Junior Network Deployment Technician

Core4ce • North Charleston, SC

33d • $50,000 - $65,000

About The Position

The Junior Network Deployment Technician supports the staging, deployment, configuration, and sustainment of a large-scale global enterprise converged network and security infrastructure. The role combines physical deployment logistics with enterprise routing and switching, next-generation firewalls, SD-WAN edge implementations, and on-premises hypervisor and virtualization platforms. Responsibilities may evolve to meet business needs and support individual growth.

The technician travels to remote sites to perform network turn-ups, hardware refreshes, and decommissioning. Work includes staging and testing equipment, preparing cabling and deployment materials, installing and configuring network and security equipment, supporting edge servers and virtualized services, surveying sites, documenting architecture and deployment procedures, coordinating with site stakeholders, and providing escalation support after cutovers.

Requirements

• Active DoW Secret security clearance, or verifiable eligibility to obtain one before employment.
• Active, valid U.S. passport with at least six months remaining before expiration, and ability to travel internationally and obtain foreign visas as required.
• Hold or obtain within 60 days of hire an IAT Level II baseline certification, such as CompTIA Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA Security, or equivalent.
• 0–2 years of hands-on administration, deployment, or field engineering experience, or an equivalent combination of formal IT education.
• Knowledge of Palo Alto Networks NGFWs, including PAN-OS, security profiles, NAT, and IPsec, and/or Cisco security products.
• Knowledge of Cisco IOS/IOS-XE platforms.
• Practical knowledge of fiber-optic installation, LC and SC connector types, SFP/SFP+/QSFP transceivers, and diagnostic test sets.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Visio, terminal emulators such as PuTTY or MobaXTerm, Wireshark, and network monitoring tools such as SNMP/Syslog.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, the OSI model, IP addressing, subnetting, VLANs, 802.1Q trunking, and OSPF and BGP dynamic routing.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally 50%–75% of the time.
• Ability to lift, transport, and rack equipment weighing up to 80 pounds.
• Flexibility to work non-standard hours, nights, and weekends during scheduled maintenance windows.
• Ability to systematically isolate faults and resolve unexpected technical problems during high-pressure maintenance windows.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including communicating technical updates to engineering teams and status to non-technical site leadership.
• Ability to manage on-site tasks independently with attention to detail, cable management standards, and security compliance.

Nice To Haves

• Ruckus Certified Networking Associate (RCNA) or Ruckus Certified Implementer certification.
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP (Enterprise).

Responsibilities

• Travel to remote sites to perform physical and logical network turn-ups, hardware refreshes, and site decommissioning.
• Coordinate pre-trip deployment logistics, including staging and burn-in of hardware, fabricating and labeling copper and fiber cabling, packing transport trunks, and arranging travel and site access.
• Perform rack-and-stack installations, cable management, power distribution setup, and cleaning, dressing, and testing of single-mode and multimode fiber runs.
• Configure, test, and troubleshoot Cisco Catalyst/Nexus and Ruckus ICX (FastIron) switching and routing platforms.
• Implement and validate SD-WAN edge appliances and optimize traffic steering and failover across Broadband, MPLS, LTE/5G, and Satellite/Microwave circuits.
• Configure VLANs, 802.1Q trunking, RSTP/MSTP, LACP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Deploy and configure enterprise next-generation firewalls, primarily Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS.
• Maintain compliance with DoD STIGs and organizational security baselines.
• Deploy and support edge server hardware hosting VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or KVM hypervisors.
• Configure hypervisor virtual networking, including vSwitches, port groups, VLAN tagging, and physical NIC bonding or redundancy.
• Deploy, start, snapshot, and monitor VMs and VNFs used for local site operations, services, and management nodes.
• Survey remote facility infrastructure and draft as-built and proposed site architecture diagrams in Microsoft Visio.
• Help coordinate pre-installation conference calls with site POCs, project managers, and cybersecurity teams.
• Schedule authorized maintenance windows and service interruptions for cutovers while minimizing mission disruption.
• Author and update site-specific reports, cutover checklists, and site survey templates to standardize deployment work.
• Provide tiered escalation support during post-cutover stabilization, troubleshooting issues ranging from cabling faults to hardware failures.
• Manage on-site tasks independently, maintaining attention to detail, cable management standards, and security compliance.

Benefits

• 401(k) with 100% company match on the first 6% deferred and immediate vesting.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with the employee portion paid 100% by Core4ce.
• Unlimited access to training and certifications, with no preset cap on eligible professional development.
• Tuition assistance for job-related degrees and courses.
• Paid parental leave.
• PTO that grows with tenure.
• Generous holiday schedules.
• Opportunity to propose innovations through The Forge, with internal backing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed