The Role
Provides Tier 2 operations and maintenance for a mission-critical naval enterprise network. Responsibilities include monitoring infrastructure, troubleshooting outages, configuring routers and switches, maintaining firewalls and privileged access systems, applying updates and patches, supporting failover and disaster recovery, managing changes and incidents, conducting network testing, and evaluating new technologies. The role requires 24/7 shift coverage onsite in Suffolk, Virginia, and supports routing, switching, network visibility, capacity planning, and operational reporting.
Summary Generated by Built In
SAIC is looking for a Network Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.
This position is onsite in Suffolk, VA.
Specific Duties Include:
- Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 3 support as required
- Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance
- Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments
- Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations
- Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions
- Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures
- Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures
- Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment
- Enact change management for the solution
- Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
- Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment
- Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities
- Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling
- Conducts testing of network systems
- Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two (2) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure
- Additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree
Required Security Clearance:
- Active TS/SCI
Required Skills and Experience:
- Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture
- Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues
- Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices
- Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting
- Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube
Required Certifications:
- IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP. Six-month waiver authorized to obtain
Desired:
- Experience with SVLAN (Service VLAN) configuration and management
- Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal
Working Environment:
- Must be able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment
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Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- Two years of relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Experience with OSPF, BGP, access control lists, Layer 2 switching, spanning tree, packet analysis, and SPINE-LEAF architecture
- Working knowledge of SD-WAN, routers, switches, firewalls, and VPN devices
- Understanding of TCP/IP routing and subnetting
- Ability to support TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube
- IAT Level II certification, including Security+
- CCNA or CCNP certification
- Ability to work shifts in a 24x7 operational environment
- Experience with Arista switches, Palo Alto firewalls, network visibility tools, SD-WAN, VLANs, VRFs, IPSEC tunnels, and routing troubleshooting
- Experience with SVLAN configuration and management
- Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal
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