Role: Network Admin Location: Fairfax, VA 22030 ( looking nearby candidate within 50 to 60 miles)Interview Type: Both Phone and In PersonWork Arrangement: Onsite Complete Description:**local Fairfax, VA area candidates required due to onsite requirement**Candidate is required to work onsite 100%**Candidate must interview onsite, if requested**assignment to be extended beyond 6/30, likely by 6-12+ months1-2 years of experience in the field or related subject matter area.Ideal Candidate:Team is looking for a solid junior level team member who brings 2 years of hands-on technical foundational experience. The best candidate will be looking for long term professional growth opportunities, possesses a 4-year degree in a computer science or other technology discipline, and/or industry certifications.This position is not for senior level candidates, rather those who are professionally motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills, self-motivated and interested in enhancing their technical knowledgebase and professional value.Job Description:- Responds to Tier 1 network support requests.- Provides exceptional customer service.- Communicates effectively with teammates and customers of varying levels of technical expertise.- Responds to all break/fix requests associated with network resources.- Assists with configuration and deployment of new/replacement network hardware and communications infrastructure.- Maintains up-to-date project and architecture documentation.- Maintains up-to-date inventory and maintenance records.- Monitors network resources for faults and traffic anomalies.- Resolves connection issues between users and resources.- Maintains detailed change history of network changes.- Supports ITS Field Maintenance with communications' implementation and troubleshooting.- Supports team efforts to improve cybersecurity controls and defenses- Supports team efforts for threat hunting and mitigation.- Manages time and resource constraints.The Network Administrator installs, configures, and supports an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability. May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures. Coordinate the development, implementation, and maintenance of a local area network or wide area network. Maintains the network's physical and logical structures, including network connections. Maintains network support software, analyzes user support statistics, and recommends appropriate measures. Installs, tests, and maintains network hardware and software. Prepares and analyzes statistics on network utilization and availability. Prepares training courses and provides user support and training in the use of available hardware, software, and utilities. Performs tuning and capacity planning activities to enhance the performance of the network resources.Skill Required / Desired Amount of ExperienceCisco Routing and Switching Required 2 YearsRouting Protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc) Required 1 YearsVLAN Management Required 2 YearsSubnetting Required 2 YearsSTP, FHRP, Multicast Required 2 YearsFirewall Administration Required 2 YearsNetwork Cable Management Nice to have 1 YearsVPN & Remote Access Technologies Nice to have 1 YearsAuthentication (Radius, TACACS, etc) Nice to have 1 YearsNetwork Monitoring Nice to have 1 Years