Principal Network Admin

About the role

Direct hire, onsite position in Houston, TX with 25% travel. As a Senior Network Administrator, you will set the strategic direction for network and establish the standards that keep it stable and secure. You will lead network modernization, administration, and fault resolution across physical and cloud environments, provide technical support to employees, and partner with other IT teams and vendors to resolve network-related issues. You will also partner closely with the business as it expands, ensuring the network scales securely to support new sites, acquisitions, and operational needs while maintaining security posture.

Responsibilities

• Establish network and infrastructure standards across the organization.
• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise routing and switching infrastructure across corporate and site locations, including VLAN segmentation, spanning tree, dynamic routing (OSPF/BGP), and QoS policies.
• Administer SD-WAN/SASE and network security environment (Cato Networks), including firewall policy management, secure connectivity between the corporate network and field/site locations, and site failover.
• Support and maintain Starlink satellite connectivity network for remote and field site locations, including provisioning, troubleshooting, and integration with the broader corporate WAN/SD-WAN environment.
• Install, configure, and maintain physical