# Network Administrator

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: MacDill AFB, FL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $85,093 - $100,625
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join a dynamic and consistently expanding program at GDIT! The US Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System eXtended (US BICES-X) is a leading-edge initiative directly supporting critical DoW intelligence information sharing addressing current and emerging global threats to mission partners, coalition forces, and developing nations.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee the lifecycle of a global multiplanar backbone and data center fabric, ensuring maximum service availability through rigorous hardware/software management and proactive system maintenance.

- Lead and enforce the integration of ITSM processes via ServiceNow, ensuring that incidents, service requests, and configuration changes are consistently documented.

- Maintain an up-to-date Configuration Management Database (CMDB), tracking rack elevations, port maps, and IP assignments for audit readiness and system accuracy.

- Configure and maintain network devices, including routers, switches, encryption devices, and related hardware, adhering to global infrastructure standards.

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex connectivity issues to maintain enterprise-wide data flow, ensuring service availability for critical operations.

- Implement and enforce configuration standards, including STIG compliance audits and proactive risk mitigation processes.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform high-level designs into operational physical and logical network infrastructure.

- Provide mentorship and technical support to mid-level and junior team members, instilling best practices and enforcing operational discipline.

- Develop and implement disaster recovery and rapid restoration procedures to maintain network resilience and reduce downtime.

- Monitor network performance to identify and resolve bottlenecks, enhancing data traffic flow and ensuring mission-critical capacity.

- Manage hardware logistics, including RMAs, vendor coordination, and spare parts inventory to minimize repair times.

- Serve as an on-call escalation point, delivering timely resolution of infrastructure issues.

Required Qualifications:

- Active Secret security clearance (or higher).

- 5+ years of experience implementing, maintaining, and securing complex enterprise WAN/LAN environments.

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience.

- Current professional certifications in networking and security, such as CCNA, Security+ CE, or equivalent.

- Expert-level knowledge of networking principles, including routing and switching protocols (OSPF, BGP, STP), and physical layer standards (fiber/copper/transceivers).

- Proficiency in administering and securing various network architectures that support enterprise-level voice, video, and data services.

- Experience administering and securing enterprise network architectures, supporting voice, video, and data services.

- Advanced knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM modules, including change, incident, and configuration management practices.

- Commitment to government security and experience working in regulated environments.

- Exceptional communication skills, capable of effectively articulating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including technical teams and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Networking) or equivalent professional experience.

- Advanced certifications, such as Cisco CCNP or Juniper JNCIP.

- Experience with asset management and physical infrastructure planning, including rack-level design and documentation.

- Knowledge of virtualization technologies and their application to network services.

- Hands-on experience with firewall administration and ACL management.

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco Technologies
- Network Administration
- Network Infrastructures
- ServiceNow ITSM
- OSPF
- BGP
- STP

### Nice to have
- Cisco CCNP
- Juniper JNCIP
- virtualization technologies
- firewall administration
- ACL management

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