Senior Network Administrator

Integral Federal, Inc.; Radford (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) with matching

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Professional Training Reimbursement

Paid Parking

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integral Federal, Inc. seeks a Senior Network Administrator to support PL ALTESS environments, focusing on Windows Server 2019/2022, SQL 2019, Windows 11, VMware 7.x, Oracle OS, and network security.

The role demands strong firewall administration (Palo Alto), SDN familiarity, and Cisco Nexus/ASR/ISR expertise. The ideal candidate will have DoD Secret clearance, CompTIA Security+, and five+ years in network administration, with a record of implementing scalable networks for federal clients.

Qualifications

• Three or more years’ experience designing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining complex networking solutions.
• Three or more years’ experience configuring, updating, maintaining, administering, and migrating Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Three or more years’ experience with Network Management, Analysis, and troubleshooting tools such as SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Palo Alto Panorama, Men and Mice, etc.
• Five or more years’ experience configuring, updating, maintaining, and administering Cisco Nexus, Catalyst switches, ASR/ISR routers, and Firepower.
• Three years’ experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN).
• Three or more years’ experience creating, maintaining SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and problem resolution.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• CE Certifications (e.g., MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, Palo) – waiver possible for 30 days after project join date.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Windows team to manage, maintain, deploy, and support servers in mixed environments.
• Help lead strategies to manage networks for multiple customer environments.
• Plan, execute and implement new network deployments.
• Create and maintain technical instructions, SOPs, and policies.
• Monitor and tune system and network performance, report on security and operations.
• Recommend improvements and manage new SW/HW integrations with utilization reports.
• Support lifecycle of vendor equipment in the datacenter, including firmware control and preventive maintenance.
• Demonstrate and implement technologies to expand, upgrade, and improve efficiency.

Skills

Network design

DoD Secret Clearance

Python scripting

Incident response

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

SolarWinds

Cisco Prime

Palo Alto Panorama

Men and Mice

Cisco Nexus/ASR/ISR/Firepower

Job description

Overview

The Senior Network Administrator is responsible for supporting the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS) mixed and growing environment currently supporting functional teams and customers that utilize MS Windows server 2019/2022, MS SQL 2019, MS Windows 11, VMWare 7.x.,OEL 8x-9x, and Oracle Operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with the existing Windows team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment.
• Help lead in the strategies to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support networks for multiple customer environments.
• Lead efforts to plan, execute and implement new network implementations.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining team technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies as needed.
• Be adept at monitoring and tuning system and network performance, ongoing operation of the network, hardening of the network and reporting of the overall security and operational status.
• Recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new SW/HW integrations when required while also providing utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions as needed.
• Provide support towards the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the datacenter to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance
• Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency to the current environment.

Qualifications

Required:

• Experience in Computer Science or IT.
• Three or more years’ experience designing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining complex networking solutions.
• Three or more years’ experience configuring, updating, maintaining, administering, and migrating Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Three or more years’ experience with Network Management, Analysis, and troubleshooting tools such as SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Palo Alto Panorama, Men and Mice, etc.
• Five or more years’ experience configuring, updating, maintaining, and administering the following Cisco technologies: Cisco Nexus (9K, 7K, 5K, and 2K), Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR) and Integrated Services Router (ISR) routers, and Cisco Firepower.
• Three years’ experience or working knowledge of SW Defined Networking.
• Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• CompTIA Security+.
• Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, Palo, etc.) – can be waived for 30 days after project join date.
• Strong interpersonal skills and willing to be a team player with excellent communication and team skills
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.
• Three or more years’ experience in automation and scripting with Python, Pearl, TCL, or Ansible.
• Three or more years’ experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), SRG, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).

Company Overview

Integral partners with federal defense, intelligence, and civilian leaders to tackle their most important challenges and deliver positive outcomes. Since our founding in 1998, we have helped clients leverage existing and emerging technologies to transform their enterprises, empower growth, drive innovation, and build sustainable success. The forward-leaning solutions we deliver are tailored to each mission with a focus on keeping our nation safe and secure.

Integral is headquartered in McLean, VA and serves clients throughout the country.

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package including paid parental leave and immediate vesting in our 401(k). Give us a try and become part of a curated group of professionals at Integral Federal!

Our package also includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Earned Bonuses & Awards
• Professional Training Reimbursement
• Paid Parking
• Employee Assistance Program

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability