Sr. Network Administrator/ Engineer
Encode, Inc
Apply to this jobHere at Encode we strive to ensure that both professional AND personal satisfaction go hand in hand. We enhance professional satisfaction by constantly improving team member skills with ongoing education, conferences, and early adoption of automation tools. We want everyone to be the best they can be. We build personal satisfaction by embracing remote work days, casual attire, bagel Tuesdays, team building events at local establishments and in-office cornhole competitions.
The Sr. Network Administrator/ Engineer will implement and sustain both NIPR and SIPR switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers and network management tools. The focus is a Cisco ACI datacenter environment.
To be considered, you must have the following:
- CompTIA Security+
- Computing Environment Certification
- Active Secret clearance
- Perform network management/analysis/troubleshooting
- Developing and maintaining local operating procedures and policies
- Monitoring the ongoing operation of the network.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience performing the specified functions
- 5+ years of Network Administration
- Documented experience with Cisco ACI and the Nexus 9k line
- 5+ years of configuring and maintaining switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers and network management tools
- Experience with network management, analysis and troubleshooting tools
- Experience with network automation and scripting
- Experience with Data Center Management, including automation
- Ability to train junior team members
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, written and verbal communication abilities
- Experience in patch management
- Experience in implementing and maintaining DISA STIGs or equivalent security management Strategies
- Experience in the deployment of firmware and security configurations using automation
- Experience with development of project documentation to include standard operating procedures, project plans, and network diagrams
- Strong networking background
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Strong documentation skills
- Active secret Clearance
- CompTIA Security+
- Computing Environment (CE) Certification Professional Level or higher (i.e., Cisco CCNP, Cisco CCNP Datacenter, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5 etc.)
- Bachelor's degree at a minimum
Preferred:
- 5+ years of Cisco switch management experience
- Experience with the Cisco Nexus (7K, 5K, and 2K) line and Cisco Catalyst line
- Experience with the Cisco MDS 9k line.
- Experience with Cisco ASA/Firepower firewalls and Palo Alto firewalls
- Experience with F5 load balancers
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Summary
Manage and troubleshoot network infrastructure, including Cisco ACI, firewalls, and automation tools.
Job title
Sr. Network Administrator/ Engineer
Experience level
5+ years
Industry
technology
Location requirements
Montgomery County, VA, US; remote work allowed
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Montgomery County, VA, USA