We are growing and looking for a Junior Network Administrator to join our Corporate IT team, You will support networking, data center operations, servers and services, remote access, virtualization, and inventory and records management. This is a great position to learn and grow in your career.

You will work from our headquarters office in Arlington, VA.  

What you will do:

• Assist with the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all data center infrastructure
• Assist with the development of new infrastructure plans, upgrade planning, and other future system designs as needed to support the enterprise
• Monitoring, analyzing, and resolving hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion as ability allows
• Work and problem solve independently escalating problems as needed
• Work in close cooperation with Security, Facilities, and Operations teams
• Maintain documentation of systems, problem resolutions, and instructions

What you will need:

• Six months experience working with systems in a data center environment: Servers, Racks, Cable Management, etc.
• Ability to work with network switching: VLAN, ACL, etc.
• Understanding of physical connections, cable types, etc.
• Understanding of common industry terminology
• Demonstrated knowledge of network technologies in OSI Model Layers 1 through 3
• Knowledge and understanding of IP Traffic: routing, NAT, etc.
• Attention to detail, ability to follow specific instructions to complete some tasks
• Interest in keeping abreast of emerging technologies and/or better ways to “build things”

What we would like for you to have:

• Linux systems experience is highly desirable
• Network Device system experience such as Cisco IOS
• Familiarity with virtualization (hypervisors and VMs)
• Comfort using a text console to work on systems
• Ability to simplify complex systems and describe via diagrams and/or written text

Security Clearance 

Eligibility and willingness to obtain a government clearance