Lead Network Administrator
About The Position
NationsBenefits is a rapidly growing Healthcare Fintech provider specializing in supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions. They partner with managed care organizations to offer innovative healthcare solutions that enhance growth, improve outcomes, reduce costs, and provide value to members. Their offerings include supplemental benefits, fintech payment platforms, and member engagement solutions designed to help health plans deliver high-quality benefits that address social determinants of health, thereby improving member health outcomes and satisfaction. The company boasts a compliance-focused infrastructure, proprietary technology, and a premier service delivery model, enabling health plan partners to deliver value-based care to millions. NationsBenefits fosters a fulfilling work environment that attracts top talent and encourages contributions to premier service. Their goal is to transform the healthcare industry, offering career advancement opportunities across multiple US, South America, and India locations. This specific role is for a highly skilled Network Administrator to join the IT Infrastructure team. The position is responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing the enterprise network environment across both on-premises and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on experience in network administration, cloud connectivity, cybersecurity best practices, and infrastructure operations. This role is crucial for ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of the network infrastructure, supporting modernization initiatives, and collaborating with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, and Service Desk teams. The position is located in Plantation, FL and is on-site.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 4+ years of experience in Network Administration, Network Engineering, or Infrastructure Operations.
- Strong hands-on experience with: DNS, DHCP, IPAM, Routing and Switching, VLANs, Firewalls, VPNs, Wireless networking, SD-WAN, Network monitoring tools.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud networking in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Strong understanding of network security, segmentation, firewall management, and secure configurations.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex network issues across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Experience maintaining technical documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Experience in regulated environments such as Healthcare, Financial Services, HIPAA, PCI, or SOC 2.
- Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies: Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Meraki, Aruba, Juniper, Zscaler.
- Experience with Azure networking services, including: Virtual Networks (VNets), Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Endpoints.
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, YAML, or infrastructure automation.
- Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds, PRTG, LogicMonitor, or Datadog.
- Industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, Network+, Security+, Fortinet NSE, or Azure Network Engineer are highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage, monitor, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks, VPNs, SD-WAN, and cloud connectivity.
- Administer and troubleshoot DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, VLANs, routing, switching, NAT, VPNs, and firewall policies.
- Support LAN, WAN, WLAN, and hybrid cloud networking environments.
- Diagnose and resolve network performance, connectivity, routing, latency, and application access issues.
- Perform network upgrades, hardware refreshes, migrations, and infrastructure improvement projects.
- Maintain network diagrams, IP address documentation, device inventories, and configuration standards.
- Participate in change management by documenting, reviewing, and implementing network changes.
- Support SD-WAN environments, including routing, policy management, failover, and performance optimization.
- Assist with networking across Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud environments.
- Configure and support virtual networks, subnets, routing tables, network security groups, VPN gateways, cloud firewalls, and private connectivity solutions.
- Collaborate with Cloud and Infrastructure teams to ensure secure connectivity between on-premises environments and cloud platforms.
- Implement secure network configurations aligned with cybersecurity best practices.
- Manage firewall policies, network segmentation, VPN access, and Zero Trust initiatives.
- Support vulnerability remediation, network hardening, patch management, and security compliance activities.
- Partner with Security teams to investigate network alerts, suspicious activity, and access-related incidents.
- Ensure network devices are securely configured, backed up, monitored, and regularly updated.
- Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform or similar automation tools.
- Assist with scripting and automation to improve deployment consistency and operational efficiency.
- Create and maintain network documentation, SOPs, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures.
- Document incidents, root cause analyses, remediation activities, and configuration changes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
