Onsite Network Systems Administrator – TS/SCI, Fort Meade

Zachary Piper Solutions; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

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 is a fully onsite role in Fort Meade, MD and requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. The Network Systems Administrator will support operations, engineering, and sustainment of a mission-critical IP messaging and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years in network engineering/troubleshooting 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Network engineering

Routing & Switching

IP subnetting

MPLS & VPNs

BGP/OSPF

Firewall & security devices

Documentation & presentation

VoIP & WAN technologies

Security+ Certification

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cisco IOS

Routers & Switches

Firewalls

Security devices

Job description

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 is a fully onsite role in Fort Meade, MD and requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. The Network Systems Administrator will support operations, engineering, and sustainment of a mission-critical IP messaging and