architects to define and/or continuously improve STIG compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking.
• Test and validate automation and best practice insertion opportunities.
• Lead development of SOPs/TTPs.
• Support Continuous Service Improvements (CSI).
• Support system performance tuning and enhancements.
• Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP).
• Support tier escalation of incident management support tasks.
• Active participation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem Management activities.
• Participate in engineering meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production.
• Perform highly technical maintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers.
• Provide expert knowledge of network engineering and operations, large scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, as well as test and evaluation activities. Perform highly technical maintenance involving network devices routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX.

Qualifications for the Network System Administrator:

• Bachelors Degree and 4+ years of network engineering/troubleshooting experience, including routing/switching, IP/subnetting, MPLS, VPNs, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, STP, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, multicast, and enterprise WAN technologies.
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, and security devices; CCNP Route/Switch and/or Security preferred.
• Strong knowledge of defense-in-depth, network/security architecture, network topology, device integrity, security controls, and emerging network technologies.
• Experience with network operations, integration, test/evaluation, implementation/transition to NetOps, and change/configuration/performance management.
• Strong technical documentation, analysis, reporting, presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills, including presenting to senior customers/stakeholders/management.
• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Ability and Willingness to work fully onsite in Fort Meade, MD + up to 10% OCONUS travel
• Preferred:
  • IAT Level II Certification (i.e. CISSP, CASP+, etc...)

Compensation for the Network System Administrator:

• Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 *depending on experience*
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Plan, PTO, Holidays, Sick Leave if required by law

This job opens for applications on 08/27. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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