What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Administrator position at Stability Technology?
Onsite for first 90 days in Burbank, hybrid thereafter. Contract-to-hire. No 3rd party vendors, please.
Overview
We are seeking a skilled Network Administrator with hands-on Fortinet experience to support and optimize a complex enterprise network environment. This role will be responsible for maintaining high-availability infrastructure across LAN/WAN, data center networks, wired/wireless systems, and converged services while serving as an escalation point for advanced network issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support FortiGate firewalls, including configuration, VPN, SD-WAN, security policies, logging, and firmware upgrades
- Serve as Tier III escalation for network incidents, outages, and performance issues
- Maintain and troubleshoot enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure across multiple locations
- Manage routing, switching, VLANs, ACLs, and QoS across Cisco and/or Juniper environments
- Support data center network technologies and connectivity
- Monitor network health, capacity, and uptime using tools such as Auvik or similar
- Assist in network change control, documentation, and standards improvements
- Collaborate with MSP partners and internal IT teams to ensure efficient issue resolution
- Contribute to continuous improvements in network performance, resilience, and security posture
Required Qualifications
- 3 years of experience supporting enterprise or service provider networks
- Fortinet experience required — FortiGate firewalls (NSE 4 or higher strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated experience resolving escalated networking issues (Tier 2/3)
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, VPN, network security, and wireless technologies
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Cisco or Juniper switching experience
- CCNA or higher certification
- MSP environment exposure including:
- Auvik or similar network monitoring platform
- ConnectWise RMM and PSA tools or comparable solutions
- Experience with converged services (voice/video over IP), SD-WAN, and data center networking
