Senior Network Administrator with Security Clearance

Integral Federal, Inc.; Radford (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

401(k) with immediate vesting

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Parking

Professional Training Reimbursement

Job summary

Integral Federal, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to support PL ALTESS in a mixed Windows and Linux environment. You will manage servers and networks, deploy new configurations, and enforce security and operational procedures.

The role requires DoD-level collaboration, strong firewall and SDN experience, and a proactive approach to maintaining performance and compliance across multiple customer environments.

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 (e.g., SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Palo Alto Panorama).
• Five or more years’ experience with Cisco Nexus, Catalyst, ASR/ISR, and Firepower.
• Three years’ experience with SDN concepts and disaster recovery procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support Windows/Linux network servers and mixed environments.
• Lead efforts to plan, deploy, and support new network implementations.
• Maintain SOPs, DR plans, and troubleshooting playbooks.
• Monitor, tune, and report on network security and operations status.
• Support lifecycle of vendor equipment in the data center, including firmware control.

Skills

Networking

Firewall config

Network management

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

SolarWinds

Cisco Nexus

Palo Alto

VMware

Panorama

Job description

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

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).

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