Direct-hire Network Administrator I Opportunity in Carrollton, TX

Our client is a trusted partner in technology that focuses on Business, Architectural and Organizational outcomes by aligning People, Process, Technology and Data.  In addition, we provide the strategic vision and expertise needed to keep your technology investments relative and agile across 5 key tenants; Multicloud, Cyber Security, Network Modernization, Collaboration, and Enterprise Visibility.  We guarantee lower operating expenses with a higher level of integration that transforms the user experience.

We are energetic, success-driven, and a team-oriented environment; focused on driving positive customer outcomes.  The right candidate will be customer centric and thrive in a fast-paced, detail oriented, technology-driven environment.  The role of Network Administrator I will be a technical resource focused on the implementation, maintenance, and support of our networking services. The candidate will have a general working knowledge of networks and will be expected to complete both formal and informal training sessions to continue to expand their knowledge in this field. This role will be customer facing and will require awareness and acumen when dealing with our clients since this role will include working both onsite with our customers and in our office.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in selection, design, and maintenance of all customer management network topologies, trouble ticketing, switch port bandwidth utilization, network/WiFi monitoring, and firewall/VPN configuration management/versioning systems
  • On-call for all infrastructure support and incident resolution. Provide guidance and solutions to solve and report on any recurring issues within client and in house infrastructure
  • Experience with networking and configuration of virtualized network elements such as FWs, virtual switches, etc
  • Monitor and trend traffic loads on all networks across the LAN and WAN. Monitor the status of key network equipment to ensure network resource availability
  • Experience with Juniper, Mist, and Palo Alto network hardware is preferred
  • Attend Change Advisory Board (CAB) meeting on a weekly basis for awareness of system and infrastructure changes
  • Support the Field network systems and terminal network equipment
  • Work with outsourced vendors on network operations requirements
  • Experience with telephony network technologies such as UCCE, are highly desired, as well as VOIP, IVR, SIP, PRI implementation and support
  • Ability to work simultaneously & autonomously on several high-profile project and deliver expected outcomes is expected
  • Configure, install, optimize, and support wireless networks
  • Assists with Incident, Change, and Capacity management as it relates to network infrastructure
  • Adhere to all company corporate guiding principles, processes, policies, standards and procedures
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency while tracking/reporting progress with complete follow-through
  • Update/produce documentation when it is found outdated/missing or required for a project

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • Bachelors Degree in MIS, Computer Science or equivalent work experience strongly preferred
  • Juniper certifications or related certification preferred
  • 2-5 years networking design, installation, maintenance and documentation experience
  • Previous work with wireless environment, VPN design / configuration, routers and switches
  • Knowledge of protocols such as IPSEC, OSPF, BGP, DHCP, TCP/IP 802.11/WPA and MPLS
  • QOS, Cisco Radius/TACACS/Okta(MFA), SNMP
  • Experience managing/setup of VLANs
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills desired
  • ITIL experience a plus

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    Gartner: IT skills shortage hobbles cloud, edge, automation growth

    IT executives have plans to invest in emerging technologies despite the challenge of finding IT pros with the right training.

    IT executives have plans to invest in emerging technologies despite the challenge of finding IT pros with the right training.

    Gartner says the current paucity of skilled IT workers is foiling the adoption of cloud, edge computing, and automation technologies.

    In its “2021-2023 Emerging Technology Roadmap” based on surveying 437 global firms, Gartner found that IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant barrier to deploying emerging technologies, including compute infrastructure and platform services, network security, digital workplace, IT automation, and storage.

    IT executives surveyed cited talent availability as the main challenge for adopting IT automation (75%) and a significant amount of digital workplace technologies (41%). Lack of talent was cited far more often than other barriers, such as implementation cost (29%) or security risk (7%), according to a statement from Yinuo Geng, research vice president at Gartner. 

    “The ongoing push toward remote work and the acceleration of hiring plans in 2021 has exacerbated IT-talent scarcity, especially for sourcing skills that enable cloud and edge, automation and continuous delivery,” Geng stated.  “As one example, of all the IT automation technologies profiled in the survey, only 20% of them have moved ahead in the adoption cycle since 2020. The issue of talent is to blame here.”

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    Even with the skills challenges, IT leaders have increased the adoption of emerging technologies to drive innovation as organizations begin to recover from the pandemic,Gartner says. Across all technology domains, 58% of respondents reported either an increase or a plan to increase emerging technology investment in 2021, compared with 29% in 2020, Gartner stated. 

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