6-month contract to hire. 100% on-site in Bethesda

Top Skills' Details

• Active CCNA or CCNP

Experience with:

• Actual configuration and changing of switches, routers, ports (NOT just monitoring)

• Activating ports

• configuring interfaces on switches

• Deployments of switches, ports, routers, etc.

• In person troubleshooting of ports, switches, routers

Experience/knowledge within the networking space with configuring/activating network interfaces, ports and protocols, VLAN, cabling, routers and switches, and patching.

• Must be able to obtain NIH Public Trust

Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Network Administrator supporting the network infrastructure for LAN/WAN services at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on behalf of the Center for Information Technology (CIT). Our client is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At our client, people are their differentiator. As a Network Administrator you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Network Administrators joining our team to ensure that the NIH network infrastructure remains resilient, secure and operational for the NIH community to progress their science and research and continue their mission critical work.

How a Network Administrator will Make an Impact:

Leverage in-person and virtual connections to coordinate work actions to take the burden of IT off our customers so they can focus on the science

Contribute your knowledge and experience to the collective pool at NIH and helping other IT pros at the institute level work better for their community

Working together with the CIT federal team and other service areas as ONE CIT to serve NIH

Helping ensure the network infrastructure and the associated internet and intranet services are available to scientists, researchers, patients, etc… with maximum uptime by responding quickly and thoroughly to incidents, requests, and sudden outages

Utilizing your experience of networking and evolving technologies to develop solutions in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and ever-changing enterprise federal environment that needs to remain compliant and secure but also not holding back scientific discovery and progress

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree (or high school diploma accompanied with relevant experience and professional certification)

CCNA or CCNP professional certification required

Required Experience:

Minimum one (1) year of network administrator experience

Required Technical Skills:

Have solid understanding and comprehension of network protocols and switching, TCP/IP, FTP/HTTP, UDP, VPN, etc… and able to decipher network topologies

Advanced troubleshooting of network device gear such as routers, switches, wireless access points, uninterruptible power supplies, firewalls, etc…

Activate and configure switches, routers, NICs, LAN ports, etc…

Create network and closet diagrams

Use network tools to diagnose, trace and or validate activity on LAN ports, network gear and or endpoints and be able to read and decipher logs and traffic

Security Clearance Level:

Must be able to obtain an NIH public trust

Required Skills and Abilities:

Able to lift up to 50lbs to rack and stack network gear

Have reliable means of transportation to respond to on-call emergencies within the DC-MD-VA area within defined response times

Be meticulous in documentation showing work performed so that it may be reviewed, recreated or presented to management

Be organized with their workspace

Be able to work in a team setting or with other IT pros effectively in-person or virtually for root cause analysis

Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of tasks

Preferred Skills:

Experience with Monitoring Tools (i.e Sitescope/Solarwinds/Sciencelogic)

Experience with ServiceNow or Remedy

Experience with Infoblox

Location:

On customer site (no remote work)

Skills

Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Troubleshooting, Switches, Firewall, Router, Ccna, Network engineering, cabling, Network operations center, Cisco, LAN, WAN, Routing, Ports, Protocols, Vpn, Routers and switches, Network infrastructure, Ccnp, Wireless, Data center, Nexus

Top Skills Details

Cisco routers,Cisco switches,Troubleshooting,Switches,Firewall,Router,Ccna,Network engineering,cabling,Network operations center,Cisco,LAN,WAN,Routing,Ports,Protocols,Vpn,Routers and switches,Network infrastructure

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $42.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)• Short and long-term disability• Health Spending Account (HSA)• Transportation benefits• Employee Assistance Program• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Bethesda,MD.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 28, 2025.

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