Senior Telecomm/Network Administrator

About the role

This is an on-site position in Annapolis, MD. This is a 12-month contract to hire opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Provide L3 technical support through our client's 24/7/365 service desk, including on-call rotations and shift-based coverage; respond to, triage, escalate, and resolve incidents in accordance with defined SLAs.
• Proactively monitor all IT systems, networks, and cloud infrastructure using observability tooling; identify and remediate issues before they impact operations.
• Design, deploy, and maintain our client's IT networks— including cloud-hosted environments—with a focus on resilience, redundancy, and security; augment infrastructure to support new projects and services.
• Ensure IT systems meet security and compliance standards; plan and execute upgrades, patches, and hardening activities.
• Maintain and administer user accounts, access controls, and application software licenses.
• Conduct regular audits of IT systems and software; maintain an accurate, up-to-date asset register.
• Document policies, procedures, infrastructure, and system configurations to a professional standard.
• Analyze, test, and deploy software patches and updates in a controlled, risk-managed manner.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members; contribute to knowledge base articles and training materials.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a field related to IT, computer science, or telecommunications.
  • Juniper Engineer level certification in both Routing and Switching (JNCIP) and Network Security (JNCIP-SEC).
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), and Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security certifications.

  Skills

  • Router, Switches, juniper, redhat, linux red hat, telecommunications systems, 3GPP, Network engineering
  • Troubleshooting
  • Wireless

  Benefits

  Pay Range: $60.00 - $75.00/hr.

  Pay

  The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $75.00/hr.

  Schedule

  This is a fully onsite position in Annapolis, MD.

  Additional Information

  This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Annapolis, MD. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. The company is also subject to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Massachusetts Lie Detector Law.