Title : Senior Network Administrator Location: Columbia SC (Hybrid) Duration : 12 months of Contract (Possible Extension) Job Overview
The Network Operations Center (NOC) is responsible for the daily operation and support of a highly available enterprise network environment supporting the entire organization. The team ensures the security, reliability, and performance of critical network services through proactive monitoring, incident response, operational support, and continuous improvement initiatives.
This role plays a vital part in maintaining business continuity and partnering with other IT organizations to ensure infrastructure and application availability.
Required Education- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or another job-related field.
- Alternatively, 4 years of job-related work experience.
- Or 2 years of job-related experience along with an associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or another job-related field.
Must-Have Skills & Experience- Must have experience working as a Senior Class Administrator.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in network operations, network administration, or infrastructure support environments.
- Experience supporting enterprise network technologies in a 24x7 operational environment.
- Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex network incidents.
- Experience performing network monitoring, operational maintenance, and infrastructure support activities.
Required Technologies:- Palo Alto Firewalls
- Cisco ACI
- SolarWinds
- Cisco Catalyst Center
- Nexus Insights
Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience- CCNA certification or CCNA currently in progress.
- 8+ years of experience working in enterprise infrastructure and network environments.
- Experience with highly available, large-scale network environments.
- Experience leading operational initiatives, major incident response, and infrastructure improvements.
- Experience creating and maintaining operational documentation and procedures.
Additional Nice-to-Have Technologies:- Ansible
- GitHub
- ThousandEyes
- F5 Load Balancers
Key Responsibilities- Perform daily operational health checks and environment validation.
- Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity.
- Respond to and resolve network incidents and outages.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
- Manage break-fix activities and service requests.
- Execute operational changes in accordance with established change management processes.
- Support compliance remediation efforts.
- Manage network backup and recovery processes.
- Develop and maintain operational documentation and procedures.
- Collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and application support teams to ensure service availability and operational excellence.