Senior Network Administrator

Senior Network Administrator

Radford VA

At IPT Associates (IPTA) we enjoy solving real-world problems with technology. We work closely with our customers teammates experts and partners to come up with practical solutions that make a difference. Whether its a government or business organization we focus on understanding the need and building something that works.

Our Team

At IPTA everything starts with our people. Were big believers that when you invest in your team great things happen. Thats why we encourage learning growth and trying new things-even if you dont have all the answers yet.

Our culture is rooted in fierce determination fearless integrity and passionate service-but we also like to keep things collaborative supportive and down-to-earth.

Were looking for people who:

• Are curious and excited about technology

• Like solving problems and figuring things out

• Can take initiative but also enjoy working with a team

• Want to keep learning growing and challenging themselves

If youre someone whos eager to jump in learn something new and make an impact-youll fit right in here.

Position Summary: You will be a senior network administrator in a mixed growing enterprise environment that supports several teams and customers. You will help lead strategy for managing maintaining deploying troubleshooting and supporting complex networks at multiple locations and you will lead the planning and rollout of new network implementations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help lead network management and deployment strategy for several customer environments

• Write and maintain technical instructions operating procedures and policies

• Monitor and tune system and network performance harden the network and report on security and operational status

• Recommend enterprise improvements manage integrations and write utilization reports

• Support the lifecycle of datacenter equipment including firmware version control and preventive maintenance

Required Qualifications:

• CompTIA Security

• Computing environment certification (e.g. CCNA Palo Alto MCSE Server Red Hat) or the ability to get one within 30 days of starting

• Active Security Clearance Required

• Experience in computer science or IT

• 3 years designing implementing documenting and maintaining complex networking solutions

• 3 years configuring updating maintaining administering and migrating Palo Alto firewalls

• 3 years with network management and troubleshooting tools (e.g. SolarWinds Cisco Prime Palo Alto Panorama Men and Mice)

• 5 years configuring and administering Cisco Nexus Cisco Catalyst switches Cisco ASR and ISR routers and Cisco Firepower

• 3 years of experience with or working knowledge of software-defined networking

• 3 years creating and following SOPs for repeatable processes disaster recovery and problem resolution

• Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player attitude

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience

• 3 years of automation and scripting with Python Perl TCL or Ansible

• 3 years supporting cybersecurity patch management STIGs SRGs RMF SCA-V and CORA

Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent experience preferred. Certifications: CompTIA Security. Computing environment certification.

IPTA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on individual merit including qualifications experience performance and business needs consistent with applicable federal laws and federal contracting requirements. IPTA provides equal opportunity and utilizes merit-based principles to make employment-related decisions.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC