Sr. Network Administrator

Title Senior Network Administrator 
Location: Onsite in Ft. Meade, MD 5 days a week
Duration: 6 months contract to hire 
Clearance: Must be able to obtain & maintain Active TS/SCI (SCI needs to be active in the last 2 years)

Shift: 5am-1pm  or/ 11am-7pm

Key skills: Candidates that are supporting enterprise network environments. This role will be responsible for network infrastructure administration, firewall configuration and troubleshooting, hardware configuration management, and Linux-based systems support. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Palo Alto firewalls, network troubleshooting, and systems administration within complex environments. CCNA certification is also a requirement for this role.

Travel Requirements/Off hours Expectations

• Up to 10% travel, including occasional visits to customer or operational sites across the United States.
• Additional travel may be required during critical network or power outage events, though occurrences are infrequent.
• Expect off hours up to 1x per month for maintenance and upgrades. The candidate will be on a rotation for this.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure and connected hardware devices.
• Perform configuration management activities for network and infrastructure hardware.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize network connectivity, performance, and security.
• Configure, deploy, and support Palo Alto firewalls, including firewall policy management, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Support initiatives to enable remote service capabilities through firewall technologies and security solutions.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure components and security appliances.
• Provide Linux systems administration support utilizing command-line tools and scripting.
• Assist with the deployment, administration, and future expansion of Trellix server environments.
• Participate in network hardware installation and infrastructure refresh projects.
• Respond to and resolve network outages, connectivity issues, and infrastructure incidents.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to ensure secure and reliable network performance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and configuration records.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience and a Bachelors degree. Other level of degrees will be accepted with correlating years of experience. + CCNA certification
• Sec+ certification or other DoD 8140 certification
• Hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise firewall environments.
• Experience configuring and supporting Palo Alto Firewalls.