Network System Administrator - 176802

About the role

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Network System Administrator to join a leading technology and engineering company delivering mission-critical IT, cybersecurity, digital modernization, and defense solutions to U.S. government and national security customers. This is a fully onsite role in Fort Meade, MD, and requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. The Network Systems Administrator will support the operations, engineering, and sustainment of a mission-critical IP messaging and communications network, providing hands-on technical expertise while helping develop and implement solutions that meet evolving customer and mission requirements.

Responsibilities

• Network integration, testing, security engineering, and implementation configuration support
• Collaborate with network architects to define and/or continuously improve STIG compliant configuration baselines, versioning, and compliance tracking
• Test and validate automation and best practice insertion opportunities
• Lead development of SOPs/TTPs
• Support Continuous Service Improvements (CSI)
• Support system performance tuning and enhancements
• Create and maintain Engineering Implementation Plans (EIP)
• Support tier escalation of incident management support tasks
• Active participation in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem Management activities
• Participate in engineering meetings to bridge the gap between operations and engineering providing operational readiness for new solutions projected to be deployed into production
• Perform highly technical maintenance involving firewalls, VPNs, IPS, and load balancers
• Provide expert knowledge of network engineering and operations, large scale enterprise network solution implementation and transition to Network Operations, as well as test and evaluation activities
• Perform highly technical maintenance involving network devices routers, switches, security solutions, and WANX

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of network engineering/troubleshooting experience, including routing/switching, IP/subnetting, MPLS, VPNs, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, STP, VLANs, LLDP, VoIP, multicast, and enterprise WAN technologies
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco enterprise routers, switches, firewalls, and security devices; CCNP Route/Switch and/or Security preferred
• Strong knowledge of defense-in-depth, network/security architecture, network topology, device integrity, security controls, and emerging network technologies
• Experience with network operations, integration, test/evaluation, implementation/transition to NetOps, and change/configuration/performance management
• Strong technical documentation, analysis, reporting, presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills, including presenting to senior customers/stakeholders/management
• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Ability and willingness to work fully onsite in Fort Meade, MD + up to 10% OCONUS travel
• Preferred: IAT Level II Certification (i.e. CISSP, CASP+, etc.)

Benefits

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 depending on experience

• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Plan, PTO, Holidays, Sick Leave if required by law

Schedule

Fully onsite in Fort Meade, MD with up to 10% OCONUS travel