Network Administrator 3

Location: ULA - Denver. Standard weekly hours: 40. Travel requirements: 10%. Relocation assistance not provided.

About the role

At United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Network Administrator 3 serves as a senior technical resource responsible for the administration, optimization, and continuous improvement of the enterprise network infrastructure. This role provides advanced support and expert-level troubleshooting across complex LAN, WAN, wireless, and network security environments, ensuring high availability, reliability, performance, and scalability. The Network Administrator 3 leads the implementation of network enhancements, supports critical infrastructure initiatives, and drives resolution of escalated technical issues. Working closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and engineering partners, this position contributes to the design, deployment, and maintenance of secure, resilient network solutions that align with organizational objectives, operational requirements, and industry best practices. Through proactive monitoring, performance tuning, and strategic planning, the role helps ensure the network environment remains robust, efficient, and capable of supporting ULA’s mission-critical operations.

Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, and continuously improve enterprise network infrastructure.
• Provide advanced support and expert-level troubleshooting for LAN, WAN, wireless, and network security environments.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and scalability of network systems.
• Lead implementation of network enhancements and support critical infrastructure initiatives.
• Resolve escalated technical issues in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and engineering partners to design, deploy, and maintain secure, resilient network solutions.
• Perform proactive monitoring, performance tuning, and strategic planning for network environments.
• Support high-availability, multi-site network architectures for operational continuity.
• Implement and support secure connectivity solutions, including IPsec VPNs, SSL VPNs, remote-access services, and site-to-site communications.
• Perform full lifecycle management of network infrastructure, including configuration, deployment, maintenance, upgrades, patching, and hardware refresh activities.
• Utilize enterprise monitoring and management platforms such as SolarWinds for proactive network visibility, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Create and maintain detailed network diagrams, configurations, standard operating procedures, and change management records.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) field from an accredited college or university. Four years of directly related exempt work experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience supporting, administering, and optimizing enterprise-class network environments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of TCP/IP networking principles, including routing, switching, VLANs, VPNs, Quality of Service (QoS), and multicast technologies.
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless networking solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex network issues.
• Experience supporting high-availability, multi-site network architectures.
• Strong understanding of network security concepts, industry best practices, and defense-in-depth methodologies.
• Advanced expertise with dynamic routing protocols, including OSPF and BGP, within enterprise and large-scale network environments.
• Proficiency administering enterprise switching platforms, including Cisco technologies and related network ecosystems.
• Hands-on experience managing next-generation firewalls and security appliances, such as Palo Alto Networks and Cisco ASA solutions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience utilizing network monitoring and diagnostic tools, including Wireshark, NetFlow, packet capture utilities, and performance analysis platforms.
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs., bend, kneel, squat, stoop, work overhead, reach above shoulder level, sit, stand, walk (sometimes on uneven surfaces), and climb.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SD-WAN technologies.
• Exposure to cloud networking (Azure, AWS).
• Experience supporting VoIP, unified communications, or QoS design.
• Knowledge of automation or scripting (Python, Ansible, PowerShell) for network tasks.
• Familiarity with NAC solutions (Cisco ISE).

Pay

Salary range for ULA - Denver: $99,604.00 - $166,007.00. Salaries are based on candidate experience, qualifications, internal equity, market, and business considerations. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits

• 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution.
• Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees.
• Generous paid time off.
• Flexible work environments.
• Most salaried employees work a "9/80 schedule," enjoying every other Friday off.

Schedule

Standard weekly hours: 40. Benefits and work schedules may vary for union-represented hourly positions and are described in the applicable collective bargaining agreement.