Akkodis is seeking a Sr. Network Administrator for a direct hire job opportunity with a client located in the Camden NJ area. The Sr. Network Administrator is responsible for organizing, modifying, installing, and supporting the network infrastructure. This role installs, configures and monitors LANs, WANs, internal and external systems, and multiple network segments. This role is a part of a team that is responsible for the entire network infrastructure. The infrastructure is composed of 10,000+ users at over 300+ locations internationally, operating 24x7x365.
Salary Range: $100-120k base and a competitive benefits offering
Sr. Network Administrator - job responsibilities include:
- Provides network engineering and/or network administration to our multiple Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks and the support of a 10,000 user environment.
- Provides senior technical support for complex problems within the team and environment.
- Responsible for performance management and capacity planning for all supported platforms, along with providing monthly, quarterly and yearly reports for all responsible environments.
- Interacts with field operations to troubleshoot issues, and improve performance.
- Interact with other IT groups to implement new network hardware or technologies and resolve problems This may include architecture, network sizing, configuration, installing network infrastructure to standards and working with vendors as needed.
- Identify and lead improvement opportunities.
- WAN, LAN and Wireless (RF) Support
- Monitor and troubleshoot internal and external data networks and RF infrastructures.
- Perform service restoration in event of issue including working with providers to ensure timely response to problems.
- Serve as point of contact to internal and external customers through problem resolution
- Perform ongoing operational activities such as problem management, user assistance, and training as necessary
- Monitor and ensure adequate bandwidth for company as a whole
- Provide off-hours support as required to perform job functions and ensure adequate delivery of services
- Network Design
- Participate in plan, and design activities to support and monitor infrastructure
- Understand customer requirements and planning for ongoing capacity needs.
- Remain current on emerging technologies and their possible applications within NFI's infrastructure
- Hardware/Software support and deployment
- Configure routers, switches, firewalls, and other devices in support of design
- Perform ongoing upgrades and patches as required
- Security Awareness
- Understanding of security impact on network infrastructure.
- Helps to ensure actions and adherence to company guidelines
- Assist in development and modification of security guidelines
Required qualifications:
- 7-10 years' experience configuring and supporting complex campus and datacenter networks
- 5+ years in a senior role, architecting, configuring and supporting enterprise firewalls from such as Cisco Firepower , Checkpoint, or Palo Alto preferred.
- Experience installing, designing, and supporting Cisco FirePower solutions
- Experience installing, designing, and supporting network access control solutions such as Cisco ISE, or Aruba Clearpass
- Experience with SD-WAN platforms such as Velocloud, Viptela, or Silverpeak
- Experience with cloud networking within and between public clouds such as Amazon, Azure, and GCP.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Powershell and Python
- Develop and maintain network documentation
- Experience managing and collaborating with telecom vendors
- Hands on experience with Cisco, Aruba, Juniper hardware and software; management and monitoring tools including Solarwinds, and PRTG; routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF; QoS experience for voice, video and data
- Familiarity with other enterprise platforms such as storage, database, Linux, Windows Server, etc.
- Effective team member and leader on concurrent tasks/projects.
- Excellent analytic, troublshooting, communication, interpersona, and customer relation skills.
- Degree - BA / BS preferred
- CCNP, JNCIP, or equivalent certification
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