Network Administrator – 3rd Shift

Novul Solutions•Alexandria, VA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Network Administrator – 3rd Shift to support the Compartmented Enterprise Services Office (CESO) effort. CESO is establishing a modern Secure Web Services (SWS) operation as part of a highly automated platform supporting a rapidly expanding mission-partner environment. The Network Administrator will provide overnight network operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, and incident-response support within a high-security DoD environment. This role supports CESO's migration to secure cloud infrastructure while ensuring the availability, performance, and security of mission-critical network services.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline with 4+ years of relevant experience; additional applicable experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Experience monitoring enterprise network performance, security, availability, and connectivity.
Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting routers and switches.
Experience with BGP and OSPF dynamic routing protocols.
Experience configuring and supporting 802.1X.
Experience troubleshooting site-to-site/IPSec VPN tunnels.
Ability and willingness to work 3rd shift (10:00 PM–6:00 AM) and support a 24x7 operational environment, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience supporting DISA/DISA mission partners, including AWS cloud or cloud-based network environments.
Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph preferred, with hands-on experience administering or troubleshooting Palo Alto Networks devices.

Responsibilities

Monitor network connectivity, performance, security, and availability to ensure continuous access to mission-critical services and proactively identify and mitigate risks, outages, and performance issues.
Troubleshoot and resolve network connectivity, service, and access issues, escalating complex incidents to senior engineers or vendors as needed.
Configure, install, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise routers, switches, network devices, and supporting software.
Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, 802.1X, site-to-site (S2S), and IPSec VPN tunnels.
Plan and implement network maintenance, installations, upgrades, configuration changes, and security improvements to strengthen reliability and protection.
Review and resolve user requests related to network access, connectivity, and enterprise services.
Support 24x7 network operations and incident response during the 3rd shift, including nights, weekends, and holidays as operationally required.