IT Specialist (SysAdmin)

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The IT Specialist (SysAdmin) position at the Department of Health and Human Services Clinical Center involves planning and managing large information technology projects and implementing complex clinical information systems to support innovative clinical care and biomedical research. This role requires providing engineering-level network administration leadership in a mission-critical environment, ensuring the performance and security of network systems, and collaborating with various stakeholders to meet organizational needs.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering-level network administration leadership and oversight in a 24x7 mission-critical environment supporting direct patient care applications.
• Collaborating with project managers and stakeholders to analyze networking requirements and design solutions meeting performance and security requirements.
• Communicating complex technical concepts to leadership and/or non-technical stakeholders.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to project-based and contract staff.
• Analyzing and resolving network performance, connectivity, and related issues.
• Ensuring network hardware (switches, routers, firewalls, etc.) is maintained and supported throughout the lifecycle and ensuring timely replacement in accordance with vendor end-of-life milestones.
• Evaluating and documenting expected impact network upgrades or changes will have on downstream system availability.
• Performing configuration and management of Network Access Control (NAC) technologies such as Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
• Designing, implementing, and managing Cisco Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) / Firewall Management Center (FMC) firewall solutions.
• Continually assessing risk of network service interruption.
• Conducting periodic reviews of network border and application specific firewall rule sets.
• Performing patching and upgrades as required on a variety of Cisco networking devices.
• Writing and updating system documentation and creating/maintenance architectural diagrams.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• Must pass a pre-employment medical examination, provide evidence of immunization, and be free from communicable diseases.
• At least one (1) year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service, performing tasks related to hosting infrastructure technologies, security requirements, and diagnosing complex systems administration problems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Cisco networking devices and technologies.
• Knowledge of application support consulting.
• Familiarity with infrastructure design and information systems network security.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $117,962 to $153,354 per year.
• Telework eligibility as determined by agency policy.
• Potential for recruitment incentives based on organizational need.
• Access to a range of federal employee benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid leave.