Job DescriptionDescription SAIC is looking fora
Network Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.
This position is onsite in Suffolk, VA.Specific Duties Include: - Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 3 support as required
- Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance
- Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments
- Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations
- Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions
- Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures
- Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures
- Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment
- Enact change management for the solution
- Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
- Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment
- Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities
- Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling
- Conducts testing of network systems
- Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
Qualifications Required Education and Experience:- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two (2) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure
- Additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree
Required Security Clearance:Required Skills and Experience:- Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture
- Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues
- Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices
- Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting
- Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube
Required Certifications:- IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP. Six-month waiver authorized to obtain
Desired:- Experience with SVLAN (Service VLAN) configuration and management
- Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal
- Working Environment:
- Must be able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment
Overview SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
