Network Administrator

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Network Administrator to join our Client's team.

The primary scope of this includes overseeing data center operations efforts including engineering (designing, developing, installing, configuring, testing, and implementing) various Data Center/LAN task orders involving Cisco network solutions and other Data center LAN Infrastructure and Aruba systems. Additionally, the candidate will participate in capturing and analyzing technical requirements; documenting detailed system designs, implementation plans, and operations guides of network systems; participate in both project and operational meetings; providing Tier 3 level support utilizing change control processes. The candidate will also serve as a backup to the WLAN/LAN engineering team to support the WLAN and LAN infrastructure projects.

Background - The Executive Office for United States Attorneys' (EOUSA) is responsible for providing administrative, technical and operation support to all 94 United States Attorneys' offices (USAOs) located in over 252 geographically dispersed sites throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The EOUSA General Integration (GI), Network Operations and Services (NOS), Enterprise Application Development (EAD) and Cyber Services Staff (CSS) provide for the identification and analysis of the business needs/requirements to USAOs necessary for the design, development, and deployment of secure office automation, wide and local area networking, case management and other applications. All four of these staffs must rely, however, on contractors to deliver many of the high-level technical services needed to maintain the technology deployed in EOUSA and USAOs.

Minimum Candidate Requirements

• Associate degree in computer science or networking; or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); or 4 years supporting network infrastructure in a complex, multi-site environment.
  
  

Security Requirements

• Secret clearance required (Can start with Interim Clearance)
• Must be able to obtain up to Top Secret clearance
  
  

Scope Of Work And Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of general overall data center technologies.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure design in a data center environment.
• Operations and lifecycle management for physical and virtual data center assets.
• Knowledge of multiple IT technologies, hardware, software.
• Ensure network connectivity throughout the Data Center LAN infrastructure
• Work with team members to deploy Cisco network equipment for LAN solutions.
• Create manuals and support documentation.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to various IT groups.
• Perform network administration duties.
• Knowledge of various Cisco technologies.
• Providing Tier 3 level support via change control processes and procedures
• Participating in both project and steady-state meetings
• Installing and configuring networking resources such as LAN switches.
• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of the network infrastructure.
• Monitors the overall network performance to proactively detect issues.
• Participate in initial implementation of general data center requirements, addition of new hardware and retirement of equipment.
  
  

Skill Sets Anticipated

• Experience with Local Area Network and data center networks.
• Experience diagramming network designs, layouts, etc. using tools such as Visio.
• Experience troubleshooting network performance issues using SolarWinds, DCNM, DNA Center and Cisco Prime.
• Experience utilizing Cisco IOS-XE and NX-OS commands and understanding of VLANs and IP sub netting.
• Proficient knowledge in Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, Windows.
• Experience utilizing and managing Windows IP/DNS.
• Experience with virtualization technology.
• Experience working with different types of fiber cabling.
• Experience with Cisco ACI.
  
  

Security Requirements - All personnel, including the support required by this initiative, must be United States Citizens, and must meet the DOJ Residency Requirement. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to assure that proposed employees for each aspect of this task have met federal investigative standards and are suitable for employment and/or access to national security information. Certification of requirements from either the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) will be required. The minimum investigation required is to be cleared for a BI and can be expected to hold up to a Top-Secret clearance. The minimum investigation required is to be cleared to hold Secret clearance. A DD254 can be found at Attachment (2) of the basic order. Contractors shall agree to comply with the NISPOM.

Security Clearance Required: Interim Secret

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.