Senior Network Administrator

We cannot work with 3rd party vendorsW2 candidates onlyC2 Clearance required Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Required Experience• Minimum 5 years of experience in network operations, network administration, or infrastructure support environments• Experience supporting enterprise network technologies in a 24x 7 operational environment• Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex network incidents• Experience performing network monitoring, operational maintenance, and infrastructure support activities Preferred Experience• 8+ years of experience working in enterprise infrastructure and network environments• Experience with highly available, large-scale network environments• Experience leading operational initiatives, major incident response, and infrastructure improvements• Experience creating and maintaining operational documentation and procedures Required Technologies:Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 Load Balancers, Cisco ACI, Solar Winds, Cisco Catalyst Center, Nexus Insights Nice To Have:Ansible, Git Hub, Thousand Eyes Responsibilities include:• Performing daily operational health checks and environment validation• Monitoring network performance, availability, and capacity• Responding to and resolving network incidents and outages• Performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis• Managing break-fix activities and service requests• Executing operational changes in accordance with established change management processes• Supporting compliance remediation efforts• Managing network backup and recovery processes• Developing and maintaining operational documentation and procedures• Collaborating with engineering, security, infrastructure, and application support teams to ensure service availability and operational excellence Desired Soft Skills• Strong attention to detail• Excellent written and verbal communication skills• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple activities simultaneously• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities• Ability to remain effective during critical incidents and outage situations• Team-oriented mindset with a strong customer service focus