Network & Systems Administrator — Juniper focus
Location: Annapolis, MD onsite
Environment: 24/7/365 mission critical public safety systems
Role:
Provide L3 support and maintain customer s global network/server infrastructure. Monitor systems, resolve incidents, execute upgrades/patching, ensure security/compliance, automate workflows, and support cloud/on prem environments. Includes shift work, on call, and periodic international travel.
Key Duties:
– L3 incident response and SLA driven resolution
– Continuous monitoring of networks, systems, and cloud
– Design/maintain secure, redundant network architectures
– Patching, hardening, compliance, and upgrades
– Manage accounts, access, licenses, and asset inventory
– Maintain documentation; mentor junior staff
Required Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s in IT/CS/Telecom
– Juniper JNCIP (Routing/Switching + Security)
– Red Hat RHCE + Security Specialist
Required Experience:
– 3+ years senior admin in 24/7/NOC environment
– ISP/telecom or carrier grade networking
– Linux virtualization (OpenStack, VMware, Azure)
– VPNs, VLANs, firewalls; Cisco/Juniper/FRR
– Bash, Python, Ansible automation
– RHEL (IdM, Satellite, licensing)
– IDS configuration/hardening
– Grafana/Prometheus/Loki/Thanos
Required Skills:
– Strong communication; clear incident reporting
– Deep routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VXLAN, eVPN, etc.)
– IPSec/SSL VPNs; advanced firewalling
– Advanced troubleshooting (network + Linux storage)
– Monitoring/observability management
– Git based DevOps familiarity
Highly Valued:
– Cloud certs (AWS/Azure/GCP); Terraform/IaC
– Security+ or CISSP
– CI/CD, SRE, QoS, SNMP/Nagios, AD/LDAP
– ITIL experience
Other:
Must have full U.S. work rights; background/drug screening; shift/on call required.
To apply for this job email your details to jim@techperm.com