System Admin-Network Tools - 1904 - KeyLogic Systems

Overview

Position: System Admin- Network Tools
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Salary Range: $72,000 - $82,000 per year
Clearance: Clearable to Q

KeyLogic is seeking a system admin – network tools candidate with experience in Internet of Things (IoT). In corporate applications and technology, we deliver desktop and hardware support both on premises and Cloud environments. Core competencies include software, testing and requirements engineering, software and system architecture, to support our vision to provide accurate, timely and auditable data while partnering with our business partners to integrate IT into their business strategy. To further enable partnership to other IT organizations, matrixing to network IT services and the organization's mission is required to deliver secure, consistent, and capable network and virtual services to ensure faster realization of business value to a National Laboratory and its customers.

Responsibilities:

As a System Administrator - Network Tools, the candidate will be expected to:

• Support desktop systems as well as OT/IOT equipment in both networked and standalone environments, responding, documenting, and closing tickets as submitted. The following expectations.
• Provide secure, consistent, and highly available network infrastructures and virtual services to meet corporate and mission IT needs.
• Support network and virtual services development, design, implementation, testing, trouble resolution, network monitoring tools, and maintenance contracts.
• Provide evaluation and design inputs to team for customer networks.
• Update IT records systems to ensure accurate tracking and documentation.
• Review specific incoming IT Service Desk requests and resolve customer requirement issues.
• Coordinate with advanced Network Operations teams as needed to support port activation and connection of device to ports.
• Allocate subnets for customer environments.
• Assist setup of customer firewall rules.
• Possess the ability to partner with other IT teams such as corporate cyber security, firewall and proxy teams.
• Represent the interests of assigned teams or customers in change advisory boards.

Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree and 4 years of experience
• In lieu of a degree, 7 years of experience is needed.
• U.S. Citizenship is required per Contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q security clearance.

Required Skills

• Familiarity with client’s networking infrastructure and knowledge of how to troubleshoot escalated issues.
• Experience with network switches, routers, and ability to navigate within and update the configuration.
• Customer service and joint team building skills
• Experience using network management tools/systems:
• WAN, LAN
• Juniper, Palo Alto, Cisco, or equivalent
• Brocade
• TC IP
• GPON
• Secure CRT
• TACACS
• AKiPs
• EMS
• Clear understanding of the TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Ability to articulate technical projects verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills using tact and courtesy.
• Use of PowerShell.
• Familiar with client’s cabling standards (copper, fiber).
• Good practices in documenting work performed (including issues) in service requests to service leads, management and/or transitioning work to another team.
• Ability to recommend changes to methods or processes and occasionally leads teams and participates in planning, conducting, and reporting on projects.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities simultaneously is required.
• Complete knowledge of networking principles for conjuring and maintaining the organization of the network
• Proper understanding all types of hardware including routers, switches, wires and other essential equipment.
• Knowledge of the common operating systems such as Linux, MS OS
• Knowledge of IP addressing and some common networking protocols like IPv4 and IPv6.
• Experience performing any network performance issues such as system crash
• Self starter
• Strong advance problem solving skills
• Linux background

Desired skills:

• Panorama
• Out-of-Band
• Wireless (Aruba)
• Knowledge of ITSM framework
• Scripting (Python, Ansible, etc.)
• Use of ServiceNow and Jira system environments
• Firewall applications
• DNS
• F5
• Experience with IoT devices and interconnectivity
• Linux/Windows Server interfacing
• Data storage interfacing
• Cybersecurity tools (Splunk, Nozomi, etc.)