Title: Network Administrator
Location: Fairfax, VA (Onsite) Duration: 11+ Months Interview type: Both Phone and In Person Job Description Team is looking for a solid mid-level team member who brings a minimum of 5 years of hands-on networking experience. The best candidate will be someone who is looking for long term professional growth opportunities, possesses a 4-year degree and/or industry certifications. Requires experience, creativity and multi-tasking to independently and collaboratively achieve department service and support objectives for the Transportation Operations Center. Individual is able to work without assistance; is able to manage medium complexity work efforts; has some industry experience; can provide limited leadership to others; collaborates well with others.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS/QUALITIES HIGHLY DESIRED. - The Network Administrator installs, configures, and supports an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system.
- Maintain network hardware and software.
- Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability.
- May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.
- Coordinate the development, implementation, and maintenance of a local area network or wide area network.
- Maintains the network's physical and logical structures, including network connections.
- Maintains network support software, analyzes user support statistics, and recommends appropriate measures. Installs, tests, and maintains network hardware and software.
- Prepares and analyzes statistics on network utilization and availability.
- Prepares training courses and provides user support and training in the use of available hardware, software, and utilities.
- Performs tuning and capacity planning activities to enhance the performance of the network resources.
- ssesses existing network, software, and current solutions and makes recommendations based on product specifications and best cybersecurity practices.
- Configures equipment and software to meet business needs, trains others on the solution, and documents the solution for ongoing support.
- Functions as part of a team on larger projects, or individually provides the services on support visits or smaller projects.
- Provides technical support and assists with the design of Infrastructure solutions.
- Requires experience in the technical services and support fields as well as experience in network administration (DHCP, DNS, routers, firewall, etc.)
- Responds to Tier 1 and 2 network and software support requests.
- Communicates effectively with teammates and customers of varying levels of technical expertise.
- Responds to all break/fix requests associated with network resources.
- Designs extensions of and connections to the campus network.
- ssists with configuration and deployment of new/replacement network hardware and communications infrastructure.
- Maintains up-to-date project and architecture documentation.
- Maintains up-to-date inventory and maintenance records.
- Monitors network resources for faults and traffic anomalies.
- Resolves connection issues between users and resources.
- Maintains detailed change history of network changes.
- Supports ITS Field Maintenance with communications' implementation and troubleshooting.
- Supports team efforts to improve cybersecurity controls and defenses.
- Supports team efforts for threat hunting and mitigation.
- Manages time and resource constraints.
Required Skills: - General Information Technology
- Cisco Routing and Switching
- VLAN Management
- Network Design
- Subnetting
- Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc)
- Integration Troubleshooting
Desired Skills: - Network Security
- DNS/DHCP
- Network Monitoring
- Network Cable Management
- Cisco FMC/Firepower
- Solutions Design Build
- Cybersecurity
- Software Integrations
