Network Administrator, Intermediate

Naval Nuclear Laboratory•Idaho Falls, ID

About The Position

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a Network Administrator to join its IT Networking and Communications team. The team owns and operates the Naval Reactors Program’s unclassified and confidential enterprise networks, supporting users at more than 100 sites worldwide. It configures, manages, and maintains the lifecycle of networking hardware for these connections. The team works with business-area experts and senior IT personnel to develop and implement strategies addressing emerging needs, including new construction, building moves, wireless capabilities, and cybersecurity, operability, maintainability, and lifecycle requirements. It also develops and implements common network architectures and support models.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and at least 1 year of relevant experience.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter and pass a federal background investigation.
Must be able to pass a drug test in compliance with company policy and 10 CFR 707.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking protocols, such as VLAN, Ethernet, ARP, BGP, and OSPF.
Working knowledge of network monitoring technologies, such as Cisco Prime Infrastructure and StatSeeker.
Demonstrated customer service skills and strong teaming, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Experience designing and operating enterprise wireless environments with hundreds of access points across multiple buildings or sites.
Understanding of RF engineering concepts, enterprise wireless architectures, authentication frameworks, and techniques for optimizing roaming and client mobility.
Hands-on experience implementing secure authentication solutions using Cisco ISE, 802.1X, EAP-TLS, RADIUS, and PKI-based certificate authentication in an enterprise setting.
Experience contributing to enterprise wireless standards, design documentation, and technology plans or roadmaps.

Responsibilities

Define, design, and implement network communications and solution improvements.
Propose and implement software and hardware updates to improve network performance and reliability.
Design, document, implement, administer, and support network infrastructure.
Conduct testing of network systems.
Maintain technical expertise in network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, including routers, switches, firewalls, proxies, and load balancing.
Prepare network documentation, including operational instructions.