Network Administrator

Title: Network Administrator

Location: Greater Atlanta Area , GA 30566 (3 days onsite)

Duration : 6 Months

Will be some weekend work and travel to various sites. Mileage/meals/lodging will be covered by the company. If they are scheduled to work a weekend, they will get a weekday off so the week is capped at 40 hours. Once they are converted to perm, they will be given access to company cars and actually the company jet as well.

Must Have:

• Cisco networking
• Experience in network builds from the ground up
• Design engineering

Job Summary

The Network Administrator supports the implementation, administration, reliability, and security of enterprise network services across corporate, production, distribution, and remote locations. The position installs and configures approved network solutions, supports infrastructure projects and site deployments, troubleshoots complex connectivity issues, maintains accurate technical documentation, and assists with the transition of new or changed network services into ongoing support. The role works with the Network Manager, Cybersecurity, IT infrastructure teams, Service Operations, vendors, carriers, site leadership, and other business stakeholders. Regular travel to remote sites is required to support assessments, installations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and project delivery.

Job Responsibilities

Network Infrastructure and Project Delivery

• Implement assigned network infrastructure projects, including new-site deployments, expansions, refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and service improvements.
• Install, configure, test, and document approved network technologies supporting campus, wide-area, wireless, remote-access, internet, and site connectivity services.
• Develop project-level implementation steps, test procedures, validation criteria, rollback steps, as-built documentation, and operational handoff materials.
• Coordinate technical activities, site readiness, maintenance windows, carrier work, vendor tasks, cabling dependencies, and local support requirements.
• Assess current-state network environments and recommend practical improvements that support approved business, resiliency, performance, and security objectives.
• Support proofs of concept, pilots, predeployment testing, and post-implementation stabilization for network changes.

Network Administration and Support

• Administer assigned network services and devices in accordance with approved architecture, configuration standards, security requirements, and change-management processes.
• Monitor network availability, health, capacity, and performance; investigate alerts and recurring conditions and escalate material issues appropriately.
• Troubleshoot complex connectivity, routing, switching, wireless, remote access, name-resolution, addressing, and network-service issues.
• Support incident response, service restoration, problem investigation, and root-cause analysis for network-related events.
• Maintain network configurations, inventories, diagrams, circuit records, support contacts, procedures, runbooks, and recovery information.
• Coordinate with carriers, equipment providers, managed service providers, and other third parties to resolve service issues and complete approved work.

Remote Site Support and Travel

• Travel to remote company locations to perform site assessments, installations, upgrades, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and project support.
• Coordinate site visits with local leadership, business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and contractors to minimize operational disruption.
• Verify site readiness, equipment placement, power, cabling, connectivity, access, and other project dependencies within the assigned scope.
• Follow applicable site access, food safety, biosecurity, personal protective equipment, and workplace safety requirements.
• Document work completed, test results, open issues, follow-up actions, and support-transition requirements after each site engagement.

Security and Resilience

• Implement approved network segmentation, access control, secure management, logging, monitoring, configuration, and hardening requirements.
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity on vulnerability remediation, incident investigation, evidence collection, security reviews, and corrective actions involving network infrastructure.
• Support resilient network designs, diverse connectivity, configuration backup, restoration procedures, and recovery testing when included in approved scope.
• Protect administrative credentials and privileged access in accordance with approved identity and access requirements.
• Escalate suspected security events, unapproved connections, policy exceptions, and requests that fall outside documented authority.

Collaboration, Documentation, and Knowledge Transfer

• Work with Cybersecurity, infrastructure, applications, Service Operations, site personnel, project managers, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver approved network solutions.
• Provide technical status, risks, dependencies, decisions needed, and completion evidence to the Network Manager and appropriate project stakeholders.
• Create clear network diagrams, implementation records, support procedures, knowledge articles, and troubleshooting documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to support teams and other administrators without formal supervisory authority.
• Support complex operational escalations when specialized network knowledge is required.

Decision Authority

• May make technical configuration and implementation decisions within approved project scope, architecture, standards, change records, and assigned responsibilities.
• May recommend network technologies, configurations, implementation approaches, and remediation actions based on documented requirements and technical analysis.
• Does not independently approve project funding, purchases, contracts, material scope changes, production risk acceptance, security exceptions, access-policy changes, or deviations from approved architecture and standards.
• Escalates decisions outside documented authority to the Network Manager or other confirmed authorized owner.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, or a related field preferred. Significant relevant network administration and infrastructure experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Progressive experience implementing, administering, and troubleshooting enterprise network infrastructure preferred.
• Experience supporting distributed environments and remote-site network deployments, upgrades, or migrations preferred.
• Experience developing implementation plans, test procedures, rollback steps, network diagrams, and operational documentation preferred.
• Relevant networking, security, cloud, wireless, or infrastructure certifications preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of enterprise routing, switching, wireless networking, wide-area connectivity, internet services, remote access, network segmentation, addressing, and core network services.
• Working knowledge of network monitoring, performance analysis, configuration management, troubleshooting, and documentation practices.
• Understanding of network security principles, privileged administration, secure configurations, logging, vulnerability remediation, and incident support.
• Ability to translate approved requirements into practical implementation plans and correctly identify dependencies, operational impact, validation needs, and rollback requirements.
• Ability to work independently at remote locations, coordinate effectively with site contacts and vendors, and communicate technical issues clearly.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, planning, organization, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to distinguish technical recommendations and in-scope implementation decisions from matters requiring management, business owner, Cybersecurity, Procurement, Legal, or other authorized approval.

Travel and Work Requirements

• Regular travel to remote company sites is required. Travel frequency and geographic scope will be based on assigned projects and operational needs.
• Must be able to work during approved maintenance windows or outside normal business hours when required for scheduled implementations or service restoration.
• Must be able to safely access supported technology spaces and lift or move equipment consistent with the essential functions of the position.
• A valid driver license and the ability to meet applicable company travel requirements are required.