
Senior Network Administrator
- San Diego, CA
- $120,434-156,573 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The design, implementation, and maintenance of a geographically distributed network, including LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi and SDWAN.
- In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of networking (switching, routing, perimeter security, DNS, and DHCP)
- Ability to analyze and evaluate networks, identify issues and provide solutions to ensure networks are performing optimally
- Ability to manage, monitor and troubleshoot a complex network environment
- Ability to design, implement and troubleshoot network performance issues and the security infrastructure
- Ability to communicate technical information to other technical team members and to those who may not have knowledge of network terminology
- Ability to manage several projects simultaneously from design to implementation
- Work closely with the software vendors to resolve issues and drive new features and infrastructures
- 8+ years of experience in network technology infrastructure, including support, design, implementation, and operations.
- Experience configuring, maintaining, deploying and supporting networking hardware such as routers, switches, firewalls, Wi-Fi APs
- Comprehensive understanding of networking including L2/L3 protocols such as VLANs, STP/RSTP, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP and EIGRP
- Extensive knowledge of communication and routing protocols used within an enterprise environment
- Extensive experience with a variety of network analysis, monitoring and alerting tools
- Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve network performance issues, relating to routing and switching
- Working knowledge of 802.1x radius authentication and ClearPass
- Understanding of certificate or PKI infrastructure
- Designing, writing and updating both system documentation and network diagrams
- Configure network connections, in support of a large virtualization and storage infrastructure.
- Experience managing cloud environments such as AWS and Oracle Cloud a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and English proficiency
- Strong leadership and team mentoring skills
- Self-motivated and team oriented
- U.S. Person status required
- Experience managing Cisco / Aruba / Palo Alto Enterprise Networks with strong network operating systems experience (such as Cisco IOS, NX-OS, ARUBAOS, PANOS)
- At least one certification in Cisco, Palo-Alto, CompTIA Network+ or other networking technologies desired.
- Support of LAN, WAN, SDWAN, and VPN networks, in a VMWare, NetApp environment running Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Linux (CentOS, RHEL) business systems
- Demonstrate mastery of TCP/IP switching and routing
- Extensive knowledge of Ethernet cabling, multimode fiber optics, experience in a high-density, high bandwidth environment (10GB, 25GB, and greater), fiber channel a plus
- Proficient in the configuring and standing up Cisco Switches, Palo Alto Firewalls, and Aruba APs
- Proficient with VPN technologies (Global Protect)
- Strong knowledge of virtual and physical server architecture and networking
- Proficient knowledge of Authentication and Access Control technologies
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience