The annual base salary range for this position in California is $124,000 to $155,000 per year. The starting pay for the successful candidate depends on various job-related factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education/training, internal value, peer equity, external market demands, and organizational considerations.

The Network Administrator is responsible for supporting, configuring, maintaining, monitoring, and upgrading the corporation’s various networks. This position works in a team environment to address system issues.

Responsibilities

• Establish network specifications by conferring with users, analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements
• Evaluate network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency
• Plan and execute the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of network equipment
• Define network policies and procedures
• Maintain existing software and hardware and upgrade/replace any that have become obsolete
• Ensure that all network hardware/firmware is kept up to date
• Work closely with the Network Administrator to ensure that the highest network performance is being attained and making sure that any network changes that may affect critical systems are analyzed and tested
• Ensure network security is at its highest level possible and monitor the network for any possible security vulnerabilities and attacks
• Advocate for new technologies and products, attending networking conferences and training
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Skills

• Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent field experience
• Useful Certifications: CCNA, CCSP, CCIE, Network , Security
• Minimum of six years working in network administration
• Excellent communications skills, written and oral
• Ability to establish a good rapport with management, staff and vendors
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Outstanding time management and organizational skills, ability to prioritize and adapt to meet changing needs
• Excellent follow through skills, able to complete projects in a timely manner
• Self-motivated and eager to learn
• Troubleshooting ability –able to logically work through various steps to resolve issues.
• Extensive knowledge of the following products/solutions: (1) Cisco and/or Extreme Networks hardware: datacenter/edge switches, routers, WLAN controllers, WAPs, 2), Azure Virtual Networking fundamentals and concepts, (3) Extreme Software: XIQ management suite, (4), Firewall concepts and management (FortiGate), (5), WAN configuration and management, (5), Remote access technologies (VPN/IPSEC), (6) Multicast networking/IGMP
• Working knowledge of Microsoft solutions is required. Specific knowledge of the following products would be beneficial: (1) Active Directory 2016 and above, 92) Windows Server 2016 – 2022, (3) DHCP/DNS/WINS, and (4) DFS
• Secondary knowledge in the following areas would be helpful: (1) SAN networking –Fibre Channel, iSCSI, (2) HP server and storage hardware – HP Proliant DL series, 3PAR SAN, Nimble SAN, MSA, (3) Virtualization technologies: VMware, ProxMox, (4) Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 products and cloud services

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Education - Bachelor's Degree

Experience Required – 6

This position is on-site.