Network Administrator

SAIC • Colorado Springs, CO

4h • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Journeyman Network Administrator in Colorado Springs, CO who will provide network infrastructure expertise to the organization, focusing heavily on Cisco and Juniper routing, switching, and security platforms. The incumbent ensures the secure, reliable operation of the network backbone, translating technical directives, firewall requests, and security findings into concrete network actions. This position requires solid hands-on experience in managing enterprise network hardware, monitoring network traffic, and swiftly remediating connectivity or configuration issues across diverse vendor environments.

Requirements

• Solid hands-on experience in managing enterprise network hardware
• Monitoring network traffic
• Swiftly remediating connectivity or configuration issues across diverse vendor environments
• Experience with Cisco (IOS/NX-OS) and Juniper (Junos) routing, switching, and security platforms
• Experience with network-focused security tasks and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) directives
• Experience managing access control lists (ACLs), virtual private networks (VPNs), and perimeter defense configurations
• Experience ensuring network devices forward syslog, NetFlow, and SNMP data
• Experience with packet-level analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience maintaining network topology diagrams, configuration backups, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Responsibilities

• Configures, maintains, and troubleshoots Cisco (IOS/NX-OS) and Juniper (Junos) routers, switches, and firewalls to ensure high availability and secure data transmission.
• Analyzes and implements network-focused security tasks and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) directives; assesses exposure, applies firmware updates or ACL changes, and reports compliance.
• Manages access control lists (ACLs), virtual private networks (VPNs), and perimeter defense configurations in alignment with security policies and zero-trust guidelines.
• Ensures that network devices are properly forwarding syslog, NetFlow, and SNMP data to centralized security monitoring and SIEM systems; works with security administrators to resolve collection gaps.
• Acts as a primary responder for network-related outages or technical incidents; conducts packet-level analysis and troubleshooting, implementing containment or routing changes as required.
• Maintains accurate network topology diagrams, configuration backups, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) suitable for enterprise accreditation and audits.

What This Job Offers

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