Senior Network Administrator - hybrid in Columbia, SC

Consulting Solutions; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions is seeking a senior network administrator to join a Network Operations Center responsible for maintaining a highly available enterprise network. The role focuses on proactive monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement to ensure service availability across the organization.

You will work with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams in a 24/7 environment, leading incident response and operational changes while maintaining comprehensive documentation and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in network operations, administration, or infrastructure support.
• Experience in supporting enterprise networks in a 24x7 environment.
• CCNA certification or CCNA in progress preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex network incidents.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily operational health checks and environment validation.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity.
• Respond to and resolve network incidents and outages.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Manage break-fix activities and service requests.
• Execute operational changes per change management processes.
• Support compliance remediation efforts.
• Manage network backup and recovery processes.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation and procedures.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and app support teams to ensure service availability.

Skills

CCNA

Senior Admin

Network operations

Tools

Nexus Insights

Job description

Join a Network Operations Center (NOC) that is responsible for the daily operation and support of a highly available enterprise network environment. The team ensures the security, reliability, and performance of critical network services through proactive monitoring, incident response, operational support, and continuous improvement initiatives. This team plays a vital role in maintaining business continuity and partnering with other IT organizations to ensure infrastructure and application availability.

Responsibilities include:

• Performing daily operational health checks and environment validation
• Monitoring network performance, availability, and capacity
• Responding to and resolving network incidents and outages
• Performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Managing break-fix activities and service requests
• Executing operational changes in accordance with established change management processes
• Supporting compliance remediation efforts
• Managing network backup and recovery processes
• Developing and maintaining operational documentation and procedures
• Collaborating with engineering, security, infrastructure, and application support teams to ensure service availability and operational excellence

Required Experience

• MUST BE SENIOR CLASS ADMINISTRATOR -CCNA OR CCNA IN PROGRESS IS HELPFUL
• Minimum 5 years of experience in network operations, network administration, or infrastructure support environments
• Experience supporting enterprise network technologies in a 24x7 operational environment
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex network incidents
• Experience performing network monitoring, operational maintenance, and infrastructure support activities

Preferred Experience

• 8+ years of experience working in enterprise infrastructure and network environments
• Experience with highly available, large-scale network environments
• Experience leading operational initiatives, major incident response, and infrastructure improvements
• Experience creating and maintaining operational documentation and procedures

Required Technologies:

• Nexus Insights

Nice To Have:

• Ansible
• GitHub
• ThousandEyes
• F5 Load Balancers

Consulting Solutions and its family of companies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at: [e-mail]