Network Administrator

Job Description

Job title: Network Administrator

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Location: Richmond Virginia

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Rate: $50/hr on W2

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Type: Contract (No sponsorship or No C2C)

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Must: CCNA Certification

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Network Operations & WAN Engineering

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• Implement and maintain WAN/LAN infrastructure across core and distributed sites using Cisco IOS and NX-OS platforms.

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• Configure and optimize L2/L3 features including VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChannel, QoS, OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP.

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• Manage and troubleshoot Cisco SD-WAN (vManage/vSmart/vEdge) including templates, policies, device onboarding, software upgrades, and HA cluster operations.

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Secure Access & Zero-Trust Technologies

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• Maintain and administer Cisco ISE (802.1X NAC, profiling, guest access), Duo MFA, and Cloudflare Zero Trust (ZTNA/SWG) configurations.

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• Operate Cisco Secure Firewalls (ASA/FTD) including rule creation, NAT, VPN (IPsec) policies, and change-controlled deployments.

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• Monitoring, Telemetry & Visibility

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Qualifications:

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• Approximately 5 years of network/WAN administration experience in multi-site enterprise environments.

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• Strong Cisco hands-on experience (IOS, NX-OS).

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• Core L2/L3 protocol proficiency: VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChannel, QoS, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.

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• Daily-operations experience with Cisco SD-WAN (vManage/vSmart/vEdge).

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• Experience with cloud-managed networking (preferably Meraki).

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• Secure access stack familiarity: Cisco ISE, Duo MFA, Cloudflare Zero Trust.

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• Monitoring tools: ThousandEyes, SolarWinds/PRTG, Splunk.

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• Scripting ability (PowerShell, Python, or Bash).

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• Excellent troubleshooting & documentation skills.

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• Ability to travel throughout Virginia for site visits and support after-hours operations.

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