Network Administrator

SAIC•Suffolk, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Network Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network. The role helps ensure 24/7/365 availability and reliability through end-to-end network, system, and element visibility, and rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning. It requires technical expertise and a commitment to service delivery. This is an onsite position in Suffolk, Virginia, with rotating shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment and travel of approximately 10%. An active Secret clearance is required. The target salary range is $80,001–$120,000, depending on experience and other factors.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two years of relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Active Secret security clearance.
Experience with routing protocols including OSPF and BGP, access control lists, Layer 2 switching, Spanning Tree, packet analysis, and Spine-Leaf architecture.
Working knowledge of SD-WAN, routers, switches, firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices.
Understanding of TCP/IP as it relates to routing and subnetting.
Ability to support TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube.
IAT Level II certification (Security+) and CCNA or CCNP certification; a six-month waiver is authorized to obtain the certifications.
Ability to work shifts covering a 24x7 operational environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Arista switches, Palo Alto firewalls, TAP and network visibility tools such as Gigamon or NetScout, SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf architecture, VLANs and VRFs, configuring IPSEC tunnels, and troubleshooting routing issues.
Experience with SVLAN (Service VLAN) configuration and management.
Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal.

Responsibilities

Provide Tier 2 engineering operations support, identify and triage outages, analyze symptoms and potential root causes, implement resolutions, and escalate to Tier 3 when needed.
Use monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure and monitor managed-service and system performance and availability across multiple exchange points.
Perform day-to-day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations.
Operate and maintain privileged access solutions.
Continuously verify failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
Operate and maintain hardware upgrade processes and procedures.
Update and maintain software builds applicable to deployed equipment.
Enact solution change management.
Operate and maintain existing incident management processes.
Keep equipment firmware, software updates, and patches current.
Support the design, analysis, planning, modification, and maintenance of network components supporting data, voice, and/or audio communications.
Analyze short- and long-term capacity needs for switching, routing, transmission, and signaling.
Conduct testing of network systems.
Support evaluation of new network technologies to enhance network capabilities.